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WCFS News!

Paige Norris ’06 Joins Board of Trustees at West Chester Friends School

Quaker Leadership Team Meets With Mayor Herrin

Sarah Blossom ’11 Honored by Rotary Club of West Chester

Teacher Michelle Honored as Teacher of the Year

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Happy Monday from some kindergarten climbers! Stud Happy Monday from some kindergarten climbers! Students in pre-k through fifth grade love our Big Toy, climbing bars, balance beam and swings! #wcfriends #growingthelightineverychild #playistheworkofchildhood
Look who’s back to school! Froggy and Ellie, goo Look who’s back to school! Froggy and Ellie, good friends of T. Rege, who help the Pre-K and Kindergarten students learn the musical staff! #wcfriends #wcfriendslovesthearts #earlychildhoodeducation
Teacher Amy and the first graders meet outdoors fo Teacher Amy and the first graders meet outdoors for guidance class. At WCFS, we are committed to social-emotional learning as an important component of our students’ well bring and growth. #wcfriends
With all the required and recommended mitigation i With all the required and recommended mitigation in place, we are ready for the 2020-2021 school year! We welcome with joy all our on campus and Connected Classroom learners! #wcfriends #happynewschoolyear
Simplicity. Peace. Integrity. Community. Equality. Simplicity. Peace. Integrity. Community. Equality. Stewardship. #wcfriends #SPICES #QuakerEd #growingthelightineverychild
Wishing you rainbows and sunshine for your Saturda Wishing you rainbows and sunshine for your Saturday. #wcfriends #wcfriendsarteveryday #growingthelightineverychild www.wcfriends.org
At last! Our 14 amazing fifth graders became brand At last! Our 14 amazing fifth graders became brand new alumni in a beautiful, distanced, outdoor graduation. Surrounded by families and faculty, they shared their lovely speeches and joined in as Teacher John and Teacher Jeff sang favorites. We wish you nothing but joy, Class of 2020! Let your lights shine! #wcfriends #wcfriendstraditions #classof2020 #growingthelightineverychild #QuakerEd #alumnimonday
These boxes and bags are filled with food and toil These boxes and bags are filled with food and toiletries donated by WCFS families for the #westchesterfoodcupboard. Thanks to the Quaker Leadership Team for coordinating the collection! #wcfriends #wcfriendsservice #QuakerEd #togetherwherever #wcfriendscommunityconnection #growingthelightineverychild
Our scientists are finishing up the school year mo Our scientists are finishing up the school year modeling the clean up of an oil spill, enjoying the STEM toothpick construction project, engineering structures that move water and, for fourth graders, the Mold Symposium! Look at that fantastically moldy potato! #wcfriends #wcfriendsConnectedClassroom #wcfriendstraditions #wcfriendsexcitedaboutscience #moldgloriousmold
This fantastic fifth grader, L, is a member of the This fantastic fifth grader, L, is a member of the WCFS Girl Scout troop. After their annual cookie sale the troop typically donates boxes to an organization as a group. This year, each girl received cookies to donate individually, and L has been busy! She left boxes in a basket for workers delivering to her home, and for the mailman: delivered cases to health care staff at #chestercountyhospital and to #lordspantry in Downingtown; and put boxes in the local #littlefreepantry. Thank you for your service, L! #wcfriends #classof2020 #letyourlightshine #wcfriendsservice #countdowntograduation #belikeL
Saturday Smiles (from M, a fantastic fifth grader Saturday Smiles (from M, a fantastic fifth grader who’s been enjoying some time in the trees!). #wcfriends #classof2020 #wcfriendsConnectedClassroom #growingtheLightineverychild #countdowntograduation
While in Connected Classroom, students can explore While in Connected Classroom, students can explore some cool new interests. Here is fifth grader R on the lathe! #wcfriends #classof2020 #wcfriendsConnectedClassroom #growingthelightineverychild #countdowntograduation
“Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make our garden “Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make our gardens grow, all we need is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground!” We are tending our yards, weeding our neighborhoods, planting our gardens. #wcfriends #gardenwithfriends #wcfriendsConnectedClassroom #bloomwhereyouareplanted
On campus or in Connected Classroom, when students On campus or in Connected Classroom, when students run a total of five miles they receive a note from Teacher Amy and a cute “toe token.” These two are silly with happiness to have received theirs in the mail! #wcfriends #mileageclub #wcfriendsrunningwithfriends #wcfriendsConnectedClassroom
“Let us try then what love will do.” #wcfriend “Let us try then what love will do.” #wcfriends #siblings #QuakerEd
Teacher Catharine challenged students to create “live action” versions of a painting they love. Fifth grader K’s recreation of Henri Rousseau’s “Sleeping Gypsy” is amazing! #wcfriends #wcfriendsarteveryday #wcfriendsConnectedClassroom #wcfriendslovesthearts
Appreciating these teachers, who bring our student Appreciating these teachers, who bring our students a truly remarkable elementary arts program! Thank you to Teacher Rege (K-5 music, chorus), Teacher Judy (band), Teacher Hannah (strings), Teacher Ginger (PS and PK music) and Teacher Catharine (art)! #wcfriends #teacherappreciationweek #wcfriendslovesthearts #QuakerEd
It’s Day Two of Teacher Appreciation Week! We ar It’s Day Two of Teacher Appreciation Week! We are delighted, lucky and grateful to have a fantastic faculty! They are experts in early and elementary education, passionate about teaching, loving and warm, fun and funny and committed to fostering both individual growth and a sense of community in their classrooms, whether teaching ion campus or in the virtual setting. Today, meet the first grade team, Teacher Annmarie, with students and their beautiful signs for Ruby Bridges, and Teacher Kathy, having fun with friends on Wacky Wednesday! #wcfriends #teacherappreciationweek #growingthelightineverychild #QuakerEd
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! We are delighte It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! We are delighted and grateful to have a fantastic faculty! They are experts in early and elementary education, passionate about teaching, loving and warm, fun and funny, and committed to fostering both individual growth and a sense of community in their classrooms, whether on campus or in the virtual setting. Today, meet Teacher Bonnie, who guides our fifth graders toward graduation each year, and fourth grade’s Teacher Nate, our official Gathering greeter! THANK YOU for the wonderful, creative work you do each day! #wcfriends #teacherappreciationweek #growingthelightineverychild #QuakerEd
On May Day, we traditionally bring flowers from ou On May Day, we traditionally bring flowers from our gardens and yards to our friends at #thehickman next door. While we can’t be there in person this year, our students, their teachers and families made sure there were still cards and beautiful flowers, sent with love. #wcfriends #wcfriendstraditions #wcfriendsConnectedClassroom #togetherwherever #bloomwhereyouareplanted
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West Chester Friends School is accredited as a private academic school by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS), the agency that is chartered by the Department of Education to accredit independent schools across the Commonwealth. Full-scale evaluations occur every ten years and include an extensive self-study and an evaluation by a visiting team of education professionals based on over 100 standards. The last full-scale evaluation for WCFS was in the 2017-2018 school year.

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