{{Short description|School in Exton, Pennsylvania, US}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2012}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Church Farm School | native_name = | latin_name = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | seal_image = | seal_size = | seal_alt = | image = Church Farm HD.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = | motto = <!-- or | mottoes = --> | motto_translation = | address = 1001 East Lincoln Highway | location = | region = | city = Exton | county = | state = PA | province = | postal_code = <!-- or | postal_code = --> | zipcode = 19341-2818 | country = USA | country1 = | coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | coordinates_footnotes = | other_name = <!-- or | other_names = --> | former_name = <!-- or | former_names = --> | schooltype = Independent boarding & day high school | fundingtype = | type = | religious_affiliation = Christianity | denomination = Episcopal<ref name="nces_psch" /> | patron = | established = {{Start date|1918}} | founder = Charles Shreiner | status = | closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}} --> | locale = | sister_school = | school_board = | district = | us_nces_district_id = | local_authority = | educational_authority = <!-- or | authority = --> | category = <!-- use | category_label = to override the default label --> | oversight = <!-- use | oversight_label = to override the default label --> | trust = | authorizer = | superintendent = | trustee = | specialist = <!-- or | specialists = --> | session = | school_number = | school_code = | ceeb = | us_nces_school_id = {{NCES Private School ID|A1903685|school_name=Church Farm School|access_date=25 September 2022}} | president = | chair = <!-- use | chair_label = to override the default label --> | chairman = <!-- use | chairman_label = to override the default label --> | chairperson = <!-- use | chairperson_label = to override the default label --> | dean = | administrator = | rector = | director = | principal = <!-- use | principal_label = to override the default label --> | campus_director = | headmistress = | headmaster = Dr. Troy M. 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The '''Church Farm School''' (CFS) is a private secondary Christian school in Exton, Pennsylvania, United States.<ref name=Extonmap>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st42_pa/place/p4224440_exton/DC10BLK_P4224440_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Exton CDP, PA]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on October 9, 2018. "[https://www.westgoshen.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2016/10/WCACOG-Map.pdf West Chester Area Council of Governments Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926122620/https://www.westgoshen.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2016/10/WCACOG-Map.pdf |date=September 26, 2018 }}." On the website of West Goshen Township. Retrieved on September 26, 2018. This shows the boundaries of West Whiteland Township.</ref><ref>[https://www.gocfs.net/page Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113063927/https://www.gocfs.net/page |date=2018-11-13 }}. Church Farm School. Retrieved on October 9, 2018. "Church Farm School | 1001 E. Lincoln Hwy. | Exton, Pennsylvania 19341"</ref> In 1985, the campus was listed as a historic district by the National Register of Historic Places.

==History== The school was founded in 1918 by Charles Shreiner. Shreiner, an Episcopal clergyman, established the school in Glen Loch (now Exton) Pennsylvania, on Route 30 (Lincoln Highway), as a boarding school for boys from single-parent homes, primarily those without fathers. The sons of the clergy, members of the armed services, and police officers were a second focus of the school in its early days. Shreiner, because of his strict belief in the importance of discipline and a strong work ethic, was known to the boys as the "Colonel."<ref name="nom">{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992623 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Church Farm School Historic District|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Diane Snyder and Martha Wolf|date= 1984| access-date=December 14, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>

Shortly after its founding, the school acquired the Benjamin Pennypacker House property.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992625 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Pennypacker, Benjamin, House|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= M. L. Wolf and Brandywine Cons.|date= December 1981| access-date=December 14, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref> The school integrated in 1963. After Shreiner died in 1964, the Board of Directors placed the school under the direction of his son, Charles Shreiner, Jr., a World War II veteran who served until retirement in 1987. The school's third headmaster, Charles "Terry" Shreiner III, the founder's grandson, led the school from 1987 until his retirement in 2009. Interim headmaster, Thomas Rodd, Jr., led the school before Edmund K. Sherrill II, an Episcopal clergyman, became headmaster in July 2009.

Over the first half of its history, the school's campus grew to 1700 acres, on which it operated a large farm with student labor. Each boy was required to work half of each school day and full-time for half of each summer. This enterprise included a large dairy farm and hog raising operation and produced many crops. The school gradually phased out agricultural activities, beginning in the mid-1970s, selling off most of the remaining farmland to developers by the late 1990s. The dairy barns and silos remain as a memorial of the agricultural era of the school's history.

== Notable alumni ==

* Jon Bradshaw, journalist * Micheal Eric, Nigerian basketball player * Jón Axel Guðmundsson, Icelandic basketball player

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==External links== *[https://www.gocfs.net/ Official website]

{{Boys' schools in Pennsylvania}} {{West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania}} {{Chester County, Pennsylvania School Districts}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}

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