Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author of James Speaking at Church Farm School on March 27

Church Farm School was established by The Rev. Dr. Charles W. Shreiner in 1918 to provide young men with an exceptional education rooted in the Episcopal tradition. More than a century later, the school remains faithful to that mission and welcomes talented boys – primarily from under-resourced communities – to the boarding and day high school at little to no cost to their families. Each year, Church Farm School awards more than $6.5 million in scholarships and financial aid to 150 deserving young men, 95% of whom identify as men of color.

Church Farm School students come from across the Delaware Valley and around the globe to take part in a rigorous college preparatory program complete with competitive athletics, robust arts and extracurricular offerings, international study abroad and internship opportunities, and service-based spiritual formation. By creating pathways to and through higher education, Church Farm School increases economic opportunity for the boys and the communities who need it the most.

The school is eager to throw its doors open to the community that has sustained its mission for nearly 108 years. Click here to secure tickets to the Percival Everett engagement, and to stay tuned for what’s coming up next!

About Percival Everett
A distinguished Professor of English at USC, Mr. Everett's latest novel, JAMES, was published in March of 2024 to great critical acclaim, winning both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His other titles include Dr. No (finalist for the NBCC Award for Fiction and winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award), The Trees (finalist for the Booker Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction), Telephone (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), So Much Blue, Erasure, and I Am Not Sidney Poitier. He has received the NBCC Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award and The Windham Campbell Prize from Yale University. American Fiction, the feature film based on his novel Erasure, was released in 2023 and was awarded the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the writer Danzy Senna, and their children.