Why Alexandria Friends School?
What Makes AFS Different?
Alexandria Friends School (Friend = Quaker) was founded to offer a challenging liberal arts curriculum in a safe and nurturing environment, with a focus on teaching our students to think independently. As Friends we highly value working together as a community, and strive to produce graduates who will take communitarian ideals into the world beyond high school. Our flexible approach to education enables us to reach students facing a variety of challenges, often those for whom other educational environments are not working. Our small classes also help home schoolers seeking a transition to rejoining their peers in education.
Alexandria Friends School serves students who:
- are seeking a school where deeper community life can be experienced
- may be doing well academically, as well as those who may not be meeting their potential
- may be bright, persuasive, and value personal independence, yet may be bored or otherwise unsatisfied with past educational experience
- stand up for their own beliefs, especially on matters of conscience
- will benefit from personal attention, small classes, and a combination of innovative and traditional education
- choose to live without drugs, alcohol, and tobacco
- want to be engaged in their education but may find that difficult where they are now
How AFS Can Serve as a Bridge for Alternative Learning
"Like a bridge over troubled waters..."
Alexandria Friends School can serve as a bridge for students seeking a more mainstream environment without wading fully into the main stream. The school has proven itself to be a good place for special education students who have learned how to compensate for their learning issues and are ready to move forward from a special education environment. We also serve home schooled students well, both as a transition from home schooling and as a resource for students who continue to be partially home schooled.
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