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Small Engineers, Big Ideas: Inside the Third Grade Invention Convention

April 17, 2025

AFS third graders invited friends from Penn Charter to join us on campus for a joyful, collaborative gathering of young inventors.

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Rooted in Curiosity at AFS

April 16, 2025

When Radha first started collecting houseplants during the pandemic, she had no idea it would lead her to the competitive floor of the Philadelphia Flower Show. Now, with over 300 plants in her care and multiple blue ribbons to her name, the AFS sophomore is cultivating more than just greenery—she’s building a vibrant community and small business rooted in passion.

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Reflections on Black Excellence Night

February 28, 2025

The 7th Annual Black Excellence Night was a brilliant ode to the magic of Black hair!

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Pride In My Roots: The History and Significance of Black Hair

February 6, 2025

Members of the Middle School BSU talk about the history and significance of Black hair.

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Taking the Peace Bus to the Quaker Youth Leadership Conference

February 5, 2025

On January 30, a group of AFS Upper School students embarked on a transformative journey to the Quaker Youth Leadership Conference (QYLC). This conference brings together Upper School students from Quaker schools across the country every winter, from Oregon and California to North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Each school sends six students and two faculty members, often coordinating transportation with other groups traveling from the same location. 

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Journalism in Action: AFS Students Document the National High School Journalism Convention

December 4, 2024

Five student journalists from The Blue and White attended the National High School Journal Convention to further their craft, learn more about the profession and make connections.

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Besting Yourself: Young AFS Athletes Excel in a National Arena

November 8, 2024

Every year, 8,000 track and field athletes in Middle and High Schools across the country converge on a stadium, this year in Greensboro, North Carolina, to compete against one another—and themselves—in the Junior Olympics. 

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Senior Angela Stevens Receives Inaugural Jack Goldenberg Scholarship

September 27, 2024

Abington Friends School senior Angela Stevens ’25 has been named one of the inaugural winners of the Jack Goldenberg Scholar-Athlete Award, sponsored by the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

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Summer @ AFS: Setting Up for the Fringe

September 25, 2024

Abington Friends School is taking their Spring production to Edinburgh in August 2025.

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Summer @ AFS: From the Archives

September 19, 2024

As AFS’s de facto Lead Archivist, Toni Vahlsing (director of libraries) has long loved to steep herself in the school's rich history available in the Faulkner Library’s Archive Room. This past summer, Toni visited the Park Archives and Record Center at the Presidio in San Francisco, among the most visited U.S. National Historic Landmark, to learn more about how they conduct their work and see what she could take away to bring to AFS. 

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