News & Announcements

Join us for an evening with Wiley Cash and Clyde Edgerton as Wiley presents his new novel and Clyde provides live music. Featuring award winning BBQ from Southern Smoke and hosted by WECT's Ashlea Kosikowski, there will also be the chance to bid on naming rights for a character in Wiley Cash's next book. Get your tickets today!

Friends School of Wilmington has added 2.8 acres of adjoining green space to our campus. This wooded lot is an absolute gem that immediately provides our students with outdoor space to learn, play, and engage with nature. It gives us room for the entire school to gather for community events, celebrations, and fellowship.

To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year, our school community collaboratively presented selections from his final speech. Often referred to as The Mountaintop Speech, Dr. King gave this speech in Memphis, TN in support of striking sanitation workers. The strike was in response to the deaths of sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker, and reflected Dr. King's growing focus on economic justice.

Ursula was one of our Montessori Preschool Teachers from 2002-2009 and recently sent us a video check in from her home in Germany.

Nick Scarff - Class of 2006 -
Master Blender and VP of Business Development for Next Century Spirits

In light of tragic events that have emphasized the ongoing need for social justice
reform in our nation, state, and local community, and through a process of
reflection and collaborative work, the Board of Trustees drafted a Black Lives
Matter Statement which has been incorporated into the school's 2020 Strategic
Plan.

We have put together a good ol' Variety Show for your viewing pleasure! This one's for the WHOLE FAMILY! And Grandfriends will probably love it, too!

We are excited to invite you to tour our middle school classrooms and natural outdoor spaces for learning and play. We have strong Covid-19 protocols in place and ask that you please contact our Admissions Director David at davidh@fsow.org to reserve a time slot for your tour.

Choose a time slot and join us for a tour of our new Montessori Preschool classrooms and explore our learning and play spaces.

Join us this month to build community, raise funds, and track our progress as we embark on a virtual through-hike on the Appalachian Trail.