Spirit Day
Event Date: May 12, 2016
RESCHEDULED! Come out to cheer on the Roos and enjoy an afternoon with the AFS community. Food, drinks and spirit wear will be for sale, including a new stock of baseball caps and bucket hats.
Read MoreEdTech Meetup: Make Your Own Maker Space
Event Date: May 17, 2016
You don’t need a huge building or a huge budget to create a maker space in your own home! Come to our next EdTech Meetup on May 17 at 7:00 p.m. to learn more.
Read MoreAFS Outside Program is Featured in The Inquirer
April 25, 2016
The AFS Outside program and its director, Rosanne Mistretta, are in the spotlight in this recent Philadelphia Inquirer article.
Read MoreFrom Rube Goldberg Contraptions to Rockets, Students’ Projects Shine at STEAM/Science Night
April 22, 2016
Everywhere parents looked on STEAM/Science Night, there was a student activity or experiment that prompted a question or delighted with answers and highlighted the joy of scientific discovery.
Read MoreOur Rain Garden is Growing
April 20, 2016
AFS Lower School students on Wednesday began adding small green plants to the school’s Rain Garden, a large natural filter designed to remove pollutants from the water entering Jenkintown Creek.
Read MoreMany Voices Day — Grown Up Edition
Event Date: April 9, 2016
The All Voices Family Alliance Presents a one-woman show, “One Drop of Love,” written and performed by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, as part of a special Many Voices Day program for adults.
Read MoreJoin Us for the Engaging Musical ‘Pippin’, April 14-16
Event Date: April 14, 2016
The Upper School musical, "Pippin," will be staged on April 14, 15, 16, in the Muller Auditorium. Tickets are available now.
Read MoreNine AFS Students Win Honors and Advance to State National History Day Competition
March 22, 2016
For senior Eli Russell, learning that half the AFS student projects entered in the National History Day contest had won honors was a great feeling.
Read MorePreparing for “Pippin”
March 18, 2016
Earlier this year, the cast of Pippin traveled to the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts to practice walking on stilts, juggling, riding unicycles and other circus tricks.
Read MoreScholar-athletes Shine in Winter Sports Season
The AFS Kangaroos played with heart and boosted school pride with their sterling efforts in winter sports competition. The varsity girls' basketball team set a blizzard pace all season and advanced to the Final Four in the state tournament for independent schools; the varsity wrestling team sent junior Michael Sadowski...
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