AFS Senior Grace Barlow Wins WHYY Youth Media Award
May 5, 2023
On Saturday, April 22, 2023, AFS Senior Grace Barlow received a WHYY Youth Media Award for her work documenting the UC Townhomes protest in 2022. Already an accomplished writer, producer and budding journalist at 18, Grace sits down with AFS to talk about her journey thus far and where she wants to go next.
Read MoreWhat Deserves our Attention? Dan Taboada on Helping Students to “Pause and Think”
April 21, 2023
What does it look like to ask our students to pause and think? AFS Director of Student Wellbeing and Support Dan Taboada reflects on the question: "What deserves our attention?" In the digital age, students are often overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information and arguments approaching them from all directions. Questions of digital literacy and discernment are coming to the forefront—and schools like AFS are developing resources to start these key conversations.
Read MoreRespect and Resilience in High School Wrestling
March 31, 2023
Wrestling has become an enormous part of AFS senior Bella Washington-Vasquez’s life, but it wasn’t always such a sure thing. It took a lot of guts to step up to the wrestling mat, but once she went head-to-head with a competitor, there was no going back.
Read MoreAn AFS Student’s Entrepreneurship Journey
March 9, 2023
It can be a great experience for students to work—many work on the weekends or get internships during the summer months. But what about students who operate their own business? As he nears the end of 10th grade, Esa McCants ’25 is reflecting more on his own journey as a small business owner and their plans for the future.
Read More“Where Will I Use This?” Challenging the Math Class Paradigm
March 3, 2023
So often in the math classroom, the lecture format reigns supreme. So much of the classroom experience as we remember it involves heavy textbooks, bulky graphing calculators, and a smattering of formulas on the blackboard. But Upper School Math teacher Nate Bridge wants to ask: "What if the future of the Math classroom looks more like an investigation?"
Read MoreGetting to Know… Adena Dershowitz
February 24, 2023
Get to know Adena Dershowitz, Director of Experiential Learning at AFS.
Read MoreGetting to Know… Dan Taboada
February 22, 2023
Get to know Dan Taboada, Director of Student Support and Wellbeing at AFS.
Read MoreGetting to Know… Mikael Yisrael
February 22, 2023
Get to know Mikael Yisrael, Director of Equity, Justice and Engagement at AFS.
Read MoreA celebration of Black entrepreneurs, creators, educators, artists and excellence at AFS — Reflections from Nevaeh Brown ’25
February 10, 2023
After months of careful planning, logistics, rehearsal and marketing, the Black Student Union at AFS put on an incredible performance in the 5th Annual Black Excellence Night. In a reflection on the evening, B.E.N. Committee member Nevaeh Brown '25 captures both the immense reach of the program and the emotional heart that beats at the center of the night.
Read MoreThe “Accidental Liturgies” of AFS Guest Poet Pádraig Ó Tuama
February 9, 2023
Poetry can feel intimidating, like listening to the first lecture of a calculus class, or giving The Big Presentation to your boss. But poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama invites an alternative view, arguing that poetry is more like a radically honest conversation. In preparation for his reading at AFS on February 16, Upper School students engage with his work and speak with the poems themselves.
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