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WFS Students Participate in the Congressional Delegation Youth Conference
Temi Lufadeju '25, Elizabeth Pisano '25, Tripp Young '25, and Avery Martinenza '25 participated in the Congressional Delegation Youth Conference at Delaware State University, where they met with Senator Chris Coons, Senator Tom Carper, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester. They learned about their roles as the next generation in government and engaged in conversation about ongoing issues such as pollution, climate change, and women's rights. During the afternoon, they broke into small groups and met with experts in fields ranging from World Peace to social justice in Wilmington. #WFSbeyondtheclassroom
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WFS Students Receive National Recognition from College Board
Congratulations to Nife Shoyinka '25, Conner Verbanas '25, and Lulu Cochran '25, who received National Recognition from the College Board!Read More -
Upper School Fall Sports Captains Visit the Lower School
Upper school fall sports captains welcomed lower school students this morning at carline! They also played soccer and basketball with them on the playground before classes started.Read More#WFSCommunity #WFSAthletics #WFSLowerSchool -
WFS Students Participate in The Perry Initiative
Yuanyi Zhao '26, Ava Kolodczak '26, Lulu Cochran '25, Cora Lohkamp '26, Gianna Cottone '26, and Ella Fontanazza '26 recently participated in The Perry Initiative, a non-profit organization that partners with the University of Delaware to inspire young women to pursue careers in engineering and orthopaedic surgery.Read More -
Home & School Picnic!
Read MoreThank you to all who joined us for Saturday's Home & School picnic and to our volunteers for making it possible! From bouncy houses to face painting, everyone had a blast! -
First Day of School 2024-2025!
Read MoreLots of smiles from our first day of school! We can't wait to see what our 276th year holds! #wfscommunity -
Welcome Back!
It was a beautiful day to welcome our students and families back to campus for our lower school open house, middle school and upper school orientations, and the senior ice cream social. #WFSlowerschool #WFSmiddleschool #WFSupperschoolRead More -
Early Years Teachers
As we welcome our faculty and staff back to campus, early year teachers created bouquets after discussing what they plan to bring to their classrooms this year to make them grow and flourish. #WFSlowerschool #WFSearlyyearsRead More -
IB Diploma Extended Essays
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma is often considered the highest standard for college preparatory education. This year, 40 members from the Class of 2024 were IB diploma candidates.Read More -
WFS Students Explore School Year Abroad
Read MoreLilly Zawadzkas ’25 (far left) connected with Rose Mulveny ’26 (middle) and Abbie Thurlow ’26 to discuss her School Year Abroad (SYA) experience in Rennes, France last year and give them some tips as they prepare for their own SYA travel. -
Football Team Hosts Special Olympics Athletes
The WFS football team recently hosted athletes from Special Olympics Delaware! WFS student-athletes and Special Olympians participated in drills together and enjoyed water ice together.Read More -
Tracey Quillen Carney ’80 Publishes "Books for Blue"
“Most of all, we want our Reading Tour to be about kids, about our responsibility to them, including our responsibility to nurture their promise, to see each of them for who they are, and to listen and talk with, not just to and about them.”Read More -
Application 101
As part of our comprehensive College Guidance program, we welcomed the Class of 2025 back to campus for Application 101. Students worked on completing the Common App, refining their personal essays, and scheduling their 1-on-1 college counseling meetings for September. Afterward, seniors gathered for a pizza lunch. It was great to see them excited and engaged about the college process! #WFSupperschool #WFSCollegeGuidanceRead More -
Tripp Young ’25 Receives a 2024 Union League of Philadelphia Good Citizenship Award
Tripp Young ’25 was presented with a 2024 Union League of Philadelphia Good Citizenship Award in March. Starting in 1946, the Good Citizenship Award recognizes high school students who demonstrate good citizenship and encourages them to stay actively engaged in their communities. This annual program recognizes and awards nearly 300 high school juniors from the Greater Philadelphia region.Read More -
Best Buddies Leadership Conference
Ellie Driscoll ’25 and Jillian Farley ’25 traveled to Indiana University in Bloomington to attend the Best Buddies Leadership Conference 2024. They spent three days learning how to become better leaders, how to spread awareness and kindness, and how to promote inclusion through sessions, classes, and guest speakers. They also met students from all over the country and world to share ideas. #WFSbeyondtheclassroomRead More -
WFS Students Participate in the Congressional Delegation Youth Conference
Temi Lufadeju '25, Elizabeth Pisano '25, Tripp Young '25, and Avery Martinenza '25 participated in the Congressional Delegation Youth Conference at Delaware State University, where they met with Senator Chris Coons, Senator Tom Carper, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester. They learned about their roles as the next generation in government and engaged in conversation about ongoing issues such as pollution, climate change, and women's rights. During the afternoon, they broke into small groups and met with experts in fields ranging from World Peace to social justice in Wilmington. #WFSbeyondtheclassroomRead More -
The WFS Entrepreneurship Club
Inspired by their mothers’ entrepreneurial spirits, Anya Agarwal ’25 and Layla Baynes ’25 founded the Entrepreneurship Club at WFS during the 2023-24 school year.Read More -
UPenn Social Innovators Program
Wilmington Friends School has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Social Impact Strategy and Schoolyard Ventures, an organization that develops university-level, real-world learning opportunities for high school students, to offer the Social Innovators Program to upper schoolers.Read More
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WFS Faculty and Staff Visit Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative
WFS faculty and staff members traveled to Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, on Juneteenth to attend the unveiling of Freedom Memorial Sculpture Park. This new park uses art to honor and remember the ten million Black Americans who were enslaved in America.Read More -
WFS Students Visit Acadia National Park
In late June, 11 WFS upper school students traveled to Acadia National Park in Maine with teachers Kelley Cox and Sara Woodward for a QUEST service learning trip in partnership with Earthwatch.Read More
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