The Church Farm School (CFS) is a

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History

The school was founded in 1918 by Charles Shreiner. Shreiner, an

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clergyman, established the school in Glen Loch (now Exton)

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for boys from single-parent homes, primarily those without fathers. The sons of the clergy, members of the armed services, and police officers were a second focus of the school in its early days. Shreiner, because of his strict belief in the importance of discipline and a strong work ethic, was known to the boys as the "Colonel."Diane Snyder and Martha Wolf, 1984, NRHP Nomination Form for the School at Church FarmEnter "public" for ID and "public" for the password to access the site. Shortly after its founding, the school acquired the Benjamin Pennypacker House property. ''Note:'' This includes The school integrated in 1963. After Shreiner died in 1964, the Board of Directors placed the school under the direction of his son, Charles Shreiner, Jr., a

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veteran who served until retirement in 1987. The school's third headmaster, Charles "Terry" Shreiner, III, the founder's grandson, led the school from 1987 and retired in 2009. Interim headmaster, Thomas Rodd, Jr., led the school before Edmund K. Sherrill II, an Episcopal clergyman, became headmaster in July 2009. Over the first half of its history, the school's campus grew to 1700 acres, on which it operated a large farm with student labor. Each boy was required to work half of each school day and full-time for half of each summer. This enterprise included a large dairy farm and hog raising operation and produced many crops. The school gradually phased out agricultural activities, beginning in the mid-1970s, selling off most of the remaining farmland to developers by the late 1990s. The dairy barns and silos remain as a memorial of the agricultural era of the school's history.

Notable alumni

Jon Bradshaw Jon Bradshaw (1938 – November 25, 1986) was a journalist, author, and contributing editor to ''Esquire''. Biography Bradshaw was born in New York City and graduated from Church Farm School. He also attended Columbia University. He wrote for ...

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Micheal Eric Micheal Oluwaseun Eric (born June 24, 1988) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for Unicaja Málaga of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for Temple. Early life Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Eric did not play basketb ...

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Jón Axel Guðmundsson Jón Axel Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1996) is an Icelandic professional basketball player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats. He won two national champ ...

, Icelandic basketball player

References

External links

Official website
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