101. Westtown School -- Admissions -- About Westtown The oldest continuously operating coeducational boarding school in the country $3 million awarded annually to 10% of lower school families, http://www.westtown.edu/admissions/content/about/facts.shtml

Welcome How to Apply Other Helpful Information Key Facts About Westtown School John W. Baird, Head of School since 2002 Origins Established in 1799 by the Philadelphia Quakers The oldest continuously operating co-educational boarding school in the country Began as a safe educational haven for Quaker children, one day's coach ride from Philadelphia Size Total Student Body, Pre Kindergarten - 12th grade: 802 412 Upper School Students (302 boarding, 110 day), 9th through 12th grade 155 Middle School Students, 6th through 8th grade 234 Lower School Students, Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade Requisite boarding in 11th and 12th grades Average class size: 15 in Upper School, 18 in Middle and Lower Schools Student Body Diversity 21% - Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 19% - Students of Color; 22% in the Upper School 15% - International (Upper School) Student representation is from 22 states and 20 countries Campus 600 acres located 25 miles west of Philadelphia and 11 miles north of Wilmington, Delaware, 120 miles northwest of Washington, DC, just outside West Chester, Pennsylvania 14 acre lake with beach and boathouse Arboretum and natural forest 62 faculty houses and apartments Faculty 114 Total 103 - full time (64 have advanced degrees) 87% of Upper School full-time faculty live on campus 31% of faculty are members of the Religious Society of Friends Financial Aid $3 million awarded annually to 10% of lower school families, 21% of middle school families, 33% of upper school families

102. Westtown School -- Alumni -- Families Of Color Program William Penn Charter, George School, delaware Valley Friends, Germantown Friends, Friends Central, Friends Select, Abington Friends. Westtown School http://www.westtown.edu/alumni/parents/foc/collegefair.shtml

Parents' Council Parents' Days Events Families of Color ... Volunteer Opportunities Friends Schools' Students of Color College Fair Saturday, September 17, 2005 The purpose of the event is to: inform families of color about the unique aspects of the college process that applies specifically to them; make it economically possible for students of color to be exposed to a wider range of colleges and universities; give students of color in our schools an opportunity to network and build relationships with admissions representatives who will be reading their applications; reduce the social isolation that students of color may experience at predominantly white schools; this event expands the sphere of relationships for students of color, outside of just their own schools; provide parents with the valuable financial aid information that so often influences where their children end up matriculating; and further position Friends schools in the forefront of the minds of the colleges. The program for the day is as follows: Arrival on Campus College Fair in the Westtown Field House Light Buffet in the Field House Student Dance in the Field House Financial Aid Workshop for Parents in the Barton Test Theatre 9:00 p.m.

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