Greenwood Friends School

50% Reduction in First-Year Tuition for all New K-8 Students

Greenwood's Board of Trustees recognizes the importance of new families for our growing and vital school community.  To encourage new families to enroll their children, the Board has authorized Community Scholarships of a 50% reduction in tuition for all K-8 students in their first year at our school.

The following is a checklist for the Greenwood Friends School application/enrollment process for preschool students.
 

The following is a checklist for the Greenwood Friends School application/enrollment process for kindergarten, elementary, and middle school students.
 

Greenwood strives to be accessible to students from families of any income level. All families are encouraged to apply for tuition assistance, which is available on a needs basis. New families may also be eligible for a community scholarship. Contact us for more details.

Children attend from seven counties: Columbia, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, and Union.

Preschool students are usually transported by parents.

Children in kindergarten and above grades may be transported by parents, by car pool, by Greenwood van, or by home school district public busing. 

Benton, Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, Danville, East Lycoming, Millville, and Warrior Run districts bus students to GFS.

Greenwood provides transportation, for a fee, from the Lewisburg, Milton, and Berwick areas.

Parents provide transportation from Shamokin, Shikellamy, and Southern Columbia. 

Tuition covers about 80 percent of the cost of educating a student at Greenwood Friends. Tuition income is supplemented by an Annual Giving campaign, parent-assisted fundraisers, grants from Quaker and other sources, donations, and help from the school's nascent endowment fund.

Tuition charges vary by level: the rate rises incrementally from preschool to primary and intermediate levels (grades K-5) to middle school. At the preschool level, the charge is calculated per half-day session. At all other levels, it is an annual charge. For families with more than one child above preschool, a tuition reduction is offered for all but the first child.

The school seeks to assure the presence of children from all backgrounds and income levels. We offer varying levels of tuition assistance beginning at the kindergarten level, and encourage any family for whom tuition is a burden to apply for assistance.

For more information about the school's program and its tuition structure, please call the school at 570-458-5532.