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| Friends Academy | |
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 Aerial Photograph of Friends Academy. Photographed by Joshua Sukoff '22 | |
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| Type | Private co-ed |
| Motto | Strong Minds. Kind Hearts. |
| Established | April 17, 1876 |
| Founder | Gideon Frost |
| Head of school | Paul J. Stellato |
| Grades | Nursery school – 12th grade |
| Campus | Suburban, 65 acres (26 ha) |
| Color(s) | Red and Black |
| Mascot | Quaker |
| Yearbook | The Lamp |
| Website | www |
Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from nursery school through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley, New York, United States. The school was founded in 1876 by 78-year-old Gideon Frost for "The children of Friends and those similarly sentimented." The school was originally named Friends College. The campus covers 65 acres (26 ha). The school is organized around a lush, grassy quad with buildings surrounding it. Recent additions to the school include the Helen A. Dolan Center (2000), the Kumar-Wang Library (2000), the renovation of the Upper School (2004), the renovation of the Lower School (2010), the construction of the gym and field house (2007), and the renovation of the Middle School (2016).