Friends Academy
| Friends Academy | |
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| Location | |
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Glen Cove, NY USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private Co-Ed |
| Motto | Strong Minds. Kind Hearts. |
| Established | April 17, 1876 |
| Founder | Gideon Frost |
| Grades | Nursery school - 12th grade |
| Campus | Suburban, 65 acres (26 ha) |
| Color(s) | Red and Black |
| Mascot | Quaker |
| Yearbook | The Lamp |
| Website | www |
Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from nursery school through the twelfth grade, located in Glen Cove, New York, United States. The school was founded in 1876 by 78-year-old Gideon Frost for "The children of Friends and those similarly sentimented". The school was originally named Friends College. The campus covers 65 acres (26 ha). The school is organized around quad with buildings surrounding it. Recent additions to the school include the Helen A. Dolan Center (2000), the Kumar-Wang Library (2000), the renovation of the Upper School (2004), the renovation of the Lower School (2010), the construction of the gym and field house (2007), and the current renovation of the Middle School.
There are approximately 770 students from various backgrounds and communities throughout Long Island. There are 224 students in the Lower School, 175 in the Middle School, and 370 in the Upper School. There are 119 full- and part-time teachers; 93 hold masters degrees and 9 hold doctorates.
Friends Academy offers a moderately wide variety of sports that are participated by students in grades 7-12. Sports consist of boys and girls basketball boys and girls soccer boys and girls cross country boys and girls track and field boys and girls lacrosse boys baseball girls softball boys hockey girls field hockey boys and girls crew girls tennis girls cheerleading and boys football. Andy Coe (captain of Yale '69 football team) coached football at Friends Academy in 1970. Friends Academy also offers a smaller variety of minor recreational activities such as yoga and dance that are accessible to high school students. Friends Academy participates in the Nassau County Public High School Athletic Association. Friends Academy is the only school to participate in the Nassau County Public High School Athletic Association as an independent school. Despite playing in a larger conference, Friends Academy has won several Regional and State titles in different sports in recent years. FA has won State Championships in Boys Basketball ('10, '11), Boys Soccer ('09, '10, '11,'13), Girls Soccer ('12), Women's rowing ('06, '08, '09, '10) and Regional Titles in Girls Field Hockey ('12), Girls Basketball ('11).
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