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NEWS

Alexandria Friends School will close at the end of this academic year. Thank you for your interest and support!

GET TO KNOW ALEXANDRIA FRIENDS SCHOOL

Watch our videos and learn more about Alexandria Friends School and the difference it makes in its students' lives.

Alexandria Friends School Offers Exciting New Program!

Beginning in the fall of 2012, Alexandria Friends School will offer an integrated college preparatory course including our new STEM curriculum (science, technology, engineering, and math) to students in grades 6 and 7. The school will then add grades each year thereafter through grade 12 (we will temporarily end our high school operations at the close of the 2011-2012 school year). The new program will feature:

STEM curriculum coordinated with
English and social studies courses
10-15 students at each grade level
Each student will have an i-Pad
After school arts enrichment program to 5 pm (an optional extra)
Guaranteed tuition; your tuition will not go up as long as your child is continuously enrolled

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, May 22: Potluck Dinner

Monday, May 28: Memorial Day no school

Thursday-Friday, May 31 andJune 1: Shiloh Camping Trip

See our CALENDAR page for more events. Please call us at (703) 461-7222 if you have any questions prior to AFS events.

PLEASE DONATE TO THE ANNUAL FUND-SEE TAB

Goal: $5,000 Received to Date: $5,990 Goal exceeded by: $990! Thank you!

Alexandria Friends School is now closed. The Office of the Head of School will remain open in the months ahead to conduct remaining business and meet several outstanding obligations. Your donations will help us meet those obligations. Thank you so much for your help!

Welcome to Alexandria Friends School!

Students who come to AFS find that they enjoy going to school. Here they discover a place where they are appreciated for who they are. Our "compassionately relentless" staff is dedicated to helping every student succeed and realize her or his personal best. We accomplish this by:

Restoring hope to students and their families, especially those for whom other educational environments might not be working;
Respecting the individual student and his/her learning style;
Understanding each student's need for classroom success;
Combining traditional education with innovative approaches for each student; and
Celebrating the unique gifts each individual brings to our school.

At AFS, we succeed with students whom other schools have not reached. Let us help your student connect to his/her natural curiosity and innate love of learning. Come in and learn more about us >>

Why seek a Friends education for your child?

For over 320 years, Friends schools have been educating American youth.

Read an article in TIME Magazine recognizing the value of a Friends education.

What are people saying about Alexandria Friends School?

"Finding the Alexandria Friends School was a godsend! Our ADD son was convinced that he was 'stupid' (which his IQ scores belied) and absolutely hated school. He looks forward to school everyday and is doing well in subjects that were previously a challenge. When I asked what the difference was at Alexandria Friends, he said: '...the teachers treat us and respect us like equals.' It seems it is this one single element that has helped unlock my son's natural love of learning again. He is even learning to love subjects that he thought he had no interest in.

Artist Erik Dillinger (left), a graphics designer for George
Lucas' special effects company, Industrial Light and
Magic, comments on student artwork during an afternoon
presentation in a Renaissance class.

While the small enrollment size was initially of concern, I now realize that it is a gift... like having private tutors and mentors. As Yeats said, 'Education is not so much the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.' We are so pleased that AFS is providing the perfect 'match' for our son!"

–L.C., Falls Church