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Location:
Poughkeepsie, NY
School Type: Co-Ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12 (Day 6-12)
Enrollment: 175
Annual Boarding Tuition: $37,625
(5-day $32,625)
Annual Day Tuition: 9-12 $21,725
(6-8 $18,750)
Student to Teacher Ratio: 6:1
School Focus: College Prep
Average Class Size: 12 to 15
% Students on Financial Aid: 37%
Endowment Size: $3 Million
Accommodates ADHD Students: Yes
School Supports LD: Yes
School Supports ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1796
School Type: Co-Ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12 (Day 6-12)
Enrollment: 175
Annual Boarding Tuition: $37,625
(5-day $32,625)
Annual Day Tuition: 9-12 $21,725
(6-8 $18,750)
Student to Teacher Ratio: 6:1
School Focus: College Prep
Average Class Size: 12 to 15
% Students on Financial Aid: 37%
Endowment Size: $3 Million
Accommodates ADHD Students: Yes
School Supports LD: Yes
School Supports ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1796
Oakwood Friends School
Oakwood Friends School Co-Ed Boarding Information:
Oakwood rings out with voices. Throughout campus, student voices fill the air. We foster an environment where students are encouraged to try without fear and learn without apprehension. In classrooms, the voices of primary texts from many cultures and eras mix with the voices of students interpreting those texts and forging new ideas. At athletic contests, many voices become one to support and lead one another.
Quaker Principles
Oakwood was founded on Quaker principles that emphasize the importance of individuality, not uniformity. Our vibrant community life nurtures the academic, athletic, artistic, and spiritual voice in each student. The collective power of Oakwood is dependent on the sum of all of our voices; we can't wait to get to know yours.
Mission Statement
Oakwood Friends School, guided by Quaker principles, educates and strengthens young people for lives of conscience, compassion and accomplishment. Students experience a challenging curriculum within a diverse community, dedicated to nurturing the spirit, the scholar, the artist and the athlete in each person.
Oakwood Friends School
• Provides rigorous academic preparation based on primary texts and hands-on learning.
• Respects the mind and imagination of students and focuses on intellectual skills and habits.
• Encourages powerful thinkers whose abilities are nurtured through artful teaching, thoughtful assessment, and individual attention.
• Fosters an accepting environment based upon the Quaker principle that each individual is worthy and capable of meaningful insight and truth.
• Provides an array of opportunities in the arts, athletics, and learning experiences beyond the campus to encourage creativity, self-expression, cooperation, and team-work.
• Guides students toward the responsibilities of community life and community involvement, through leadership and service both on the campus and beyond.
• Creates and sustains a vibrant residential and educational community that embraces students in grades six through twelve as well as faculty and families representing every stage of life and a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds.
