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5. SIGNED ON Asia Turner ’16 on June 8 signed a letter of selection from Long Island University-Post, indicating her intent to join the roster of the Division II women’s basketball team during the 2016-17 season. Asia thanked the many coaches who had helped her over the years and especially her mom, Stacy Smith, who joined her daughter at the signing ceremony in the Faulkner Reading Room.
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1, 2. MERIT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
In early June, Chelsea Alexander ’16 opens a letter she wrote to herself during one of her first few days in Upper School. At the time, she and other ninth graders were asked to write about who they might be and what they might be doing four years later when they were about to graduate. Classmates Ona Hoxha (left) and Asia Turner look on.
Lucy Silbaugh and Makarios Chung, both of the Class of 2016, won recognition in the spring as National Merit Scholars and each was awarded a $2,500 scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. They were among 10 AFS students to be named earlier in the year as Merit Finalists or honored with letters of commendation.
3. ‘EXEMPLARY TEACHER’ Rosanne Mistretta, currently Director of Experiential Learning, was chosen by the Montgomery County Science Teachers association for its Elementary School “Exemplary Teacher” award.
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Fourth graders staged a fair in Hallowell Gym to raise money to help support their many field trips. A magic-trick booth, face painting and sack races were among the activities offered to fellow Lower School students.
Ronen Rabinowitz ’23 won third place in the 24 Challenge Math tournament held May 12 at the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit. Ronen and five other Middle School students took part in the regional contest that drew 85 students from across the county. Fifth Grade Math Teacher Anne Fields said it was the first time AFS had entered the tourney. Ronen went on to compete in the state tournament in Harrisburg in June, where he won a bronze medal for being the highest scorer at his table.
5. ‘OUTSTANDING SCHOOL’ AFS is named the 2016 Outstanding School in the Senior Division in a statewide National History Day competition. More than 50 high schools from across Pennsylvania competed. Eli Russell ’16, Kaiya Case ’18 and Leila El-Dada ’18 won first-place prizes and Jayne Pardys ’17 won a second-place prize.
6. ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERS The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership honors Abington Friends School for its environmental leadership during an awards ceremony on May 25. AFS was given TTF’s “Non-Profit Steward” award. The school and TTF have worked together on several projects to restore Jenkintown Creek, which flows across campus.
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SPARTA! ATHENS! Fifth graders dressed in homemade tunics celebrate on June 3 at the end of the "Olympic Games" that are a part of the annual Greek Day festivities. The students spent the second semester reading Greek mythology and studying ancient history.
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