The seasons of the school year at AFS are marked by beloved traditions that bring the community together with song, games, friendly sports and time honored rituals that stretch back through the decades and centuries. AFS values inter-generational friendships, and many of our traditions are designed to foster and nurture these relationships.

Every year, first-grade students become "pages" to seniors, and spend cherished time with them as the year progresses, helping to plant trees with them on Arbor Day and joining them in the Grove for the Commencement ceremony. For our annual Halloween Parade, the older children lead the younger grades as they process in costume around the front of the school. And on Field Day, a day of friendly competition that kicks off the fall semester, all of our students, from the Early Childhood Division through 12th grade, spend the afternoon out on the fields taking part in races, relays and the ever-popular Tug of Conflict.

AFS traditions bolster every student's sense of belonging to a larger, caring community and help forge lasting bonds across grades. We celebrate this spirit of collaboration and camaraderie. To find out more about any of our traditions, and to see photographs that tell the story even better, click on any of the following links in the sidebar.