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  • Admissions
    • Planning a Visit
    • Request Information
    • Applying to RFS
    • Financial Aid
    • Tuition Information
  • Academics
    • Pre-K & Kindergarten
    • First & Second Grades
    • Third & Fourth Grades
    • Fifth & Sixth Grades
    • Seventh & Eighth Grades
    • Extended Care Program
    • RFS Parent Guardian Handbook
    • Academic Calendar
    • Music, Art & Spanish
  • Support RFS
    • Donate Online Now
    • Other Ways to Help
    • Planned Giving Options
    • READATHON
  • Trueblood Preschool
    • Planning A Visit – Trueblood
    • Request Information
    • Map & Directions – Trueblood
    • Tuition Information
    • Curriculum
  • Wellness

About Us

What makes Richmond Friends School Unique?

Richmond Friends School (RFS) is a Preschool – 8th grade independent Quaker school providing high-quality educational experiences that nurture individual gifts and meet the needs of the whole child. The school’s multi-age, low student-to-teacher ratio classrooms enable one-to-one instruction and innovative learning methods. This encourages students to recognize, comprehend and conquer challenges both inside and outside the classroom. Through outdoor education, community involvement, and project-based curriculum, students are encouraged to think critically and collaborate with peers and teachers. This unique educational setting encourages our students to become lifelong learners committed to making the world a better place.

Academics

  • Educating the whole child: addressing individual skill levels; customized curriculum; acknowledging mental, emotional, and physical growth
  • Small student-to-teacher ratio
  • Strong foundation emphasizing self-discovery and inquiry
  •  Non-traditional assessment: portfolios, written evaluations, and presentations instead of letter grades; sample standardized tests administered in upper elementary only
  • Multi-age classrooms engage students in peer mentoring and modeling; allows teachers to address and adjust to individual challenges and gifts; fosters greater understanding and routine consistency as well as deeper relationships among peers and teachers after being together for multiple years

Community

  • All-School Events: All-School Meetings, special field trips (Annual Creek Walk, for example), events such as Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day, Family Work Days, mentoring between classrooms, and school buddies
  • Parent involvement: crucial for success of above-listed events (committee work, board work, volunteering, etc.) and financial support (tuition in addition to annual fund, capital campaigns and parent fundraising initiatives)

Quaker Principles

  • Commitment to diversity and equality
  • Decision-making by consensus (in classrooms as well as in school governance)
  • Peaceful conflict resolution
  • Integrity
  • Simplicity
  • Community Service

Monthly Newsletters:

Get a snapshot of daily life at Richmond Friends School! Newsletters are distributed to parents on a monthly basis and include narratives and photos from each teacher about progress and activities in their classroom

Most Recent Newsletter:March 2021 Newsletter

February 2021 Newsletter

December 2020 Newsletter

November 2020 Newsletter

October 2020 Newsletter

September 2020 Newsletter

May 2020 Newsletter

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  • Map & Directions
  • Alumni
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Testimonials

Photo of Judy and Max“Max loves going to school and loves his teacher.  He will not miss a day of school!”
- The Buffington Adams Family
Photo of Walker Family“We chose RFS because children are encouraged to express themselves and work through problems together. She is learning skills that she can use her entire life!”
- The Walker Family
  Wright Family Photo

"Richmond Friends School teachers develop curriculum that achieve academic excellence through active, experiential, and individualized approaches in which students are enjoying and excelling simultaneously. In this combination, most any student with any learning style can thrive."

- The Wright Family
Lerner Family Photo"RFS focuses as much on academic excellence as social development. Our children are learning how to be strong, positive contributors to society in tangible ways."
- The Lerner Family (and friend Joel)

Tim Noxon and sons

"RFS provides the time and space for our son to have a meaningful relationship with his teacher and his classmates."

- The Noxon Family

Photo of Julia and Lena

"We chose RFS because the Quaker values inform every aspect of learning and teaching- those values are vital to the world and to the individual."

- The Jensen Smith Family

Photo of Will and Cullen

"We are so happy to have found a school that is such a good fit and that helps him reach his potential."

- The Nicholes Family

"At Richmond Friends School you feel like part of a family."

- The Crittenden Family

Photo of Kendra and Briya

"I chose RFS for the great learning environment.  Hands-on independent learning that encourages children to progress at their own pace."

- The Busby Family

Contact Us

Richmond Friends School
607 W Main Street
Richmond, IN 47374
765-966-5767
office@richmondfriendsschool.org

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