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{{Infobox school
 | name                    = Friends Seminary
 | image                   = FriendsSeminary225Logo.jpg
 | imagesize               = 160px
 | caption                 = 
 | streetaddress           = 222 East 16th Street
 | city                    = [[New York City]]
 | state                   = [[New York (state)|New York]]
 | zipcode                 = 10003
 | country                 = [[United States]]
 | coordinates             = {{coord|40.733997|-73.985279|display=inline,title|format=dms|type:edu}}
 | religion                = [[Quakers|Quaker]]
 | principal               = Robert "Bo" Lauder
 | faculty                 = 180
 | avg_class_size          = 18 students
 | gender                  = Mixed gender
 | schooltype              = Private
 | tuition                 = [[United States dollar|U.S.$]]53,900.00<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.friendsseminary.org/admissions/financial-aid--affordability/tuition--payment-plans|title=Tuition & Payment Plans}}</ref>
 | enrollment              = 794 (2022-2023)<br />308 Upper School<br/>222 Middle School<br/>264 Lower School
 | grades                  = K–12
 | age range               = 5-19
 | campus type             = [[urban area|Urban]]
 | athletics               = 31 teams
 | song                    = "Alma Mater"<ref>2013 Graduation Alma Mater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHBiDL0NzEk&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL9hFCJ18E4Vt3JrW4jiIEcY9LXlSkITQd</ref>
 | mascot                  = Owl
 | accreditation           = NYSAIS<ref name="friendsseminary.org">{{cite web |url=https://www.friendsseminary.org |title = Friends Seminary, a Quaker day school in New York, NY}}</ref>
 | colours                 = Red and White <br />{{Color box|#D81E05|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|White|border=darkgray}}
 | newspaper               = The Insight
 | established             = 
 | founded                 = {{start date and age|1786}}
 | alumni                  = 
 | free_label              = Former name
 | free_text               = Founded as '''Friends Institute''' (1786-1860)
 | homepage                = http://www.friendsseminary.org
}}
'''Friends Seminary''' is an independent K-12 school in [[Manhattan]]. The oldest continuously coeducational school in [[New York City]], in recent years it has served approximately 800 students. The school's vision statement declares its purpose is "to prepare students to engage in the world that is and to help bring about a world that ought to be."<!--No citations are required in the article lead per [[MOS:LEADCITE]], as long as the content is cited in the article body, as it should be. Do not add missing-citation tags like {{cn}} to the lead. If necessary, {{not verified in body}} can be used, or the content removed.-->

Robert "Bo" Lauder is principal, the school's 35th. Lauder came to Friends in the fall of 2002 after serving as Upper School Head at [[Sidwell Friends School]] in Washington, D.C.

==History==
[[File:Friends Meeting House.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Meetinghouse]]
Friends Seminary, established by members of the [[Religious Society of Friends]], whose members are known as Quakers, was founded in 1786 as '''Friends' Institute''' through a $10,000 bequest of [[Robert Murray (merchant)|Robert Murray]], a wealthy New York merchant. It was located on Pearl Street in Manhattan and strived to provide Quaker children with a "guarded education." In 1826, the school was moved to a larger campus on Elizabeth Street. Tuition in that year was $10 or less per annum, except for the oldest students, whose families paid $20.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=49sX6LzaE_oC&dq=%22Friends+Seminary%22&pg=PA148 Barbour, ''Quaker Crosscurrents'', p.148]</ref> (By 1915, tuition had risen to $250.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4KFeAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Friends+Seminary%22&pg=PA346 ''Handbook of Private Schools''(1915)]</ref>) The school again moved in 1860 to its current location and changed its name to '''Friends Seminary'''.

In 1878, Friends Seminary was one of the earliest of schools to establish a Kindergarten. In 1925, it was the first private co-educational school to hire a full-time psychologist.<ref>Gibbs, Nancy Reid. ''Children of Light'', Friends Seminary, 1986. page 101.</ref> [[M. Scott Peck]], who transferred to Friends from [[Phillips Exeter]] in late 1952, praised the school's diversity and nurturing atmosphere. "While at Friends," he wrote, "I awoke each morning eager for the day ahead ... [A]t Exeter, I could barely crawl out of bed."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sHwRvFOitvgC&dq=%22Friends+Seminary%22&pg=PA29 Peck, ''The Different Drum'', page 30]</ref>

In 2015, based on recommendations made in 2005 by the Trustees of the New York Quarterly Meeting after completion of a study, the New York Quarterly Meeting reached [[Consensus decision-making|consensus]] on the issue of incorporating the school and the New York Quarterly Meeting separately.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.friendsseminary.org/news-detail-2?pk=1012073|title = Friends Seminary and New York Quarterly Meeting Redefine and Reaffirm Their Longstanding Relationship|date = December 8, 2015}}</ref> Under the agreement, Friends Seminary will pay the New York Quarterly Meeting $775,000 annually, and both sides will contribute an additional $175,000 to a capital fund to preserve the historic buildings. The Quakers will continue naming half the members of the school's governing board, and the agreement establishes a six-person committee to foster the school's commitment to Quaker values.

The school's vision is "to prepare students to engage in the world that is and to help bring about a world that ought to be." It is currently guided by a mission statement adopted in 2015, a service learning statement adopted in 2004, a diversity and inclusion mission statement adopted in 2005, and a global education mission statement adopted in 2024. Friends Seminary is a member of [[New York City|New York]]'s Independent School Diversity Network.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.friendsseminary.org/about/our-mission|title=Our Mission}}</ref> 

==Organization==
[[File:All school - final.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Exterior of Friends Seminary on 16th Street]]
The school is divided into three sections:

*Lower School - Kindergarten to Grade 4
*Middle School - Grades 5-8
*Upper School - Grades 9-12

==Facilities==

[[File:Friends Seminary E 15 St.jpg|thumb|right|175px|The Annex on East 15th Street, formerly the German Masonic Hall<ref>{{cite fednyc}}, p.189</ref>]]

The campus comprises six buildings. The largest building, known as Hunter Hall, built in 1964, holds classes for the entire Middle School, most of the Lower School and some of the Upper School. The building contains a basement-level [[gym]]nasium and [[cafeteria]], [[library]] and [[Hybrid library|media center]], [[science]] laboratories, [[studio|art studios]], computer laboratories and classrooms for all grades.

Attached to the school is the historic Meetinghouse, a landmark built in 1860, and the Fifteenth Street Monthly Meeting of The Religious Society of Friends. The Meetinghouse plays an integral part in student life at Friends Seminary. Outside the front doors of the Meetinghouse is the [[courtyard]] used for recess and other activities.

In 1997, the school purchased and renovated a former German Masonic Temple located on 15th Street.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/16/realestate/for-friends-seminary-new-classroom-space.html | work=The New York Times | title=For Friends Seminary, New Classroom Space | date=March 16, 1997}}</ref> The new building, called "The Annex", incorporates "[[environmental technology|green technology]]" to create a building with less of an [[ecological footprint]] than many other buildings in the city.  The Annex includes more science labs, as well as three multi-use classrooms, and a black box theater.

The Meetinghouse, located on 15th Street at Rutherford Place (next to [[Stuyvesant Square]]), serves both as a place of worship and, traditionally, as a performance space, although the school has opted as of 2011 to perform in the Vineyard theatre on 15th Street.  The Meetinghouse also serves as a home for the school's music program.

Friends Seminary completed an extensive redevelopment project in 2019. They designed an entirely new structure behind the facades of three 1852 townhouses and connected them seamlessly to the School's main building. The new structure provides separate access for the Upper School, in addition to a "Great Room," which is a multipurpose gathering space that opens onto a courtyard. The new space also features an Upper School Commons and Terrace along with new classrooms are that grouped around shared study and locker areas. A rooftop Greenhouse and play area was also developed.

==Cost==
Tuition for the 2023–2024, school year for all grades is {{US$|60,500|link=yes}}. In addition, there are fees for meals, technology resources, etc., in combination with the expense for books for grades 9–12, that would add approximately $6,000-$8,000 to the cost of attendance.

==Notable alumni==
*[[Eva Amurri]], actress{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Peter Bart]], film producer, journalist and writer{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Malcolm Browne]], journalist and photographer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malcolm W. Browne Papers |url=https://findingaids.loc.gov/exist_collections/ead3pdf/mss/2016/ms016075.pdf}}</ref>
*[[Henrietta Buckmaster]], author<ref>{{cite web |title=Buckmaster, Henrietta |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/buckmaster-henrietta |website=encyclopedia.com |accessdate=2 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[Caleb Carr]], writer<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ezequiel Vinao: Merlin the Opera (about Caleb Carr)|url = http://merlin.tloneditions.com/about_Caleb_Carr.html|website = merlin.tloneditions.com|access-date = 2016-01-29}}</ref>
*[[Mel Cummin]], cartoonist{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Wylie Dufresne]], chef<ref name= "New Yorker">{{cite news |title=Going Once, Going Twice |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/13/art-and-commerce-going-once-going-twice |accessdate=14 February 2019 |date=April 13, 2015 |last=Allen |first=Emma |publisher=New Yorker Magazine}}</ref>
*[[Lena Dunham]], actress<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/11/15/downtowns-daughter | title=Downtown's Daughter | magazine=The New Yorker | date=November 15, 2010 | access-date=February 21, 2017 | author=Mead, Rebecca}}</ref>
*[[Richard F. Casten]], physicist
*[[Timothy Foote]], journalist{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Max Graham]], music producer and DJ
*[[Emily Wakeman Hartley]], founder of the Stamford Theatre<ref>Harry Prescott Hanaford, Dixie Hines, eds., [https://books.google.com/books?id=tpafAAAAMAAJ&dq=Emily+Wakeman+Hartley+born&pg=PA311 ''Who's who in Music and Drama''] (H. P. Hanaford 1914): 311.</ref>
*[[Roger O. Hirson]], dramatist and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Playwright Roger Hirson: "Pippin is a Friends kid" |url=https://www.friendsseminary.org/news-detail-2?pk=852427 |website=Friends Seminary |date = May 2, 2013|accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref>
*[[Rio Hope-Gund]], professional soccer player
*[[David Isay]], radio producer{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Michael Kimmelman]], art critic{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Hilary Knight (illustrator)|Hilary Knight]], cartoonist{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Chi Ossé]], politician and activist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-30 |title=Chi Ossé '16 |url=https://www.friendsseminary.org/news-detail-2?pk=1375804 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Friends Seminary |language=en}}</ref>

*[[Will Menaker]], podcast host, gamer, film critic<ref>{{cite web |title=Menaker, Will|url=https://twitter.com/willmenaker/status/1416574330612469763 |website=twitter.com |accessdate=17 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[M. Scott Peck]], writer<ref>Jones, Arthur. (2007) ''The Road He Traveled: The Revealing Biography of M. Scott Peck.'' Rider.</ref>
*[[Amanda Peet]], actress<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.universityherald.com/articles/42007/20160927/actress-amanda-peet-columbia-graduate-finished-whole-nine-yards.htm| title=Actress Amanda Peet Is A Columbia Graduate And Finished 'The Whole Nine Yards'| date=Sep 27, 2016| last=Reed| first=Jane| website=University Herald}}</ref>
*[[Liev Schreiber]], actor<ref name= "New Yorker"/>
*[[Kyra Sedgwick]], actress<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DB133FF930A35757C0A96E948260|work=The New York Times|title=Kyra M. Sedgwick And Kevin Bacon, Actors, Engaged|date=April 3, 1988|access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Katharine Lamb Tait]], artist{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Olivia Thirlby]], actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/olivia-thirlby-smoking-wackness-article-1.292499|title = Olivia Thirlby is smoking in 'The Wackness'|website = [[New York Daily News]]|date = June 27, 2008|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121019153302/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/olivia-thirlby-smoking-wackness-article-1.292499|archive-date = October 19, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Vera Wang]], designer<ref name = "New Yorker"/>
*[[William L. Ward]], US Representative from New York's 16th district (1897-1899){{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Calvert Watkins]], linguist and classicist {{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Nat Wolff]], actor<ref>{{Cite web|date = February 17, 2015|url=http://www.nypress.com/news/from-palo-alto-to-the-east-village-EWNP1020140430304309999|title = From Palo Alto to the East Village}}</ref>

==References ==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Friends Seminary}}
*{{Official website}}

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