Carolina Friends School

Grades: PK-12
Students: 511
Type: Private
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4809 Friends School Road
Durham, NC 27705
(919) 383-6602

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Each teacher, coach, counselor or staff person we've encountered at Carolina Friends School has been very helpful, kind, knowledgeable and passionate about educating students. The Middle School curriculum emphasizes writing skills, Social Studies, Math, and Science as you'd expect but teachers take
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Posted by a parent on 2/24/2023
I would rate my experience during middle school a 8 out of 10 but in the upper school (high school) I would rate it a 2 out of 10. This school seems great from first glance but it is a very tough social environment for almost everyone, not just me.
Posted by a student on 1/2/2019
Our 3 children all graduated from CFS from early childhood through grade 12. Two matriculated into Ivy League universities and our third attends a highly selective liberal arts college. CFS has not only prepared our children to excel academically, but has taught them to love learning. CFS has nurtur
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Posted by a parent on 10/12/2017
We interviewed many schools before ultimately selecting CFS, including Cary Academy and Durham Academy and could not be happier with our selection. CFS truly educates the whole child vs. teaching the student to perform well on tests (though CFS students do perform well on tests). Our students have s
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Posted by a community member on 10/12/2017
I am incredibly grateful for CFS. My daughter loves school, loves her teachers, loves her days. CFS nurtures kids. Meets them where they are and through positive encouraging teaching and modeling, helps the individual want to be better, do better, do more. The classroom environment is geared to curi
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Posted by a parent on 2/28/2017