Westbury Friends School

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Mission Statement

Embracing the Quaker values of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality and stewardship, Westbury Friends School guides students through an academically challenging curriculum toward a lifelong love of learning; inspires students to recognize and appreciate their individual gifts and those of others; and, provides students with the tools to live peacefully in a diverse world in the manner of Friends.

Application Process

Application

Step 1:

Step 1: Call The Main Office For A Tour (516) 333-3178

Step 2:

Step 2: Complete The Application. There Will Be A $60 Application Fee. Then We Will Schedule A "Friend Day" Where Your Child Can Spend The Morning In The Classroom.

Step 3:

Step 3: After The Admissions Committee Makes A Decision, We Will Contact You And Provide You With Everything Needed For A Successful Enrollment.

Tuition Rates

Tuition Rates Page

Our Philosophy

Westbury Friends School is a small, uniquely diverse independent school in Long Island, New York. We are a Quaker school under the care of the Westbury Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. As a Friends school, we use what Friends refer to as testimonies, or guiding spiritual principles, to inform our daily practice as educators. These testimonies are: simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. Friends schools embrace these principles as we weave them through the daily life of the school.

WFS values the diversity of race, religion and socioeconomic status its students and families represent. Families come together to share cultural traditions throughout the course of the school year. Joyful expressions of diversity deepen our connections to one another and strengthen our community.

Grounds

The combination of history and nature brings a calm and peaceful quality to the campus of Westbury Friends School. Located on a 15 acre campus in Westbury, New York on Long Island, our school is in a prime location easily accessible from the Jericho Turnpike and Northern Boulevard.

The spacious campus includes sunlit classrooms, a library/media center and extensive outdoor space, including a playground. The grounds are an extension of the classrooms, providing space to play, but also places for quiet, to plant gardens and to observe nature. We have been certified by the National Wildlife Federation as an official School Habitat.

Westbury Monthly Meeting (Quakers), established in 1671, owns the property. The present Quaker Meetinghouse, the third on the same site, was built in 1902 and is registered as an Historic Landmark with the Nassau County Historical Society. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the grounds are home to many classic Quaker structures.

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