Media-Providence Friends School

Media-Providence Friends School
Location
Media, PA, USA
Information
School type	Private
Established	1876
Headmaster	Jon Hall
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	131
Student to teacher ratio	8:1
Mascot	Dazzle the Dragon
Affiliation	Quaker
Website	www.mpfs.org

Media-Providence Friends School is a Quaker school founded as Media Friends School in Media, Pennsylvania in 1876.

History and facilities

In 1867 the members of Chester Monthly Meeting in Media, which was later renamed Media Monthly Meeting, started the school over a small stable on Baltimore Pike. Students included non-Friends, as well as members of the orthodox Chester Monthly Meeting and the Hicksite Providence Friends Meeting in Media. At the beginning of the century the Quaker religious meeting moved to 125 West 3rd Street and expanded. The small brick school building was built in 1896 with additions added in 1908 and 1918.

Later the school moved into the building on 3rd Street. The west end of the main building was changed in 1935 when space was needed to create three more classrooms. In 1957, the Social Room, and the meeting room were remodeled to create classrooms above it. A school office and lounge were added in 1965; in 1973 more changes were made when the school expanded to eighth grade. In 1991 a major addition of a gymnasium and four more classrooms were completed. These classrooms included a science classroom and a foreign language classroom. It is referred to as the Middle School Building because middle school students have home room there in addition to humanities and mathematics classes.

Most recently, in 2006, a new classroom building was completed that currently houses the first and second grade classes. During this period of renovation the small brick 1886 building was renovated. There is now a brick central courtyard that connects the new building to the main building with a covered walkway.^[1][2][3]

See also

• List of Friends schools

External links

• Official website
• Media Friends School records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

References

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Delaware County, Pennsylvania schools

Main school districts
Chester Upland	Chester High School Science and Discovery High School Smedley Allied Health School
Chichester	Chichester High School
Garnet Valley	Garnet Valley High School
Haverford Township	Haverford High School Haverford Middle School
Interboro	Interboro High School
Marple Newtown	Marple Newtown High School
Penn-Delco	Sun Valley High School
Radnor Township	Radnor High School Radnor Middle School
Ridley	Ridley High School
Rose Tree Media	Penncrest High School
Southeast Delco	Academy Park High School
Springfield	Springfield High School
Upper Darby	Upper Darby High School
Wallingford-Swarthmore	Strath Haven High School
William Penn	Penn Wood High School

Other schools
Charter schools	Chester Charter Scholars Academy
Private schools	Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Agnes Irwin School Christian Academy Delaware County Christian School Episcopal Academy Faith Temple Christian School George Crothers Memorial School Hill Top Preparatory School Media-Providence Friends School New Beginnings Academy Valley Forge Military Academy and College
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia	Archbishop John Carroll High School Archbishop Prendergast High School Cardinal O'Hara High School Monsignor Bonner High School Closed St. James High School for Boys
Unionville-Chadds Ford (partially located in Chester Co.)	Unionville High School
West Chester Area (partially located in Chester Co.)	West Chester East High School West Chester Henderson High School West Chester Rustin High School Fugett Middle School Peirce Middle School

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