4809 Friends School Rd Upper School Profile Durham NC 27705 Phone: 919.383.6602 Fax: 919.383.6009 2019-2020 www.cfsnc.org CEEB Code: 341-047

Karen Cumberbatch, Head of School [email protected] Lauren Brownlee, Head of Upper School [email protected] Stefan Waldschmidt, College Counselor [email protected]

OUR MISSION Carolina Friends School is a vibrant and inclusive learning community empowering students to think critically, creatively, and independently. We foster active exploration and quiet reflection, individual endeavor and collaborative engagement. Inspired by Quaker values—pursuit of truth, respect for all, peaceful resolution of conflict, simplicity, the call to service—we teach our children that it is possible to change the world.

THE SCHOOL: HISTORY & ENROLLMENT Carolina Friends School (CFS) is an independent, co-educational Quaker day school founded in 1962 by members of the Durham and Chapel Hill Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends. Upon its founding, CFS became one of the first schools in the South to pursue a policy of racial integration. CFS graduated its first class in 1974. Today, CFS enrolls approximately 500 students in early childhood to 12th grade with approximately 175 students in the Upper School. Each year, approximately 97% of our graduates attend four-year colleges and universities, and 3% attend two-year institutions, travel, pursue public service opportunities, or directly enter the workforce.

CURRICULUM CFS operates on a trimester system with graduation requirements that encourage students to balance academic, athletic, and artistic interests. By design, CFS does not designate courses with distinctions such as honors or Advanced Placement.

EVALUATION The Upper School uses a non-graded, non-ranked narrative evaluation system that is personal and comprehensive. Each trimester, families receive extensive written evaluations that review the student’s overall progress in each course including achievement on papers and exams, contributions to class, sense of responsibility, and growth of understanding. Students earn credit or no credit in each course. With each course marking credit or no credit, students do not have GPAs, nor is there a class ranking system.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS TESTING, CLASS of 2019 Students must earn a minimum of 84 credits (1 credit = 1 trimester; 1 year = 3 credits) ACT (33 students) Middle 50% 24 - 31 Distribution Requirements: 12 credits in Language Arts 9 credits in Math 9 credits in Social Studies (3 in US History) SAT (36 students) 9 credits in Science (3 in biological, 3 in physical) Middle 50% 1185 - 1365 8 credits in Cultural Arts (at least 2 in performance, at least 2 in visual) 6 credits in Foreign Language (must be in same See a complete list of our most recent year’s course language) offerings here: 6 credits in Community Service www.cfsnc.org/cfs-education/upper-school/ program/curriculum 6 credits in Physical Education 1 credit in Human Sexuality COLLEGE MATRICULATION 2016-2019 Because of the small size of each graduating class, Carolina Friends School offers a four-year college matriculation list as a measure of the breadth and depth of our students’ post-secondary choices. Approximately 97% of graduating seniors attend four-year colleges; others explore work, travel, and service opportunities and/or enroll at two-year institutions. Each year, approximately 10-25% of our graduates elect to take a gap year before continuing their education.

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