Founded in 1796, Oakwood Friends School is New York State's oldest co-educational boarding and day school. It is an independent, college preparatory school serving grades 6-12.

Growing at Oakwood

The End of an Era

Posted by: Julie Okoniewski on Friday, June 26, 2020

While Oakwood Friends School has witnessed many changes over the last decades, there remains several constants. Along with mission and culture and sense of community, two other constants have greeted us every year since 1984 - Bill and Nancy Doolittle. For 36 years Bill and Nancy have engaged in virtually every aspect of the Oakwood community. This July they will begin a new chapter as they retire and move to Maine, close to their children and grandchildren.

Rising Senior and 2020-21 Co-Clerk Ila Kumar Published in Friends Journal

The recent edition of Friends Journal included the writing of rising senior and Oakwood's 2020-21 co-clerk Ila Kumar. Ila's writing was also recently featured in The Lily, a publication of the Washington Post, for its “Dear future self” high school essay contest. Friends Journal, whose mission is to communicate Quaker experience in order to connect and deepen spiritual lives, has readership located in all 50 states and 43 foreign countries. Following is the article in its entirety.

Allison Loggins-Hull and Nathalie Joachim are two of the artists featured in the Library of Congress' Boccaccio Project, a collection of songs inspired by the coronavirus pandemic.The shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic hit musicians hard, with concert halls and rehearsal spaces shuttered and silent. But a new music initiative from the Library of Congress embraces the constraints of COVID-19. The series is a collection of 10 videos of 10 different original compositions that will premiere online starting Monday, June 15. It's called the Boccaccio Project. This piece from NPR ran on June 12, 2020.

Nai'lah Taariq, Class of 2017

Published Tuesday, November 13, 2018

I've been involved with Oakwood Model UN for a total of three years, and have attended five conferences. I joined because I'm very interested in global affairs and working with others to try and resolve problems that seem to be bigger than myself.