Abington Friends School
Abington Friends School is a historic independent Quaker school founded in 1697. It serves students from age 3 through grade 12, emphasizing academic excellence, diversity, and Quaker values.
The school is renowned for its continuous operation on the same campus and commitment to nurturing each student’s potential.
Address: 575 Washington Ln, Jenkintown, PA 19046
Phone: (215) 886-4350
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‘Work Ethic Is Important, and So Is Passion’: Inside Abington Friends School’s Experiential Learning Programs
At Abington Friends School, career exploration is less about finding a single answer and more about helping students ask better questions. Over the course of…
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Abington Friends School’s Award-Winning Student Newspaper Shows How Voice, Agency Go Hand-in-Hand
For Abington Friends School senior Sam Calandra-Jayne, the topic of phones in school brings up strong opinions. A reflective writer, wrestler, and student journalist, he…
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Inside Robotics at Abington Friends School: Students Learn How Drones ‘See’ the World
Many viewers of the recent Winter Olympics were fascinated by the buzzy drone cameras that whooshed down snow slopes or ice tracks following skiers, snowboarders,…
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Seeing the Stars Differently: From Voyager to Artemis in the Abington Friends School Classroom
As the world looks to NASA’s Artemis missions — returning humans to the moon’s orbit and laying the groundwork for deeper space exploration — students…
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Abington Friends School Student Reflects on Her Journey from YouTube Creator to Aspiring Journalist
When Nia Hammond, a senior at Abington Friends School, arrived on campus as a seventh-grader, she already had a camera in hand and a storyteller’s…
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How Andrew Harrison Uses Photography to Teach Abington Friends School Students to Look Twice
When you step into Andrew Harrison’s garage, you don’t expect to meet 25 tilapia circling beneath a canopy of kale. But for Harrison — artist,…
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Painting Kindness, Sparking Conversations at Abington Friends School
Just after midday on a bright December afternoon at Abington Friends School, kindergarteners gathered eagerly around tables in an Upper School science classroom with paintbrushes…
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Abington Friends School Teachers Contribute to Curriculum on One of America’s Most Beloved Illustrators
In the watercolor world of Philadelphia-born artist Jerry Pinkney, even small moments can capture your imagination. Lions and mice share quiet, wordless courage; mermaids find…
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English Teacher at Abington Friends School Brings Renowned Poet’s Letters to Life in New Collection
After decades of work, Daniel Benjamin, an English teacher at Abington Friends School, has released a collection of 20th-century poet Jack Spicer’s letters with Wesleyan…
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Abington Friends School’s Conscious Communities Program Helps Students Discover Who They Are
When Julie Morrissey, the Assistant Director of Middle School at Abington Friends School, first heard about AFS’s Conscious Communities program, she felt a familiar uncertainty.…
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‘The Quintessential Eighth-Grade Experience’: An Oral History of Abington Friends School’s Annual ‘Roogatta’
Every fall, eighth-graders at Abington Friends School gather around sheets of cardboard, rolls of duct tape, and big ideas. The annual “Roogatta” — a portmanteau…
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Nationally Recognized Educator Inspires Abington Friends School Students to Build Inclusive, Conscious Communities
Abington Friends School recently welcomed nationally recognized educator and speaker Rosetta Lee to campus to speak on what it takes to build strong human systems…
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Abington Friends School Unveils New Website
Abington Friends School recently unveiled a new website that is designed to feel like AFS itself: welcoming, clear, and deeply connected to community. The new…
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Science Teacher at Abington Friends School to Work Aboard EPA Research Vessel on Lake Michigan
Virginia Friedman, a seventh-grade science teacher at Abington Friends School, will join the staff of the Pennsylvania Sea Grant’s Center for Great Lakes Literacy (CGLL) to work…
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‘AFS Got a Good One’: Abington Friends School Names NCAA Champion Its Next Girls Basketball Coach
Abington Friends School has named Tiffany Davis its next girls basketball coach. Most recently an assistant coach with the Community College of Philadelphia’s women’s basketball…
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Abington Friends School Student Rows to Gold at Mid-Atlantic Youth Championship, Advances to Nationals
Ambler resident Piper Konz, a junior at Abington Friends School, recently helped power the Conshohocken Rowing Center’s boat to a gold medal in the women’s…
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BUCKSCO Careers – Abington Friends School
Abington Friends School is a college preparatory day school in Jenkintown for students ages three through 12th grade that provides an exceptional program informed by…
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Four Abington Friends School Students Receive National Award for Leadership in Scholastic Journalism
Abington Friends School students Mason Fullerton, Orla Maxcy, Priyal Sanathara, and Miranda Shandell were four of the approximately 1,500 high school journalists across the country…
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