207 students

23 acres of land

3 years in a row of varsity girls' soccer state championships

7 buildings

18 sports teams and 2 sports clubs

7 drama productions each year

2 concerts per year

63% of faculty members hold Master's degrees or higher

84% of juniors and seniors sit for AP exams

86% of AP exams taken received a 3 or above

26 average ACT score for class of 2011

1256 average SAT score (critical reading and math) for class of 2011

14 nationalities represented

1 ghost in the attic

34 senior projects last year

6 record number of sports played on the quad simultaneously during lunch

Tuition for the 2013-2014 academic year is as follows:

Grades 5 & 6:	$17,250
Grade 7:	$17,500
Grade 8:	$18,250
Grade 9:	$18,750
Grade 10:	$19,000
Grades 11 & 12:	$19,750

There is a $250 Textbook and Technology fee per student

Tuition Refund Plan

Your financial obligation to Tandem is for the full annual tuition as stated in a student's enrollment contract. The school cannot refund tuition or cancel unpaid balances if a student must withdraw during the academic year.

If a student withdraws, the Tuition Refund Plan will pay benefits (subject to terms and conditions) to Tandem, which will provide substantial assistance in meeting financial obligation.

Click here to review the Tuition Refund Plan materials.

Contact Stephanie Corbell in the Business Office if you have questions about  or would like to purchase the Tuition Refund Plan.

Tandem Friends School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, or national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Tandem Friends School complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act to the greatest possible extent. Because of the school’s limited resources and the constraints of its buildings and grounds, Tandem Friends School cannot accommodate all students with disabilities.

What are you looking for in a Tandem Friends student?

First and foremost, we are looking for students who can succeed academically. If a student is working at an above-average level at his or her current school, this is a good first indicator.  A student who struggles to the point of needing a “shadow” or a dedicated guide in the classroom would have a very hard time being successful at Tandem.  Why is this important?  We believe that a healthy sense of self-esteem is critical to a student’s academic success.  If the work is challenging to the point of constant self-incrimination, then self-esteem falls by the wayside.

Are there students for whom Tandem is not a good fit?

Yes.  A student who relies exclusively on outside rules and parameters to be successful will struggle here.  One of Tandem’s mottoes is “Freedom with Responsibility”.  We demand that our students exhibit responsibility first, particularly with regard to school work and homework.

How much homework is there?

At Tandem Friends, we believe that homework is used to fine tune learning (or get ready for class the next day, in the case of reading).  We emphatically do not believe in homework as busy work! Middle schoolers are asked to have a maximum of an hour a day, although this will be spread out and not always consistent. For example, if a student has a history paper assigned, he or she might not have homework assignments every night, but the expectation would be that he or she is working on it at home.

What is a “Friends” school?

“Friends,” short for the “Religious Society of Friends,” is another term for Quakers.  Quakers believe that there is that of God in everyone. In a school setting, that means we are all working to bring out the best in one another.  There is no requirement or expectation that a student or family be a Quaker to attend Tandem Friends, but the expectation and requirement is that we treat each other with respect and compassion and try to learn from everyone.