Global Travel Night
Event Date: October 26, 2017
Upper School Families are invited to attend a Global Travel Information Night on Wednesday, October 26 at 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. in the Faulkner Library within the Upper School Building.
Read MoreThis House Band Plays Friday Afternoon Sets
September 27, 2017
This year’s kindergarteners are a very musical group of students — they love to sing and dance — and it turns out they are a great audience, too.
Read MoreTwo Students Claim Top Art Prizes at Jenkintown Festival
September 26, 2017
Two seniors win the top two art prizes in the Jenkintown festival's high school division for their work.
Read MoreRecalling Our Roots: Mysterious Writing on a 1913 Photo
September 26, 2017
In May, The Upper School A.P. History students created a display in the Faulkner Library about the complicated issue of race at AFS. During their research, they found this photo.
Read MoreAt 8th Grade Retreat, a Cardboard Boat Roogatta
September 25, 2017
Dexter Zapf, a student in the Class of 2022, writes about the community-building exercises and a boat-building challenge at the 8th grade retreat in the Poconos.
Read MoreA Student-Exchange Trip Down Under and New Exchange Trips In the Works
September 25, 2017
Students traveled to study in Tasmania this past summer and we are planning a Global Travel Information night for students interested in traveling in 2018.
Read MoreRecalling Our Roots: A 19th Century Viewbook
September 20, 2017
The earliest Viewbook we have in our archives, from 1888, is indeed a treasure.
Read MoreStudents Work Together to Unlock a Mysterious ‘Art Heist’
September 19, 2017
In a fun, community-building exercise, seventh grade Social Studies students were challenged to figure out puzzles, answer questions and crack a code that would enable them to solve an "art heist."
Read MoreAFS Senior Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist
September 15, 2017
The honor was bestowed on less than 1 percent of the 1.6 million high school students who took the PSAT qualifying test.
Read MoreDivision Director Urges Students to Seek an ‘Antidote to the Hate’
September 15, 2017
Upper School Director Dominique Gerard spoke to students about the incident in Charlottesville, Va., and the importance of looking for answers to all forms of discrimination.
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