The AFS Robotics program has grown by leaps and bounds over the last three years with students increasingly taking leadership roles in the design, coding and building of robots for competition. Now with its own dedicated space in Upper School, the robotics program develops students’ abilities to work in teams, bounce back from failure, solve problems creatively and design innovative solutions.
Read MoreWith three classmates, Joseph Rotella ’20 designed a ”choose your own adventure” online game after the one they used in his 6th grade Social Sciences class turned out to be underwhelming. Here’s how Joseph describes the project...
Read MoreEli Russell ’16 earned third place in the senior individual website category at the annual National History Day contest. His website tells the story of artist and activist Paul Robeson. The website came in first place in the Bucks and Montgomery Counties Regional Competition and the Pennsylvania State Competition before placing third in the nation.
Read MoreTo witness daily the lively and divine spark of our children as they explore and discover the world around them is a great joy. To be in the company of teachers and staff who tend this spark...
Read MoreEd-Tech Meetup
Are you Digitally Smarter than a Fifth Grader?
Come join us for a conversation about how adolescents and pre-adolescents use social media. Free and open to the public.
One fine fall Saturday, AFS community members gathered behind the Lower School to help the Tookany/TaconyFrankford
Watershed Partnership plant over 300 trees and shrubs to create a new riparian buffer for our creek, which forms the headwaters of Jenkintown Creek.
Director of Diversity and Inclusion Toni Williamson encourages her students to dream big for their service learning projects, and Bridget Warlea did just that.
Read MoreThere is a natural and valuable humility that we embody as a Friends school, but the light of this community should also shine brightly.
Read More"Getting through that initial wall can be challenging," according to Cassie Fiorino, head of peer tutoring at AFS. "Pretty soon, though, most students start to really enjoy being tutored by a peer. It's another teenager, after all. We know the teachers and what they want and we're familiar with the course and the textbooks."
Read MoreEven though we know it is coming, the surge of greenery, flowers, bright sunshine and longer days brings an irresistible joy to the last month of school.
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