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Empowering Generations
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Guided by our Quaker values, this campaign is centered on five strategic goals, each supported by a range of giving opportunities to ensure their successful achievement.
Lower School • Faculty Support • Financial Accessibility • Innovation • QUEST
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Faculty Support
Read MoreAt Wilmington Friends, we recognize that our remarkable faculty—passionate professionals who teach and model our high standards and Quaker values—are what makes a Friends education exceptional. Talented and committed, they value each student for their individual uniqueness, encouraging their confidence and contributions to the community. By working together to cultivate a school climate that encourages inquiry, problem solving, and mutual respect, they set their students on a path to realize their fullest potential.
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Financial Accessibility
Read MoreFrom the first day we opened our doors in 1748, Wilmington Friends has welcomed children of all religions and socio-economic backgrounds, helping to guide a deeply divided society toward equality and integration. The resulting diversity of our community's thought, identity, and experience remains essential to academic excellence and the pursuit of truth at Wilmington Friends to this day.
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Innovation
Read MoreAs Delaware's oldest school, Wilmington Friends has been innovating since 1748, designing Delaware’s first kindergarten program; implementing a comprehensive 1:1 Macbook/ iPad program; supporting mastery learning in the middle school; offering Delaware’s only Malone Scholars program which includes membership in the Malone Schools Online Network; and creating Delaware’s first International Baccalaureate Programme that connects teachers and students to a global network of learners.
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Lower School
Read MoreFor the past half century, the Lower School campus has held an important place in the hearts of the Wilmington Friends community. In order to improve teaching and learning for future generations of students, the Trustees have approved comprehensive renovations that will preserve the legacy of Wilmington Friends School and create an inspiring environment for the 21st Century and beyond.
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Quest
Read MoreQUEST, the aptly named Quaker Center for Understanding, Engagement, and Stewardship, was established in 2009 to lift up and bear witness to distinctive strengths of Quaker education, namely: cross-cultural understanding, environmental stewardship, diversity, and social justice. With service learning as the organizing structure, the goal of QUEST is to focus on student active engagement in issues, development of international mindedness, and confidence as global stewards and leaders.
“I am grateful for your belief in our vibrant learning community. The Empowering Generations campaign demonstrates our commitment to transforming education through improved financial access, faculty support, and innovative spaces. By strengthening our endowment and modernizing facilities, we advance Wilmington Friends School's legacy while upholding our Quaker values.”
~Ken Aldridge, Head of School, P ’18, P ’21
“Our time to support our community is very rewarding and needed. The treasures of our past are best to be used to create memories for the future of our family. Thank you for sharing the future of WFS and the community's future with us. This is how we home and school. We go all in.”
~David and Kristine Tuttleman, WFS Volunteers, P ’30, P ’31
Watch our video to learn how your support can empower students for generations!
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Empowering Generations Campaign
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Campaign Leadership
Thank you to our dedicated committee of passionate leaders:
Evelyn Brownlee P’89, P’97
Bill Chapman P’09
Tom Dippel ’89
Russ Endo P’12, P’14
Meg Gehret Erskine ’83, P’13, P’15, P’18, P’21
Rob Friz ’86
Amanda Singleton Hay ’95, P’26
Susan Kelley P’10, P ’12
Chris Lee ’82, P’14, P’17
Raymond Osbun ’71
Debbie Pittenger P‘16, P’19
Darcy Rademaker P’90, P’94, P’96
Fred Sears ’60, P’97
David Tennent P’03, P’16
Bill Chapman P’09
Tom Dippel ’89
Russ Endo P’12, P’14
Meg Gehret Erskine ’83, P’13, P’15, P’18, P’21
Rob Friz ’86
Amanda Singleton Hay ’95, P’26
Susan Kelley P’10, P ’12
Chris Lee ’82, P’14, P’17
Raymond Osbun ’71
Debbie Pittenger P‘16, P’19
Darcy Rademaker P’90, P’94, P’96
Fred Sears ’60, P’97
David Tennent P’03, P’16
101 School Road, Wilmington, DE 19803
302.576.2900 | info@wilmingtonfriends.org
Preschool - 12th Grade
302.576.2900 | info@wilmingtonfriends.org
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.
