About: William Penn Charter School

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William Penn Charter School (commonly known as Penn Charter or simply PC) is an independent school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1689 at the urging of William Penn as the "Public Grammar School" and chartered in 1689 to be operated by the "Overseers of the public School, founded by Charter in the town and county of Philadelphia" in Pennsylvania. It is the oldest Quaker school in the world, the oldest elementary school in Pennsylvania, and the fifth oldest elementary school in the United States following The Collegiate School ("claimed" 1628), Boston Latin School (1635), Hartford Public High School (1638), and Roxbury Latin (1645).

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  • William Penn Charter School (commonly known as Penn Charter or simply PC) is an independent school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1689 at the urging of William Penn as the "Public Grammar School" and chartered in 1689 to be operated by the "Overseers of the public School, founded by Charter in the town and county of Philadelphia" in Pennsylvania. It is the oldest Quaker school in the world, the oldest elementary school in Pennsylvania, and the fifth oldest elementary school in the United States following The Collegiate School ("claimed" 1628), Boston Latin School (1635), Hartford Public High School (1638), and Roxbury Latin (1645). (en)
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  • 3000 West School House Lane (en)
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  • Quaker
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  • Good Instruction Is Better Than Riches
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  • Pennsylvania Association of Private Academic Schools (en)
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  • Religious Society of Friends (en)
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  • The William Penn Charter School for Boys and Girls (en)
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  • Blue and Yellow (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • William Penn (en)
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  • Pre-K – 12 (en)
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  • Grades (en)
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  • Assistant Headmaster (en)
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  • Darryl J. Ford, PhD (en)
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  • Quaker (en)
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  • Good Instruction Is Better Than Riches (en)
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  • William Penn Charter School (en)
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  • The Mirror (en)
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  • PC (en)
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  • 3000 (xsd:integer)
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  • The Class Record (en)
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  • William Penn Charter School (commonly known as Penn Charter or simply PC) is an independent school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1689 at the urging of William Penn as the "Public Grammar School" and chartered in 1689 to be operated by the "Overseers of the public School, founded by Charter in the town and county of Philadelphia" in Pennsylvania. It is the oldest Quaker school in the world, the oldest elementary school in Pennsylvania, and the fifth oldest elementary school in the United States following The Collegiate School ("claimed" 1628), Boston Latin School (1635), Hartford Public High School (1638), and Roxbury Latin (1645). (en)
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