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BOARDING COED FOUR STEM SEASONS Oakwood Friends

OAKWOOD FRIENDS School SCHOOL CITY Poughkeepsie, NY Closest Airport: EWR

LOCATION: SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: • Population: 30,300 • Strong STEM program • Located 2 Hours North of New York City • Surrounded by the state’s best ski resorts • Weather: • Music partnership with Marist College Summer/Fall: Warm and Humid SCHOOL FACTS: Winter/Spring: Cold and Humid • Grades at School: 6-12 ELIGIBILITY: • Total Students in High School: 155 • Enrollment Restrictions: Grades • Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:4 Accepted: 8-12 • School Uniform Required: NO (There is a OPTIONS AVAILABLE*: • Minimum TOEFL: 50 dress code) Foreign Languages: American Sign • Minimum ELTiS: Not Accepted • Religious Affiliation: Quaker Language, Chinese, French, Spanish • Test Scores Vary by Grade Advanced Placement Courses: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, English Literature SCHOOL PROFILE and Composition, Environmental Science, Established in 1796, Oakwood Friends School in New York State is the state’s oldest coed French Language and Culture, Spanish boarding school. Oakwood is a Quaker school, promoting the values of peace, integrity, Language and Culture equality, community, and simplicity. Many students pursue careers in business or the Arts: 3D Print and Clay, Abnormal sciences after completing the school’s comprehensive STEM program, while others Psychology in the Theater, Acting, develop their musical abilities through its partnership with Marist College. Advanced Portfolio, Animation, Art in FACILITIES Nature, Ceramics, Concert, Dance, Drama, Oakwood Friends’ 63-acre campus features an art studio, a ceramics studio, a black-box Graphic Design, Guitar, Mixed Media, theater, a film photography studio and dark room, a full-size gymnasium, tennis courts, Music Composition and Songwriting, and a sports field. A two-acre solar field provides 100% of electricity used by the school, Musical Improvisation, Orchestra, Painting and a student-run greenhouse provides the dining hall’s produce. and Drawing, Photography, Theater SPORTS AND ARTS Production, Theater Arts and Technology, All students participate in one team sport and one life sport per academic year. Students Video Art, Visual Arts can choose from options such as soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, martial arts, and table tennis. Athletics: Oakwood students can participate in a variety of creative arts opportunities such as Boys: theater productions, art classes, and bands. The school’s music partnership with Marist Fall: Cross Country, Soccer College allows students to prepare for a future musical career. Winter: , Fencing, Fitness/ AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Strength Training, Table Tennis Dutchess Outreach recognized Oakwood for exemplary service to the local community Spring: Baseball, Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee with the 2018 Community Award. Alumni of Oakwood include former US Poet Laureate Girls: Mark Strand and women’s rights activist . The school’s Humanities Fall: Cross Country, Soccer, to change. are subject by the school offered and options *All courses Department chair, Stephen Miller, was recognized for outstanding teaching with PLATO’s Winter: Basketball, Dance, Fencing, Kinsley Award for K-12 philosophy teachers. He also received APPE’s award for Best Fitness/Strength Training, Table Tennis Formal Paper on Pre-College Ethics. Spring: Running, , Tennis, Ultimate DORMITORIES AND STUDENT LIFE Frisbee Students live in double rooms with access to laundry, kitchens, and lounges. Students Extracurricular Activities: Academic regularly travel off-campus to destinations such as restaurants and sporting events. World Quest, Animal Rights, Anime/ Manga, Badminton, Book Club, Business University Acceptance Rate: 100% Club, Calligraphy, Chess, Dance/Hip Hop, Partial List of University Acceptances: American University, Barnard College, Boston College, Boston Drama, Dumbledore’s Army, Ethics Bowl, University, Brandeis University, Brown University, Case Western Reserve University, Clark University, Colby Fitness, Friends Club, Gardening, Gay- College, Colgate University, College, , Emory University, Fordham University, Straight Alliance, Horseback Riding, Judicial George Washington University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Macalester College, Massachusetts Committee, Library Committee, Martial Institute of Technology, Middlebury College, , Muhlenberg College, New York Arts, Model United Nations, National Art University, Northeastern University, Oberlin College, Pennsylvania State University, Sarah Lawrence College, Society, Nominating Committee, OakWord Smith College, Syracuse University, Tulane University, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Literary Magazine, Orchestra, Ping Pong, University of Southern California Prom Committee, School Spirit, Ski Club, Spectrum, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Student Government, Sustainability and Agriculture, Table Top Gaming, Team Green, Walking, Writers Club, Yearbook, Yoga ESL Available/Level: YES - Beginner to Advanced

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