• SFS Fast Facts

    Please take a few moments to review our School & Student Profile page. It answers many of the basic questions posed by prospective parents.

  • Hircock, Bikes, and the BBC

    SFS alumnus Thomas Hircock was recently interviewed by BBC News about his extra-curricular - and philanthropic - activities in India!

  • 2013 Summer Program

    Applications are now being accepted for our Adventures in Learning summer camp. Click on the link above for dates and details!

  • Financial Aid Support

    Opportunites for Financial Aid grants and scholarships currently exist for qualified families. Click on the link above for more information!

  • The SFS Difference

    We recently updated our school directory page with observations from faculty and staff asked to consider what makes Stratford Friends different.

  • Republic Bank

    SFS has entered into a unique relationship with Republic Bank to help families with the financial costs of a Stratford Friends School education.

Mon May 27

Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL

Sat Jun 1

Green & Blue Team Monthly Svc. Lrng.

Wed Jun 5

Camping Trip (Green - Yellow Teams)

Thru: 6/7/2013
Thu Jun 6

Middle School Trip

Stratford Friends School educates elementary and middle school-age students with language-based and similar learning differences through a structured, multisensory program that celebrates students' strengths, builds self-esteem, and develops self-advocacy.

Guided by Quaker principles, the school provides individualized attention and instruction in an intimate, caring environment.

Core Values

At Stratford Friends School, we believe in:

  • Finding that of God in everyone
  • Our Quaker values (Simplicity, Peace and Harmony, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship)
  • Providing students with the skills to be successful learners
  • Educating the whole child
  • Respect for individuals and their learning styles
  • Teaching students to advocate for themselves
  • Providing children with a voice in our community
  • Supporting children's creativity
  • Keeping up with current education research
  • Fostering a love for learning
  • Never giving up.

Stratford Friends is a coeducational Quaker day school for students in grades K-8 who have been diagnosed with language-based or similar learning disabilities.

  • Founded in 1976
  • The first Quaker school for learning disabled students in the United States
  • Coed day school
  • Enrollment 2011-2012: 78
  • Grades: Kindergarten-8th Grade (Kindergarten-6th ungraded)
  • Student to teacher ratio: 6:1 (lower school), 12:1 (middle school)
  • Athletics: cross country and soccer
  • After school clubs: basketball, crafts, woodworking, art, chess, cooking, drama, tennis, yoga
  • After school care provided until 5:30pm.
Student Profile

Our classes and structured program work best for students diagnosed with -- or who have needs in -- the following areas important to academic success:

  • Dyslexia
  • Executive function
  • Working memory
  • Auditory processing
  • ADD/ADHD.
A Friends School for Elementary and Middle School-age children who learn differently.
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