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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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Entering the Robotics Field

As students entered the sunny Johnson Family Digital Media Lab in the All School Commons, they quietly put down their bags, took off their shoes, and entered the game field. A 12-by-12-foot maker space with a padded floor and low walls, the game field is where the Upper School Robotics Club builds and tests their robots in preparation to compete in local contests that can lead up to national and global contents.

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.

GFS in NYC: Our Alumni Gathering in Manhattan

In early November, New York-area GFS alumni gathered at Craft restaurant in Manhattan to reconnect with one another and hear news and updates from Coulter Street.

Hope, Resilience, and Brave Conversations: Diversity Dialogue Day 2025

GFS Upper School's annual Diversity Dialogue Day was held on Nov. 6, 2025. The programming included a special guest speaker, Seminal Readings, and interactive workshops all centered on theme: Everything Everywhere All At Once: Practices for Resilience and Hope in Complicated Times.

GFS Seniors Named 2026 National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists

Fifteen Germantown Friends School Upper School students have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. These awards are highly competitive, and the number of students who make it to the semifinal round represents less than 1% of high school seniors across the country.

Alumni Q&A: Louisa Shafia ’88

Meet Louisa Shafia ’88, an Iranian-American cook and food entrepreneur living in Nashville, Tennessee. She's written two critically acclaimed cookbooks, runs an online Persian marketplace, and is the Culinary Liaison for the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition.

A Global Meeting of the Minds at GFS

With today’s AI- and social media-fueled proliferation and speed of information, how does one sort out the truth? Answering this question is a mighty task, yet a group of 20 students from 10 countries across the globe recently spent six months virtually and one week in person diligently probing its depths as part of the 2025 Montgomery Bell International Symposium hosted by Germantown Friends School.

Mountain Miles: GFS Cross Country’s Summer Training Trip to Park City, UT

This summer, members of the varsity cross country team trained in Park City, Utah. Led by coaches Rob Hewitt and Kate Henderson, they tackled the challenging terrain and altitude, and bonded along the way.

5 Questions with Dr. Ken Ginsburg

We chat with Dr. Ken Ginsburg, a CHOP doctor who specializes in Adolescent Medicine, who has been sharing his insights and expertise with GFS faculty and families.

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