Wilmington Friends School is a

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- 12 school in

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, United States, near Wilmington. It is affiliated with the

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, also known as the Quakers.

History

The school was founded in 1748 by members of the Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends. Of the school,

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historian Benjamin Ferris wrote in the 19th century, "Thousands of children have there received the first rudiments of an English education." In 1937, the Friends School moved from its original site to its current location in Alapocas, just outside the city of Wilmington. In 2019, it was announced that the school was selling its lower school building and constructing a new lower school on the middle and upper school campus. The building and about 20 acres of property is planned to be sold to the pharmaceutical research company

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Notable alumni

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, American social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer * Adam B. Ellick, correspondent for ''

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'' who filmed a documentary about Malala Yousafzai, Malala Yousafza *Linda Holmes (writer), Linda Holmes, NPR personality and writer *Matt Meyer, New Castle County Executive *Crystal Nix-Hines, United States Ambassador to UNESCO *Daniel Pfeiffer, politician and podcaster *Carol Quillen, president of Davidson College * Mabel Vernon, American suffragist, pacifist, and a national leader in the United States suffrage movement

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