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Conflict is Not the Enemy of Peace

Conflict is Not the Enemy of Peace

Orla Maxcy '25 and Miranda Shandell '25 May 30, 2024

As the world continues to wrestle with conflict, citizens and student activists on college campuses across the country continue to voice their concerns in the form of peaceful protests, utilizing their...

Students Demand Action at Advocacy Day

Students Demand Action at Advocacy Day

Rowan Mannon '25 May 29, 2024

After weeks and weeks of diligent planning, the Students Demand Action (SDA) cohort from AFS made our way to Harrisburg for a day of learning and demanding change on May 7, 2024. We began in front of a...

An Extraordinary Teacher

An Extraordinary Teacher

Alyson Cromar '25 May 29, 2024

The best teachers are those who care about their student's academic well-being as well as their personal well-being. Jordan is the epitome of both. He challenges his students with such a grace that cannot...

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AFS Needs a Track

Casey Smothers '25 May 29, 2024

  As Abington Friends enters its next era with new leadership and fundraising efforts, the school must ensure that no one is left behind amid the flurry of change. The announcement of the Fourth...

Contrapuntal

Contrapuntal

Serafina Kubersky '26 May 29, 2024

Contrapuntal poems beautifully marry music with poetry in a way that entwines two separate poems into a harmonious third. Its invention is credited to Russian novelist and poet Andrei Bely in 1921. Since...

Getting to Know Margaret

Getting to Know Margaret

Rainy Korein '27 May 29, 2024

I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped into Margaret Guerra’s Honors History class for the first time this fall. Unlike in many classes, my experience in her class was just as lighthearted and humor-filled...

Let’s Talk About Intimacy

Let’s Talk About Intimacy

Ava Cole '25 May 5, 2024

Breaking news: Abington Friends Upper School Theatre has an intimacy director. That’s right, it’s not just for Bridgerton. Carly Bodnar served as the intimacy director for this year’s Upper School...

There is No “I” in Team

There is No “I” in Team

Angela Stevens '25 May 5, 2024

  Caitlin Clark, Face of Women’s NCAA College Basketball. Caitlin Clark, Role Model for young girls playing basketball. Caitlin Clark, Arguably the G.O.A.T of college women’s basketball. These...

How Standardized Testing is Letting Down our Students

How Standardized Testing is Letting Down our Students

Nelson Cordón '25 May 5, 2024

Standardized testing has long been the benchmark for college readiness and student excellence. The test was considered a way for lower-income students to be able to showcase their own talents without the...

Libraries: An Endangered Species

Libraries: An Endangered Species

Rainy Korein '27 May 5, 2024

  “You just read all day, right?” is a common assumption that will have many librarians rolling their eyes. In the words of Sara Huff, librarian at the Abington Public Library, that is “the...

Why Summer Reading is Beneficial

Why Summer Reading is Beneficial

Dahlia Abboushi '25 May 5, 2024

How often do you find yourself enjoying a book? Summer break is theoretically a time for freedom from academics. Yet the summer reading program, despite being academic, bolsters that sense of freedom and...

Getting the Ball Rolling

Priyal Sanathara '25 April 12, 2024

If anyone had stepped into the Berman Athletics Center on Friday March 15th at 5pm, they’d have immediately been blanketed in an electric atmosphere. The entire room was charged with adrenaline,...

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