Philadelphia Private School | Preschool - Grade 12

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Teachers are our Superpower

Creative faculty offer a rich, relevant, and engaging program for all ages—one centered on curiosity, well-being, and joy.

Faculty & Staff Directory

Learning is for Life

Students find their unique voices through infinite opportunities for discovery and inquiry, with age-appropriate freedoms to chart their own paths.

Academics

The Power of Simplicity

Our community embraces silence, reflection, and listening as we learn from—and with—each other, bringing our Quaker testimonies to life.

A Quaker School

A Community of Changemakers

Alumni remain a central part of the GFS experience, mentoring students and sharing their talents as advocates, artists, entrepreneurs, educators, and scientists—changemakers of all kinds.

Alumni

A Quaker independent day school for Early Childhood through Grade 12

At Germantown Friends School, we bring together our values, our neighborhood, and our people to imagine a better world—and begin to bring it to life.

At a Glance

1,129

Students in Early Childhood - Grade 12

5:1

Student-to-faculty ratio

100%

Graduates attend a four-year college

70+

Student-led clubs and affinity groups

159

Friends Schools League athletic championship titles

13

National Merit Scholars, 2014-20

80+

Zip codes represented

GFS News & Noteworthy

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Students Explore the Science All Around Us

Excitement mounted in the lead up to this year's Science Night extravaganza. In the days before, Upper School students visited preschool and Kindergarten classes to demo the chemical reaction that creates elephant toothpaste. And during the day leading up to Science Night, students from across the school got to conduct experiments on the Common.

Grade 4 Play Captures Life Lessons from Greek Mythology

GFS fourth grade students brought their study of Greek mythology to life in their annual play this week, using frozen poses, known as tableaux, to depict the journeys of Orpheus, Icarus, and Arachne, and their struggles with human limitations, pride, and ambition.

GFS Reaches Major Milestone in Picture This Campaign

Germantown Friends School has surpassed its $40 million target for Picture This—the school’s largest ever campaign. With 15 months remaining until the campaign’s close on June 30, 2026, the focus is now on reaching outstanding campaign goals: closing the funding gap on the All School Commons, growing the financial aid endowment, and raising an additional $1 million for community engagement.

2025 West Alumni Award Recipient: Jo Walker ’55

The 2025 West Alumni Award will be presented to Jo Walker ’55 on Saturday, May 17, at 10:30 a.m. in the Meetinghouse, followed by Meeting for Worship.

The Past is Present, Part 2

We worked alongside GFS Archivist Tim Wood to share some color commentary about a handful of teachers from the school’s distant and recent past.

The Past is Present, Part I

Faculty from across the school’s history who have made an indelible mark.

Further Afield

GFS Lower School educators reimagine what a field trip can be.

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