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'''Abington Friends School''' is an independent ] day school in ], for students age 3 to 12th grade. AFS has stood on its original campus in Jenkintown since 1697 and is the oldest primary and secondary educational institution in the ] to operate continuously at the same location under the same management.<ref>From Abington Friends </ref>{{Primary source-inline}} |
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'''Abington Friends School''' is an independent ] day school in ], for students age 3 to 12th grade. AFS has stood on its original campus in Jenkintown since 1697 and is the oldest primary and secondary educational institution in the ] to operate continuously at the same location under the same management.<ref>From Abington Friends </ref>{{Primary source-inline}} |
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== Academic Program == |
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''The Early Childhood and Lower School Program'' at AFS serves students age 3 to 4th grade, the ''Middle School Program'' 5th through 8th grade and the ''Upper School'' program 9th through 12th grade.<ref name="issuu"></ref> |
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==Campus== |
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Abington Friends School comprises of a fifty acre campus which includes a creek, meadow, historic Quaker Meetinghouse and extensive playing fields. <ref name="issuu" /> |
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==History== |
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Abington Friends School was founded in March, 1697, when John Barnes, a wealthy tailor who belonged to the Abington Monthly Meeting, donated 120 acres of his estate. |
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By 1931, the school had become an all-girls college preparatory school. |
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AFS entered the 1960s with a strong commitment to a progressive education firmly rooted in Quaker values. By 1975 all grades, kindergarten through twelfth, contained both boys and girls. Under the leadership of headmaster Adelbert Mason, the school’s facilities expanded, with new buildings for the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools. Growth continued in the late 1980s with a new science and arts wing in the Lower School.<ref></ref> |
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