Center for Experiential Learning Expands with New Ex Programs
December 4, 2020
The Center for Experiential Learning at Abington Friends School (AFS) has expanded in the 2020-2021 school year with the addition of two all-new Ex programs. A record number of students have joined the new cohorts, FarmEx and ChefEx.
Read MoreNew Ways of Lending Support in Our Community
November 12, 2020
In a letter to the full AFS community, Rich Nourie outlined several steps the school is taking to commit more fully to greater care and equity at AFS given the state of racial justice and injustice in our country, including a partnership with Simone Golden, a licensed social worker and certified professional coach.
Read MoreUpper School Students Release an EP & Film a Music Video at AFS
October 22, 2020
Two AFS juniors, Katie Brady-Gold '22 and Clay Lewis '22, spent the past few months recording a four song EP, titled Morpho, with their band Mice on Mercury. The band used music as a creative outlet to express themselves during insolation in the pandemic and realized that they wanted to share what they created with the world.
Read MoreCydney Brown ’22 Named Philadelphia’s Youth Poet Laureate
September 29, 2020
On Friday, September 4, Cydney learned that she had been named the 2020-2021 Philadelphia Youth Poet and she credits the support of her mother and two older sisters, who are also writers, as what constantly fuels her persistence and activism.
Read MoreAFS Launches New 360° Virtual Tour!
September 3, 2020
Enjoy more than 100 information hotspots, which include new videos and images from inside our Lower, Middle and Upper School classrooms, our new Richard N. Berman Athletics Center and more.
Read MoreCommencement in Cars Ceremony Celebrates Graduates in a Time of Great Change
June 13, 2020
The 323rd graduating class closed the chapter on their time at AFS with a socially distanced Commencement in Cars ceremony on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.
Read More2019-20 Upper School Academic & Co-Curricular Recognition Assembly
May 22, 2020
Upper School Academic & Co-Curricular Recognition Assembly
Read MoreStudents Bring Action Figures to Life with AFS Everywhere Maker Space
May 15, 2020
When AFS had to close its doors due to Covid-19, Middle School art teacher Pete Thobaben decided he wanted to keep his 3D Art project going and brought the AFS Maker Space back to life in his home!
Read MoreHear My Song: A Musical Message of Hope and Possibility from AFS Theatre
May 15, 2020
Our Theatre Arts department worked with our talented students to film, record and edit a musical message of hope for the school community with a virtual performance from our award-winning fall 2019 musical Songs for a New World, since a spring production could not come to life as they had hoped.
Read MoreA Worship Walk with SQuAC (Student Quaker Action Committee): Q&A with Kathy Liang
May 8, 2020
"On the worship walk, I was amazed by how I have always taken nature’s liveliness for granted."
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