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Events

College 101 Webinar

Join the College Guidance Office for an online conversation and question and answer session on how 9th and 10th grade families can best prepare as they start to think ahead to the college process. 

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Leaps & Bounds

In Our 325th Year, A Time to Lift Our Eyes, Pause and Reflect

As one of the oldest schools in the country, we are a school of many traditions, from age-old celebrations like Arbor Day to newer additions like ECOFest, the Nature Playdate and Black Excellence Night.

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About Us

A Vibrant Quaker School for students age 3 to grade 12

  • In a culture of intellectual and creative ambition we cultivate fearless, curious learning.
  • Engaged and purposeful in every moment, students leave AFS with clear, strong and thoughtful voices.
  • AFS graduates are ready to take on the world, prepared for lives of meaning and accomplishment.

News and Resources

Why A Quaker Education Environment is a Healthy Mindset for Kids

Quakers hold several core values: simplicity, integrity, stewardship, peace, community, and equality and are dedicated to helping children develop in all aspects of their lives, not just academics.

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  • “AFS is the most Quaker feeling of all the Quaker schools I have visited. The leadership really embraces the values of Quakerism.”
  • “AFS helped me to challenge myself and to understand what college courses feel like. I had the space to push myself, with an active support system.”
  • “AFS fosters so much confidence, creativity and curiosity in my children that I couldn’t imagine a more meaningful environment.”
  • “When we were looking for a school for our older son, we decided to try AFS for one year. Now 14 years later both our sons are thriving. ”
  • “I can't quite believe my good fortune to have found a school that suits our family so well: AFS truly lives out our values about education”
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