Friends Seminary
| Friends Seminary | |
|---|---|
(2025) | |
| Address | |
222 East 16th Street , 10003 | |
| Coordinates | 40°44′02″N 73°59′07″W / 40.733997°N 73.985279°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Private |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Quaker |
| Founded | 1786 |
| Principal | Robert "Bo" Lauder |
| Faculty | 180 |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Gender | Mixed gender |
| Age range | 5-19 |
| Enrollment | 794 (2022-2023) 308 Upper School 222 Middle School 264 Lower School |
| Average class size | 18 students |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Red and White |
| Song | "Alma Mater" |
| Athletics | 31 teams |
| Mascot | Owl |
| Accreditation | NYSAIS |
| Newspaper | The Insight |
| Tuition | U.S.$53,900.00 |
| Former name | Founded as Friends Institute (1786-1860) |
| Website | http://www.friendsseminary.org |
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Friends Seminary is an independent K-12 school in Manhattan. The oldest continuously coeducational school in New York City, in recent years it has served approximately 800 students. The school's vision statement declares its purpose is "to prepare students to engage in the world that is and to help bring about a world that ought to be."
Robert "Bo" Lauder is principal, the school's 35th. Lauder came to Friends in the fall of 2002 after serving as Upper School Head at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.