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The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur is the Philadelphia region’s premier independent, Catholic, college-preparatory school for girls and young women in grades 6–12....
Friends Select School is an all-gendered, college preparatory, Quaker day school serving 661 students in grades pre-K through 12. Friends Select believes that education...
Hill Top Preparatory School educates and empowers neurodiverse students in grades 5–12 with learning differences such autism, ADHD and anxiety. With a focus on...
Friends’ Central School is an all-gender college-preparatory Quaker school offering an outstanding independent school education to students in nursery through grade 12. Located on...
Greene Towne Montessori School educates children from 18 months to 3rd grade and offers Montessori & Me infant/toddler playgroups as well as summer camp...
Frankford Friends School is a co-educational Quaker institution in Philadelphia, serving students from preschool through eighth grade across two campuses. Guided by Quaker values...
At the Waldorf School of Philadelphia, we provide the right learning experiences at the right time. Our joyful and time-tested early childhood and elementary...
William Penn Charter School is a coeducational, pre-Kindergarten through grade 12, college-preparatory school in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. The oldest Quaker school...
At Shipley, rigorous academics are just the start. In a world of uncertainties, we prepare your child to conquer them all. We nurture student...
Benchmark School’s evidence-based program uniquely equips students with dyslexia, ADHD, and other learning differences to become successful and self-confident students.Through holistic support in a...