“Wilmington Friends School provided me with the foundation for understanding what a community truly is. My teachers, coaches, and classmates helped me learn that a community is not necessarily a physical space but a feeling where everyone is valued and has a sense of belonging. Most importantly, my time at Friends formed my core belief that there is light in everyone and that every human being deserves to live a life of dignity.”
Miles Katzen ’16 graduated from the University of Delaware in 2020 with a degree in Human Services. During college, he worked as a Senior Counselor and Program Director at Camp Skylemar in Naples, Maine. After graduating from the University of Delaware, Miles returned to Wilmington Friends School to serve as an Associate Teacher and Assistant lacrosse coach for three years while pursuing his Master's in School Counseling from Villanova University. He currently serves as a Health and Wellness educator, coach, and advisor at The Haverford School. Reflecting on what he enjoys most about his work, Miles states, “I love that each day I am able to make a positive impact on someone else’s life. I am motivated to be the role model and person of support for our next generation of learners, whom I was so lucky to have during my time as a student at WFS.”
His advice to the Class of 2025? “Express your gratitude and keep doors open! WFS is a special place full of caring, dedicated, and impactful people. I never imagined returning to WFS to work as a teacher, but this opportunity allowed me to rekindle relationships with many people who positively impacted my life. I was so fortunate to be able to thank these people for all they did for me, and I was glad to show them how they have helped me get to where I currently am. Take the time now to write that thoughtful thank you note to a teacher, to send a message to a coach, or to express your gratitude in person to your advisor. Let the people in your life at WFS know how much you appreciate them - these relationships will help you long after your days in Alapocas!”
During recess, 1st-grade students worked together on our Natural Playground to design and build their very own see-saw using fallen branches and logs. With teamwork, problem-solving, and plenty of creativity, they transformed natural materials into a working structure—all through hands-on learning and exploratory play.
It was another excellent fall for WFS athletics. Our student-athletes competed with purpose, resilience, and school pride across every field, course, and court. We’re incredibly proud of their hard work and grateful to the fans who cheered them on.
The Quaker Cares Club brought energy and encouragement to campus with a Wellness Smoothie Bike for our Middle and Upper School students! By hopping on the bike and pedaling fast, students blended their own healthy, delicious smoothies—a fun reminder that taking care of yourself matters, especially during high-stress times.
A huge thank you to all of our alumni who came out on November 29 for wrestling, basketball, and volleyball! It was wonderful to see teammates reconnect, compete, and cheer each other on across all three games. Go Blue!
Shoutout to our amazing third graders, whose hard work on the Basket Brigade food drive helped bring the Lower School’s total to 624 pounds of food donated to the Food Bank of Delaware! Their compassion and commitment to assisting others embody the very best of our WFS community.
A beloved holiday tradition at WFS is our sixth grade pie bake for Wilmington's Sunday Breakfast Mission. Students lovingly peel, slice, prepare, box, and finally deliver 40 apple pies for those in our greater community.
Ten representatives from the Wilmington Friends School Middle School Youth in Government Club traveled to Dover, Delaware to participate in the State Junior Youth in Government Model Legislature.
Students gathered today for the Pouring of Libations, a long-standing tradition that, while not Quaker in origin, beautifully reflects our community’s values.
Storytelling is a central theme of the lower school Visual Arts curriculum, and fourth graders are exploring that theme by experimenting with ways to communicate without using words, applying visual choices alone to convey meaning.
Ninth-grade English students are wrapping up their short story unit with a collaborative Hexagonal Thinking exercise that challenges them to see literature through a more analytical lens.
Right now, in International Baccalaureate (IB) English: Power and Performance, 11th- and 12th-graders are studying Anton Chekhov’s short stories and experimenting with his craft techniques in their own writing.
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Wilmington Friends School admits students of any race, color, gender, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students of these schools. Wilmington Friends School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national and ethnic origin in administration of their educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.