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...
Read MoreAt the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, the Roobotics team sealed its robot in a plastic bag and signed off that it was officially ending the “build” season, as required by FIRST Robotics Competition...
Read MoreAFS has announced a new Director of Experiential Learning. The expanding Experiential Learning program is a school-wide approach that connects students in substantive ways to hands-on experiences...
Read MoreSeniors Eli Russell and Lucy Silbaugh have been named candidates in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, which annually recognizes the nation’s most distinguished high school seniors.
Read MoreA delegation of five AFS students attended the annual Quaker Youth Leadership Conference in Providence, R.I., for two days of intense work and conversation focusing on the theme of “Equality: Past, Present and Future.”
Read MoreAgainst a world of confusion and the suffering that comes of it, let us lift up the animating spirit of love and peace that quietly and continually lives at the heart of who we are...
Read MoreFor several years now, Upper School students from AFS have been teaming up with their peers at the Perkiomen School to host the student-led Mid Atlantic Regional Diversity Conference.
Read MoreStudents at AFS develop and grow in an environment where they are known well by many adults. This highly personalized approach to education carries through to the college application process. Our two college counselors work closely with students to fully understand their talents, abilities and interests and to help them find the college or university where they are most likely to thrive.
Read MoreAFS now has three 3D printers, giving students plenty of opportunities to think and design creatively. Students are excited to be making something tangible, while teachers are impressed with how empowered they have become in developing projects and working through problems and glitches.
Read MoreGenetic Engineering students in Upper School Science Teacher Chris Hunter’s class use digital microscope imagers to stream what they are seeing live to their laptops. This way the teacher and student can look at the same thing at the same time.
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