General Info

Preparing the Next Generation for a Higher Education and Life Fulfillment.Tandem Friends School is located on Tandem Lane, just off Mill Creek Drive and Route 20 in Charlottesville, Virginia on 23 acres of lush, green, wooded grounds. Charlottesville is served by the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport and by AMTRAK.Expectations-Full scope of a current academic curriculum-Detailed description of the "life of our students"-Interscholastic sports-Performing arts program-Libby 0. Cohen Library, a vital center of our school community-Annual giving to our futureWe are a coeducational day school serving students in grades 5 through 12. Our students receive an education in which intellectual, ethical, artistic, and athletic ideals are pursued. We foster capable students who value a spiritual, egalitarian, kind, and creative community; thrive on independent, imaginative thought; are fully engaged in learning; and seek the best from themselves and their community.Our community has a remarkable tradition of educating young learners to become powerful and purposeful adults. Children at Tandem Friends are honored and respected as they grow into adulthood. Providing an exemplary academic experience in a spiritual community based on Quaker values is an uplifting and sustaining mission that binds us together in a shared vision.