Reflections On Our Responsibility As A Friends School In This Election Season
October 19, 2016
Our response to the election season is to be a Friends school inspired in its educational vision, its power to ground, to grow and to empower students.
Read MoreWhat Field Day Means to a Teacher Who Once Competed in the Games as a Student
October 16, 2016
Upper School Math Teacher Angie Adams ’09 describes what Field Day means to her from the double perspective of current faculty member and former student at the all-school event.
Read MoreOur Diversity Initiatives Shine at National Conference
October 9, 2016
At the third annual Future of Diversity Symposium in Washington, a recent AFS graduate describes the importance of the multi-layered equity and inclusion initiatives at AFS.
Read MoreAFS Student Enrollment Grows in All Three Divisions
September 30, 2016
AFS welcomed 115 new students at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year and had the largest percentage of returning students in recent memory.
Read MoreBack-to-School Night — Why It Matters
September 23, 2016
Lower School Director Andrea Emmons explains the value of Back-to-School Night from the School's perspective, and why it is held early in the school year.
Read MoreWhy We Send Our Students to Off-Campus Retreats
September 20, 2016
Upper School Director Dominique Gerard explains why the School schedules student retreats at the beginning of the school year.
Read MoreWhat’s So Special About the First Day of School?
September 9, 2016
The first day of school carries special meaning for teachers and students alike. Read what they were thinking as they approached the 2016-2017 academic year.
Read MoreA Letter from Rich Nourie to AFS Families
August 29, 2016
"It is the sense of potential, the openness of a new school year that beckons so beautifully." AFS soon will begin the year with more than 110 new students, an Experiential Learning Center and much more.
Read MoreSummoning the Power and Possibility of Peace
July 8, 2016
How can we be beholden to both rigorous honesty, in seeing the issues that need difficult work, and to love, which helps us to do so with compassion, strength and resilience?
Read MoreAFS Appoints New Director of Experiential Learning
February 25, 2016
Experiential learning, with its focus on direct learning, is a central theme of our vision for education. We know that children thrive in their development when their daily experience is expansive...
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