• Modeling and teaching integrity, community, equality, peace, stewardship, and simplicity, the Quaker core testimonies.
  
  
• Providing challenges, options, and accountability to foster self-discipline and resilience.
  
  
• Creating an environment that encourages both confidence and curiosity for growth.
  
  
• Emphasizing self-awareness and openness to diverse experiences.
  
  
• Fostering physical as well as intellectual activity as components of personal growth and well-being.
  
  
• Prioritizing information, technology, and media literacy for effective communication and critical thinking.
  
  
• Committing to environmental education and stewardship.
  
  
• Incorporating scheduled meeting time for reflection and community dialogue based on the Quaker practice of Meeting for Worship.

At Wilmington Friends, diversity is integral to our educational objectives and to our mission as a Quaker school. The defining belief of Quakerism is that there is “that of God” in everyone. That belief gives rise to a profound respect for the dignity of each person and an obligation to lead on issues of social justice. Guided by Quaker principles, we seek to build and sustain a community of students, families, faculty, staff, administrators and trustees with a variety of identities—in terms of culture, economic means, ethnicity, gender, nationality, race, religion and sexual orientation.

 

We define diversity not only by the composition of our school community but also by the character of our interactions and the high level of scholarship in our program. We recognize that diversity of thought, identity and experience is essential to academic excellence and to the pursuit of truth, in the Quaker tradition. In and beyond the classroom, we seek to instill an orientation to learning about various countries, cultures, experiences, points of view, and identities that inform individual and family stories. That intentional engagement allows for honest discussion, including disagreement and the growth that can come from it, promoting mutual respect and a broadened perspective for all.