Besting Yourself: Young AFS Athletes Excel in a National Arena
November 8, 2024
Every year, 8,000 track and field athletes in Middle and High Schools across the country converge on a stadium, this year in Greensboro, North Carolina, to compete against one another—and themselves—in the Junior Olympics.
Read MoreSenior Angela Stevens Receives Inaugural Jack Goldenberg Scholarship
September 27, 2024
Abington Friends School senior Angela Stevens ’25 has been named one of the inaugural winners of the Jack Goldenberg Scholar-Athlete Award, sponsored by the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Read MoreSummer @ AFS: Setting Up for the Fringe
September 25, 2024
Abington Friends School is taking their Spring production to Edinburgh in August 2025.
Read MoreSummer @ AFS: From the Archives
September 19, 2024
As AFS’s de facto Lead Archivist, Toni Vahlsing (director of libraries) has long loved to steep herself in the school's rich history available in the Faulkner Library’s Archive Room. This past summer, Toni visited the Park Archives and Record Center at the Presidio in San Francisco, among the most visited U.S. National Historic Landmark, to learn more about how they conduct their work and see what she could take away to bring to AFS.
Read MoreCommencement 2024
June 28, 2024
"We love the testimonies for the mysteries they carry. They are not as simple as they appear. But they are not the central idea of Quakerism. There is a central tenet of Quakerism that we don't talk as much about, but is the core of Quakerism itself — and that is, We are always in the presence of the sacred."
Read MoreClass of ’74 Celebrates 50th Reunion with a Nostalgic Return to Campus
June 25, 2024
Members of the Class of 1974 recently returned to campus for their 50-year reunion.
Read MoreJasmin Velez ’11 Returns as Commencement Speaker
June 25, 2024
Jasmin Velez, alumna from the Class of 2011, returned to Abington Friends School as the keynote speaker for this year's commencement ceremony.
Read MoreA Truly Great Teacher: Karolye Eldridge’s Two Decades at AFS
June 7, 2024
Karolye Eldridge is a beloved 4th grade head teacher here at AFS. After 20 special years, Karolye plans to start a new chapter in her life as she prepares for retirement at the end of this school year.
Read MoreMaking History – Boys Ultimate Makes States
May 31, 2024
Always the underdog due to our roster size, the road to States for the Roos has not been an easy one. Ultimate is not offered at many other independent schools, so the Abington Friends Ultimate program competes in the Philadelphia High School Ultimate Education League (PHUEL), a league with 36 teams, primarily of larger public and magnet schools in the Philadelphia region, across three divisions.
Read MoreSharing Friendship and a Meal across Faiths and Cultures
May 16, 2024
In early May, the Middle Eastern and North Africa and Muslim Affinity Group (MENA + Muslim AG) invited the Jewish Affinity Group to a Mimouna celebration — a post-Passover tradition generally celebrated in Morocco and Northern Africa.
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