A Virginia Beach Friends School graduate has distinctive characteristics.  These are born of acceptance of the self and others and based in a 350-year old Quaker educational tradition.

CHARACTER – A Friends School graduate follows a compelling moral compass.  He or she questions with integrity and strength.

CREATIVITY – A Friends School graduate has learned that creative skills practiced in the arts are interdisciplinary and that imagination and logical analysis are of equal value in problem solving..

COGNITIVE EXCELLENCE – A Friends School graduate possesses a firm foundation of traditional academic knowledge and critical thinking capacities.  He or she graduates with a desire to always learn more.

COMPASSION – To the Friends School graduate, compassion is not merely a sentiment or spiritual understanding; it is a calling to act with kindness toward every human being.

COMMUNITY – The Friends School graduate enjoys collaborative and cooperative living and understands the true nature of equality and justice in sustaining human expansion on a small planet.