has a number of performing groups, including wind ensemble, orchestra, vocal ensemble, chamber choir, two middle school jazz bands and a high school jazz band. The Theater and Dance department operates in a 400-seat proscenium theater. There is a working scene shop. The curriculum includes dance, acting, playwriting, and technical theater. The school produces four productions each school year. Quaker Values Friends Academy has been teaching students Quaker Values since 1876. Friends Academy believes that in teaching Quaker Values, students will mold their minds and personalities to match the very values that they teach. Quaker Values mainly reflect on truth, morality, and conscience as believed by the Quakers themselves. To uphold the tradition of Quaker Values, the students and faculty of Friends Academy attend the Matinecock Meeting House weekly to attend "Meeting for Worship", a traditional Quaker tradition where the students and faculty sit silently to reflect. Notable people Alumni Alexandra Ansanelli, ballet dancer Franklin A. Coles, lawyer Chuck Cooperstein, radio presenter J. P. Foschi, football player Heather Lende, author Renauld Williams, football player Frank Posillico, Dry January inventor Faculty William W. Cocks, politician Franklin A. Coles, lawyer External links Friends Academy Web Site References Notes Educational institutions established in 1876 Quaker schools in New York (state) Glen Cove, New York Schools in Nassau County, New York Private high schools in New York (state) Private middle schools in New York (state) Private elementary schools in New York (state) Preparatory schools in New York (state) 1876 establishments in New York (state)