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When you begin with the belief that each person has a unique inner light, great things can happen.

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Our Doors Are Open

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

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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

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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. Explore our divisions.

At a Glance

1,131

Students in Early Childhood - Grade 12

5:1

Student-to-faculty ratio

100%

Graduates attend a four-year college

80+

Student-led clubs and affinity groups

175

Friends Schools League athletic championship titles

90

Zip codes represented

GFS News & Noteworthy

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GFS’ All School Commons Earns Gold AIA Philadelphia Design Award

Commended for its elegance, restraint, and stewardship, Germantown Friends School’s All School Commons was named the Gold Medal winner of the American Institute of Architects Philadelphia 2025 Design Awards competition last month.

January Term at GFS: What’s New and Exciting for 2026

Learn what's ahead for January Term in 2026, a series of special elective courses and travel opportunities that runs throughout the month in Upper School!

Holiday Hustle: JV Girls & Boys Tip Off

The GFS JV girls and boys basketball teams faced off in a spirited in-house scrimmage on the Friday evening before winter break.

Alumni Q&A: Jared Lazorko ’16

We chatted with Upper School math teacher and varsity wrestling coach Jared Lazorko ’16 about how he weaves Quaker values throughout his teaching and coaching, the connections between math and wrestling, what it's like working at his alma mater, and more!

Essentially GFS Continues Essentially English’s Tradition of Intergenerational Learning

Essentially GFS, a series of interdisciplinary evening classes, launched this Fall. A successor to the school's Essentially English program, the classes were open to anyone in the community, including students and their families, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents of alumni.

John Fabian Witt ’90 Discussed His New Book ‘The Radical Fund’ at GFS

In early December, author, historian, and Yale law professor John Fabian Witt '90 gave two talks at GFS about his fascinating new book, The Radical Fund.

Breakthrough Scholars Imagining the Future

Eighth grade scholars in GFS’ Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia program recently collaborated on a design thinking project centered on civic imagination and community change. Together, they explored what Philadelphia would look like in 50 years if it were shaped by care, connection, and community?

Entering the Robotics Field

Take a look inside the Johnson Family Digital Media Lab in the All School Commons, a dedicated space where arts meet computer science, and students delve into digital design, robotics, and problem-solving.

Louder Than Words: GFS Choir’s Annual Concert at Foulkeways

The GFS Upper School Choir performed their annual concert for the residents of Foulkeways at Gwynedd, a Quaker retirement home where a number of GFS alumni and Germantown Monthly Meeting members live.

Alumni Q&A: Mariel Capanna ‘06

Meet Mariel Capanna ’06, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Swarthmore College and a celebrated painter. Her work has been featured in major institutional shows—including Giornata, a solo exhibition currently at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

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