Admission Information Session: Arts and Athletics Night
Event Date: November 1, 2017
Join AFS for an evening session focused on our award-winning arts and athletics programs from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Read MoreAFS Faculty Member Appointed to National Environmental Education Panel
October 20, 2017
Rosanne Mistretta, Director of the Center for Experiential Learning, was named to the EPA's National Environmental Education Advisory Council for a three-year term.
Read More‘A Deeper Cultural Understanding’ Flowing from Poetry and Rap
October 20, 2017
'It’s a responsibility for me to be here not just because I am Syrian, Arab, Muslim, American and from L.A., but because I’m a human being who believes in equality and justice for all.' — Omar Offendum
Read MoreFrom the Archives: A Time When the ‘Red Scare’ Hit Home
October 10, 2017
“Although I am neither Communist nor subversive, I must say ‘No’ to the spirit of the Oath.”
Read MoreHalloween Parade & Harvest Fest
Event Date: October 31, 2018
Grades 1–12 will parade around school in costume starting at 8:30 a.m. Early Childhood students will celebrate Harvest Fest starting at 10 a.m.
Read MoreAll School Conference Day
Event Date: October 20, 2017
On Friday, October 20th, school will be closed for individual conference times with parents and teachers.
Read MoreAFS Faculty Member To Film Pilot For The Food Network
October 10, 2017
Middle School English Teacher Sunshine O’Donnell have been contacted by The Food Network, to be filmed creating cakes.
Read MoreIn Robotics Class, Students Work in Pairs to Solve Problems
October 7, 2017
Math Teacher Jillian Ma said her Upper School students are 'really engaged' in learning robotics. 'They love it. They are proud of what they accomplish.'
Read MoreHistory Students Speak with a Legal Pioneer
October 7, 2017
'The law is about real people. It is not about fancy legal theories or scoring points. It’s about real people and the harm they suffer when the law is not fair.'
— Vermont lawyer Susan Murray
A New Dress Code, Late 1960s Style
Director of Libraries Toni Vahlsing writes this week about a dress code from the late 1960s, another find from her summer research in the AFS Archives Room:
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