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![AFS Career Exploration (ExProgram) - February Update]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1771612838/asgrpqeixs6pejoelzyf/labex-CSFRE-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1771612838/asgrpqeixs6pejoelzyf/labex-CSFRE-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1771612838/asgrpqeixs6pejoelzyf/labex-CSFRE-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1771612838/asgrpqeixs6pejoelzyf/labex-CSFRE-2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1771612838/asgrpqeixs6pejoelzyf/labex-CSFRE-2.jpg","width":1235}])
![Nia Hammond '26 Wins WHYY Youth Media Award for West Philly Reporting]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1770926205/abingtonfriendsnet/b8txuy5ucon5sigdv1lt/niahammondreporting.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1770926205/abingtonfriendsnet/b8txuy5ucon5sigdv1lt/niahammondreporting.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1770926205/abingtonfriendsnet/b8txuy5ucon5sigdv1lt/niahammondreporting.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1770926205/abingtonfriendsnet/b8txuy5ucon5sigdv1lt/niahammondreporting.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1770926205/abingtonfriendsnet/b8txuy5ucon5sigdv1lt/niahammondreporting.png","width":1239}])
AFS senior Nia has turned a lifelong love of storytelling into action—from launching her own YouTube channel to producing two award-winning, original news segments this summer through WHYY’s Youth Summer Journalism Program.
![Black Excellence Night 2026 Brings Black Entertainment into the Spotlight]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1770911868/m1zaccubaludzvlh8arj/ben-2026-5.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1770911868/m1zaccubaludzvlh8arj/ben-2026-5.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1770911868/m1zaccubaludzvlh8arj/ben-2026-5.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1770911868/m1zaccubaludzvlh8arj/ben-2026-5.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1770911868/m1zaccubaludzvlh8arj/ben-2026-5.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1770911868/m1zaccubaludzvlh8arj/ben-2026-5.jpg","width":2200}])
Every February for the past seven years, the lights rise in the theater, the dress code shifts to semi-formal, and Black Excellence Night takes shape as one of the most anticipated traditions at Abington Friends School. What began as an idea to center and celebrate Black joy, creativity, leadership, and culture has grown into the largest student-driven event on campus, shaped each year by the students who imagine it, build it, and ultimately step into the spotlight to bring it to life
![The Art of Surprise]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1767971564/abingtonfriendsnet/euukgrryq7ynf21av5xc/harrison_photo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1767971564/abingtonfriendsnet/euukgrryq7ynf21av5xc/harrison_photo.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1767971564/abingtonfriendsnet/euukgrryq7ynf21av5xc/harrison_photo.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1767971564/abingtonfriendsnet/euukgrryq7ynf21av5xc/harrison_photo.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1767971564/abingtonfriendsnet/euukgrryq7ynf21av5xc/harrison_photo.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1767971564/abingtonfriendsnet/euukgrryq7ynf21av5xc/harrison_photo.jpg","width":2200}])
Andrew Harrison brings worlds of experience to his Photography I students, demonstrating with his own multidisciplinary studio practice what it means to be an artist in the modern world.
![Painting Kindness, Sparking Conversations]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1764950823/abingtonfriendsnet/ju3j49mdgfbkaobxlhhc/25kindnessrocksclub-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1764950823/abingtonfriendsnet/ju3j49mdgfbkaobxlhhc/25kindnessrocksclub-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1764950823/abingtonfriendsnet/ju3j49mdgfbkaobxlhhc/25kindnessrocksclub-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1764950823/abingtonfriendsnet/ju3j49mdgfbkaobxlhhc/25kindnessrocksclub-1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1764950823/abingtonfriendsnet/ju3j49mdgfbkaobxlhhc/25kindnessrocksclub-1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1764950823/abingtonfriendsnet/ju3j49mdgfbkaobxlhhc/25kindnessrocksclub-1.jpg","width":2048}])
![AFS ExProgram December Update – Arcadia, Velvet Sky, Entrepreneurship, LeagueApps]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1763755226/abingtonfriendsnet/rzljwioiouskhhzhzu77/25-labex-arcadia.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1763755226/abingtonfriendsnet/rzljwioiouskhhzhzu77/25-labex-arcadia.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1763755226/abingtonfriendsnet/rzljwioiouskhhzhzu77/25-labex-arcadia.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1763755226/abingtonfriendsnet/rzljwioiouskhhzhzu77/25-labex-arcadia.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1763755226/abingtonfriendsnet/rzljwioiouskhhzhzu77/25-labex-arcadia.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1763755226/abingtonfriendsnet/rzljwioiouskhhzhzu77/25-labex-arcadia.jpg","width":2200}])
Members of our four career exploration cohorts reflect on their November and December experiences.
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