About Friends

QUEST

QUEST is the Quaker Center for Understanding, Engagement, and Stewardship, and was established in 2009 to provide leadership and an administrative structure for programs that express and build upon distinctive strengths of Quaker education: cross-cultural and international understanding, social justice, diversity, and environmental stewardship all within the context of service learning. The goal of QUEST is to focus on student development of global thinking skills, active engagement in issues, and confidence as global stewards and leaders.


    

Service Learning Travel

QUEST Term Service/Leadership Trips engage students in an experiential learning model to increase their understanding of global issues as well as strategies to mitigate the impact of these challenges. During the summers preceding their 10th, 11th, and 12th grade years, students may elect to travel to domestic or international destinations to engage in global issues through service and leadership.

Acadia National Park
ElPaso, Texas
Dominican Republic


QUEST Scholars

The QUEST Scholars program provides Wilmington Friends School students with significant service learning opportunities that combine academic studies with experiential learning. Students are encouraged to consider service learning projects in one or more of the following areas of focus: diversity, social justice, environmental stewardship, and cross-cultural/international understanding. All WFS upper school students are eligible for participation in the QUEST Scholars program. In applying for participation, each potential QUEST Scholar develops a program proposal. In doing so, the student works with the appropriate adults (in school and in the broader community) to develop a plan to meet the requirements of the particular QUEST Scholar program. With the completion of the proposed program, and with the approval of the head of school, QUEST Scholars receive recognition for their achievement during final assembly.
QUEST Scholar requirements
• A journal of reflections on all activities
• At least 150 hours of service during upper school years, 50 hours minimum per year
• An independent QUEST study for one semester with a faculty advisor 
• Public presentation or cumulative celebration (e.g., Lunch and Learn) to the QUEST Committee and possibly the Board of Directors or whole upper school. 
• Completed prerequisite Peace & Justice course 


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Preschool - 12th Grade
Statement of Nondiscrimination as to Student Enrollment
Wilmington Friends School admits students of any race, color, gender, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students of these schools. Wilmington Friends School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national and ethnic origin in administration of their educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.