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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.
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Hircock, Bikes, and the BBC
SFS alumnus Thomas Hircock was recently interviewed by BBC News about his extra-curricular - and philanthropic - activities in India!
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2013 Summer Program
Applications are now being accepted for our Adventures in Learning summer camp. Click on the link above for dates and details!
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Financial Aid Support
Opportunites for Financial Aid grants and scholarships currently exist for qualified families. Click on the link above for more information!
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The SFS Difference
We recently updated our school directory page with observations from faculty and staff asked to consider what makes Stratford Friends different.
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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
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Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL
- Sat Jun 1
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Green & Blue Team Monthly Svc. Lrng.
- Wed Jun 5
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Camping Trip (Green - Yellow Teams)
Thru: 6/7/2013
- Thu Jun 6
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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.
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.
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