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k through Life

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

1,125

Students enrolled in 2025-26 (Early Childhood through Grade 12)

5:1

Student-to-faculty ratio

100%

Graduates attend a four-year college

80+

Student-led clubs and affinity groups

179

Friends Schools League athletic championship titles

90

Zip codes represented

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GFS Families, Faculty, and Alumni Gather at the 2026 Multicultural Parents Alliance and Alumni of Color Picnic
GFS Families, Faculty, and Alumni Gather at the 2026 Multicultural Parents Alliance and Alumni of Color Picnic

On September 27, the community gathered in Hargroves for the annual Multicultural Parents Alliance and Alumni of Color Picnic. Attendees enjoyed food, crafts, and fellowship, and heard from special guests, retired faculty/staff members Lynne Tucker and Karen Rutledge.

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