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Experience our classrooms and community firsthand this October. RSVP for our Fall Open House series to see 150 years of Quaker education in action across our Early Childhood through Grade 12 campus.

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Over the past 150 years of educating young people, Friends Academy has adapted to epochal political, cultural, economic, and technological changes.

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Check out the Meeting House Magazine

In this issue, we take a look at the new Science Center, which opened in the completely refurbished garden level of the Kumar Wang Library, as well as our new Frost Hall Biotech Research Lab.

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What is a Quaker School? 5 Reasons Families Choose Quaker Education

February 5, 2026 All School, Quaker

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How Friends Academy Prepared Me for College & Beyond: Alumni Stories

December 17, 2025 Alumni, Upper School

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Grade 7 at Friends: Inside a Top Private Middle School on Long Island

December 11, 2025 Middle School

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Fall Fair & Homecoming

October 3, 2026 Lower School, Middle School