Friends’ Central’s Upper School curriculum provides students an exceptional college preparatory program in an atmosphere that sets the highest of academic and personal standards. The environment is one in which students are encouraged to find their own voices as they listen carefully to and respect the opinions of others. Leadership skills, self discipline, and cooperation are developed throughout the curriculum. The program includes a required service component as well as numerous athletic, artistic, and performance opportunities.

The Friends’ Central classroom emphasizes advanced levels of critical and conceptual thinking, and independent projects require student research in library, laboratory, and studio. Students also have academic-based travel opportunities to places such as France, Spain, Greece, Japan and Peru.