Abington Friends School

Thanksgiving 2020 Wishes from Rich Nourie

November 24, 2020

At this time of heightened need for so many, let our Thanksgiving invite each of our families to think about how to put goodness into action.

First Round Application Due Date

Event Date: December 11, 2020

Applications completed by December 11, 2020 will be considered for the first round of admission decisions and Merit Scholarships.

New Ways of Lending Support in Our Community

In a letter to the full AFS community, Rich Nourie outlined several steps the school is taking to commit more fully to greater care and equity at AFS given the state of racial justice and injustice in our country, including a partnership with Simone Golden, a licensed social worker and certified professional coach.

Saturday Tours at AFS

Event Date: November 14, 2020

AFS is offering in-person Saturday tours on November 14 and 21.

DEI Programming in Support of Our Community

November 10, 2020

Recent injustices call all of us to commit more fully to greater care, equity and justice in the larger world and within our own communities.

Upper School Students Release an EP & Film a Music Video at AFS

Two AFS juniors, Katie Brady-Gold '22 and Clay Lewis '22, spent the past few months recording a four song EP, titled Morpho, with their band Mice on Mercury. The band used music as a creative outlet to express themselves during insolation in the pandemic and realized that they wanted to share what they created with the world.

Cydney Brown ’22 Named Philadelphia’s Youth Poet Laureate 

On Friday, September 4, Cydney learned that she had been named the 2020-2021 Philadelphia Youth Poet and she credits the support of her mother and two older sisters, who are also writers, as what constantly fuels her persistence and activism. 

Private vs. Public Schools | Abington Friends School

September 11, 2020

Private vs. Public Schools

AFS Alumni Weekend

Event Date: October 2, 2020

Alumni Weekend 2020 is going online! Join us on Friday evening October 2 and Saturday October 3 for a variety of events.

AFS Launches New 360° Virtual Tour!

Enjoy more than 100 information hotspots, which include new videos and images from inside our Lower, Middle and Upper School classrooms, our new Richard N. Berman Athletics Center and more.