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SUMMARY:Optional Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Variety of Pastas\nTomato Basil Sauce\nAlfredo Sauce\nVegetable Lasagna\nVegan and Gluten Free Pasta Primavera\nCaesar Salad\n Garden Salad\nGarlic Bread\nTiramisu&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:MEAL
LOCATION:Faulkner Reading Room\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA 19046
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SUMMARY:Opening Session: A Gathering of Friends
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CATEGORIES:GENERAL SESSION
LOCATION:Muller Auditorium\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Break
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LOCATION:Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Keynote Address - Lauren Brownlee\, Deputy General Secretary of Friends Committee on National Legislation
DESCRIPTION:Lauren Brownlee is FCNL’s deputy general secretary and the leader of the organization’s Community and Culture team. In this role\, she serves as staff clerk and partners with the general secretary on organizational leadership. She offers strategic guidance around FCNL living into its values\, particularly as they relate to its Quaker identity and its anti-racism\, anti-bias\, justice\, diversity\, equity\, and integrity commitments. She also offers strategic support to FCNL’s human resources and Friends Place on Capitol Hill.Lauren joined the FCNL staff after serving on FCNL’s General Committee beginning in 2017 and its Executive Committee from 2019-2022. She is a member of Bethesda Friends Meeting\, Baltimore Yearly Meeting\, and the DC Peace Team. She currently serves on the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)'s corporation and board and the steering committees of the Quaker Call to Action and Quakers for Peace in Palestine and Israel. \n\nShe co-clerks the Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racist steering committee and the AFSC’s Community\, Equity\, and Justice Board Committee.&nbsp\;Lauren earned her B.A. in Classical Civilization and Greek from Wellesley College and her M.A. in Global\, International\, and Comparative History from Georgetown University. She is also a graduate of the Friends Council on Education’s Institute for Engaging Leadership in Friends Schools. Lauren is an alumna of Sidwell Friends School and served there after college as assistant director of auxiliary programs and as a history teacher. Before coming to FCNL\, Lauren was the upper school head at Carolina Friends School and\, before that\, the director of social action at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart.\n\nLauren tries to finish a book every week and run a marathon every year.
CATEGORIES:GENERAL SESSION
LOCATION:Muller Auditorium\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Break
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LOCATION:Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 1A: Meetings that Matter: Designing and Leading Effective Team Meetings in Quaker Schools
DESCRIPTION:In Friends schools\, well-designed meetings are an essential expression of thoughtful leadership. This workshop explores how to create meetings that are purposeful\, inclusive\, and engaging—spaces where participants actively contribute rather than passively receive information. Participants will learn practical strategies for designing focused agendas\, facilitating meaningful collaboration\, inviting diverse perspectives\, and using silence and reflection to deepen discernment and decision-making. Grounded in Quaker values\, this session will help leaders build meetings that respect people’s time\, strengthen trust\, and move teams forward with clarity\, shared ownership\, and renewed energy.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 1
LOCATION:M3/M5 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 1B: Listening Across Difference: Merging DEI and Quaker Practice in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:How do we create spaces where students can engage meaningfully across difference while staying grounded in shared values? This workshop explores a classroom model that integrates Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion principles with Quaker testimonies such as community\, equality\, and peace to foster thoughtful\, respectful dialogue.\n\nParticipants will examine a lesson structure that empowers students to choose relevant\, real-world topics\, from immigration and global conflicts to AI and stress and engage them through inquiry\, reflection\, and discussion. The approach explicitly teaches and practices core civil discourse skills\, including empathetic communication\, critical thinking\, openness to inquiry\, and constructive disagreement.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 1
LOCATION:M8/10 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 1C: Teaching Quaker Discernment and Decision Making Through Discipline Council
DESCRIPTION:At Westtown School many major discipline cases are heard by our student leader and adult Discipline Council. Outcomes and supports for the students who appear before DC are recommended to the Upper School Principal. We use Friends Decision Making practices for this work. We will share strategies we use to train students and adults to live into this important work. We welcome voices from other schools who use similar structures as well. Let's think together about the joys and challenges of this model.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 1
LOCATION:M11/13 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 1D: Art Therapy in Quaker Education: Shaping Future Activists and Change Makers
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, participants will explore how art therapy theories and interventions reflect and intersect with Quaker values of resilience\, authenticity\, social justice\, and activism\, thereby promoting emotional development and the growth of critical consciousness in children. &nbsp\;Participants will learn the foundational alignment of art therapy and Quakerism\, the presenter’s utilization of art therapy tools for building student resilience and social justice activism\, how art therapy concepts and interventions are incorporated into daily Quaker school life and education\, and how teachers and staff can utilize art to promote emotional and identity development in students. &nbsp\;Participants will be invited to engage in art making during this workshop to experience and practice the concepts presented. &nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 1
LOCATION:M1 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 1E: Modeling Instruction and Quaker Process in Science Education
DESCRIPTION:Modeling instruction is a powerful\, research-backed approach to science education in middle and upper grades. Students in a modeling classroom are challenged to build\, test\, modify\, and reason from models is a way that closely mimics practices within the scientific community. Though not developed with Quaker process in mind\, modeling instruction relies on communal discernment\, collaboration\, consensus building\, and reflections on process in ways that closely overlap with models for Quaker decision-making. This workshop will explore this overlap. Attendees will act as students in an abridged version of a classic modeling instruction lesson to get a feel for the approach. Then\, we will reflect as a group on the ways Modeling Instruction relies on many of the same themes as Quaker decision-making. The group will also explore how to use Modeling Instruction to teach and/or reinforce norms for Quaker decision-making among students. \n\n\n
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 1
LOCATION:M7 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 1F: Onboarding at MFS: Peer Leadership and PLCs
DESCRIPTION:Since 2020\, MFS’s three-day summer orientation for all new faculty and staff and our year-long induction program for classroom teachers have been led by peer teachers rather than administrators. In addition\, the yearlong induction program only includes typical meetings and presentations for the first half of the year and then becomes a Professional Learning Community following the Critical Friends Group model. Participants in this session will be introduced to the structure of and rationale for these programs. They will then participate in a modified CFG discussion protocol in which they are asked to probe one or more dilemmas that the program leaders experience. &nbsp\;Both the form and the content of these discussions\, therefore\, will immerse participants in learning about the session’s topics.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 1
LOCATION:M12 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 1G: Transmitting Quaker Practices to New Colleagues
DESCRIPTION:Do you struggle to find the time and resources to fully transmit Quaker practices to your colleagues? Are you interested in learning more about best practices from your colleagues? Would you like to participate in an initial attempt to gather and publish those practices in a resources that could be used by every Quaker school? If you've answered affirmatively to these questions\, please join us!\n\n*This workshop will also be held Thursday\, July 9 3:15-4:15PM (Workshop 3).*
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 1
LOCATION:Rudin Lab (Near Library Entrance)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Walk to Meetinghouse
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CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:M8/10 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260708T213000Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting for Worship
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CATEGORIES:GENERAL SESSION
LOCATION:Abington Monthly Meeting\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Dinner on Your Own
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CATEGORIES:MEAL
LOCATION:Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Morning Gathering & Announcements
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CATEGORIES:GENERAL SESSION
LOCATION:Muller Auditorium\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Workshop 2A: Teaching In Resonance
DESCRIPTION:As educators\, we value and curate our course content. As Quaker educators\, we strive to bring every student into community\, with integrity\, while nurturing their individuality. Resonance\, the scientific concept\, refers to an efficient exchange of energy. Resonant Teaching refers to the idea that students learn best when in a purposeful relationship with their teacher\; they intentionally seek to know one another\, or\, to Quakers\, seek one another’s Light Within. We offer Resonant Teaching as a framework for merging these two important tasks of true learning and true connection. We believe that when resonance is achieved\, teaching and learning seem to propel themselves forward. We will explore strategies for taking the purposeful craft of resonating with students from the mystical and metaphorical to the actionable.&nbsp\;\n\n*This workshop will also be held Friday\, July 10 8:30-9:30AM (Workshop 4).*
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 2
LOCATION:M1 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 2B: Moments That Matter: Navigating Classroom Interactions Through a Quaker Lens
DESCRIPTION:In Quaker education\, how we respond matters just as much as what we teach. This interactive workshop invites educators to explore reflective practice through real classroom scenarios\, thoughtful discussion\, and practical pause strategies rooted in Quaker values. Together\, we will examine moments of tension\, conflict\, equity\, and belonging while considering how intentional reflection can lead to more grounded\, compassionate\, and values-centered responses. Participants will leave with adaptable tools and reflective practices that can strengthen classroom culture\, deepen community\, and support meaningful relationships in schools.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 2
LOCATION:M8/10 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 2C: Peace Path: A Protocol for Conflict Resolution
DESCRIPTION:Our Peace Path protocol/routine is designed to support students in resolving conflicts independently. Our goal is to make the process\, thinking\, and conversation around a conflict or unsteady interaction one that is sensitive to both sides of a story\, is simple enough for our young students to eventually manage independently\, and responsive to the developmental needs of our students. The path is made up of stones that have simple and beautiful designs of a plant growing from seed to flower\, representing the steps we are taking to help us reach a peaceful resolution. In this interactive session\, we will share our experiences using this tool and explore scenarios together.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 2
LOCATION:M3/M5 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 2D: Crafting AI Guidance for the Schoolhouse: Perspectives\, Civic Engagement\, and Design Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, we will explore how schools can engage in work that produces thoughtful\, future thinking AI guidance in support of teaching and learning. This session will feature the experience of working on the MIT AI Student Leaders program to leverage student agency in designing AI policy and will share diverse perspectives on shaping clear\, ethical\, and practical frameworks for AI use in the schoolhouse. Participants will leave with design strategies and a sampling of school policies\, to build guidance that is both adaptable and grounded in their community’s values.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 2
LOCATION:M11/13 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 2E: Beyond the SPICES: Developing a Faith and Practice to Affirm Your School’s Mission
DESCRIPTION:The SPICES acronym has long helped Quaker schools highlight core testimonies and values\, but does this distillation fully reflect what is central to your school’s mission\, priorities\, and daily practice? This session shares the process DVFriends School undertook to develop its own Faith and Practice\, including core testimonies and queries\, to more fully reflect its identity as both a Quaker school and a school for students who learn differently. Participants will explore the rationale for this work at this moment in the School’s history\, how the Quaker Life Committee led a collaborative process of discernment and development\, and how the resulting Faith and Practice is being used with students\, faculty\, staff\, and trustees to deepen a shared understanding of Quaker identity. Participants will engage with selected testimonies and queries from DVFriends and consider how similar work might take shape in their own school communities.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 2
LOCATION:M12 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 2F: Poster Sessions: 4 concurrent presentations
DESCRIPTION:The Logistics and Life-Impact of Senior Internships - Elyse Wilson\, Friends Select\n In Quaker education\, we strive to prepare students not just for college\, but for lives of purpose\, service\, and action. Friends Select's Senior Internship Program serves as a bridge between the classroom\, the city of Philadelphia\, and the broader world.This 3-week program intentionally cultivates critical life skills\, providing students with a safe environment to practice workplace professionalism\, personal accountability\, email etiquette\, and clear communication.\nThis poster provides a comprehensive look at a successful Senior Internship Program\, demonstrating how experiential learning can be rooted in Quaker practice while building highly practical professional skills. It is designed to offer fellow educators both inspiration and replicable frameworks for their own schools.\n\n Beyond SPICES: Centering Quakers in the Curriculum - Toni Vahlsing & Diane Pecknold\, Abington Friends\nAn Upper School History Teacher/ Librarian team will share some of their projects that center Quakerism or explore some of the complexities of Quakerism. &nbsp\;\n\nDiscipline to Support Growth and Responsibility: Introduction to Restorative Practices - Ida Trisolini\, Carolina Friends/Peaceful Schools NC\nAt Peaceful Schools NC\, we believe that when students mess up\, it's an opportunity to learn and grow. With the support of a trusted teacher\, the process can even be transformative. We believe that a shift in mindset from punitive punishment to logical consequences\, can ultimately lead to self-discipline. This poster session will inform you about our practice of working with schools\, especially with Friends Schools.&nbsp\;\n\nMiddle School Quaker Culture: TORCH\, SPICE Squad\, Worship Shares - Jane Ellis\, Greene Street Friends
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 2
LOCATION:Rudin Lab (Near Library Entrance)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 2G: Teaching the Soul in the Age of Meta
DESCRIPTION:Social media invites a curated persona and relies on external validation while the digital noise of constant stimulation deprives our brains of the silence necessary for deep listening and centering down before worship. Furthermore\, a systemic dilution of Quaker education into social media-ready "values" or "SPICES" leaves students and teachers without the practices needed to navigate academic stress\, anxiety and a general crisis of well-being. Most Upper School students at my Quaker school are so overwhelmed by the extrinsic demands of the college process that they do not participate in soulful engagement during meetings for worship. In fact\, they sometimes resent being forced to take a break from the studying that could lead to their definition of success. There are colleagues too who wish they could have that extra time correcting assessments and preparing for class. The tyranny of perfectionism and its accompanying fear of vulnerability make true self-knowledge and compassion for oneself and others feel more like a risk than a prerequisite for a life of meaning and purpose. To what extent is our performance-based culture and our over-scheduled screen-filled lives causing a profound atrophy of our Spirit-filled soulscapes? And what can we do to elevate the soul's importance in our competitive winner-take-all world? There is no single answer\, of course. But finding ways to slow down\, to enter into silence\, embrace nature\, inculcate deep listening\, discuss love and friendship\, lift up our own weaknesses\, applaud student kindness and caring\, and engage in Spirit-led inquiry and worshipful sharing can at least help to nurture our ever receptive and redemptive Inner Light. \n\n** This session will be repeated on Friday\, July 10 during Workshop 4. **
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 2
LOCATION:M7 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Break
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CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:MFW with a Query (Programmed MFW/Worship Sharing)
DESCRIPTION:Query 1: What helps the Quaker spirit flourish at your school?\nClerk -TBD\nLocation - M3/M5\n\nQuery 2:&nbsp\;What helps keep MFW rich\, relevant\, and grounded in Quakerism at your school?\nClerk - Ida Trisolini\nLocation - M8/10\n\nQuery 3:&nbsp\;Our schools are rooted in Quaker beliefs and practices. What practices help your roots stay deep? \nClerk - Bryan Hogan\nLocation - M11/13\n\nQuery 4:&nbsp\;What is Quaker Education?\nClerk - Laura Barrosse-Antle\nLocation - M12/14
CATEGORIES:MFW
LOCATION:Multiple Locations (see description for details)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Menu: \nSouthwestern Salad\,&nbsp\;Grilled Chicken\,&nbsp\;Marinated Steak\,&nbsp\;Grilled Onions & Peppers\,&nbsp\;Flour Tortillas\,&nbsp\;Refried Beans\,&nbsp\;Seasoned Rice\,&nbsp\;Guacamole\,&nbsp\;Salsa\,&nbsp\;Flan\n\n
CATEGORIES:MEAL
LOCATION:Faulkner Library\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA 19046
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SUMMARY:Optional Roundtable Discussions
DESCRIPTION:Lunch and Learn! Pick up your lunch in the Faulkner Library\, then join colleagues for an optional discussion on the topics listed below.\n\nHorizons- From Testimony to Practice: How Quaker Schools Animate Values Into Community Impact&nbsp\;\nLocation: M1\nPresenter: Maani Waldor\, Grace Cannon\n\nHow can we teach critical history in a developmentally appropriate way?\nLocation: M3/M5\nPresenter: James Rees\n\nUsing Virtual Tools to Connect Quaker Educators\nLocation: M8/M10\nPresenter: Chris Loeffler\n\n
CATEGORIES:MEAL
LOCATION:Multiple Locations (see description for details)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Keynote Address - Gardy Guiteau\, social justice educator\, facilitator and owner of GJG Training and Consulting
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CATEGORIES:GENERAL SESSION
LOCATION:Muller Auditorium\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTART:20260709T190000Z
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LOCATION:Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTART:20260709T191500Z
DTEND:20260709T201500Z
SUMMARY:Workshop 3A: Turning Mission into Action
DESCRIPTION:A school's mission statement is more than just marketing—it is a covenant of our shared values. How does your school’s mission statement move off the wall and into the daily lives of your students? In this interactive workshop\, &nbsp\;we will collaborate to bridge the gap between high-level ideals and daily reality. We will begin with a brief reflection on the core purpose of a mission statement\, followed by a dynamic "gallery walk" to analyze how our schools articulate their values. The session culminates in the introduction and collaborative trialing of a "Mission Rubric\," offering educators a clear\, measurable tool to ensure our decisions and programming faithfully reflects our mission.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 3
LOCATION:M3/M5 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTAMP:20260706T102408Z
DTSTART:20260709T191500Z
DTEND:20260709T201500Z
SUMMARY:Workshop 3B: Friends Education for Our Most Complex Learners
DESCRIPTION:Seeing the Inner Light in every child takes on extra significance for complex learners such as those with learning differences. &nbsp\;Merging Quaker values with well-trained expertise in understanding and teaching these complex learners is often life-changing. &nbsp\;In this session\, we’ll start by looking at how to recognize and appreciate learning challenges\, including those you might see in “neurotypical” schools. You’ll hear from three Quaker LD (Learning Difference) schools: Delaware Valley Friends School\, Stratford Friends School\, and The Quaker School at Horsham. &nbsp\;We’ll discuss how we use our dual missions to support these exceptional students\, and we’ll share some best practices that can improve the learning of all students\, regardless of profile or diagnosis. &nbsp\;We’ll focus particularly on Executive Functioning strategies that our expert faculties use and that you can take with you for your students.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 3
LOCATION:Rudin Lab (Near Library Entrance)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTART:20260709T191500Z
DTEND:20260709T201500Z
SUMMARY:Workshop 3C: Faithful Inclusion: How Quaker Values and DEI Practices Can Work Together To Help Create A Beloved Community
DESCRIPTION:This interactive workshop explores how Quaker values and DEI practices can work together to deepen and strengthen organizations\, schools\, faith communities\, and civic spaces. Drawing on core Quaker testimonies\, participants will examine how these principles offer both a moral foundation and practical strategies for DEI Departments to cultivate more inclusive and equitable spaces.\n\nThrough reflection\, dialogue\, scenarios\, and shared inquiry\, participants will consider how Quaker approaches to listening\, discernment\, consensus-building\, and recognizing “that of God in everyone” can partner with DEI practices to challenge systems of exclusion and support authentic belonging.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 3
LOCATION:M8/10 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTAMP:20260706T102408Z
DTSTART:20260709T191500Z
DTEND:20260709T201500Z
SUMMARY:Workshop 3D: Transmitting Quaker Practices to New Colleagues
DESCRIPTION:Do you struggle to find the time and resources to fully transmit Quaker practices to your colleagues? Are you interested in learning more about best practices from your colleagues? Would you like to participate in an initial attempt to gather and publish those practices in a resources that could be used by every Quaker school? If you've answered affirmatively to these questions\, please join us!\n\n*This workshop will also be held Wednesday\, July 8 4:00-5:00PM (Workshop 1).*
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 3
LOCATION:M11/13 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTART:20260709T191500Z
DTEND:20260709T201500Z
SUMMARY:Workshop 3E: The Digital Meetinghouse: Student Journalism as a Catalyst for Civil Discourse
DESCRIPTION:In an era of political polarization\, Quaker schools face the challenge of maintaining a cohesive community while honoring the Light in each individual. This session invites Quaker educators to consider the role of student journalism as a vital “public square” for institutional health. Using Abington Friends School’s student newspaper\, The Blue and White\, as a case study\, we will explore how moderated online comment sections can transform potentially toxic digital spaces into venues for authentic Quaker practice. Curated prompts\, modeled on the New York Times Learning Network’s Student Opinion questions\, invite upper school students to engage in respectful disagreement and discernment on issues ranging from campus life to global ethics. This practice offers a window into student sentiment and a proactive tool for civic education. In one example\, student discourse sparked a new faculty committee and evolved school practices\, proving that a well-moderated digital forum can lead to constructive institutional growth. The session will transition into an interactive dialogue\, inviting participants to examine the function of journalism in their own schools. We will discuss how student media can serve as a catalyst for community-wide civil discourse.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 3
LOCATION:M1 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 3F: What is an Emotional Well-Being Program?
DESCRIPTION:An Emotional Wellbeing Program is a set of attitudes and practices which support optimal personal and interpersonal functioning at the Friends Center.\n\nAll staff participate in making this program work\, through the way they develop the curriculum in their unique classroom\, learn to support one another through the strenuous demands of high quality early childhood care\, and engage with families in these areas of awareness.\n\nWe are attentive to how trauma can interrupt natural physical\, mental and emotional growth processes. Our aim is to recognize the effects of adverse childhood experiences on children and to counterbalance those effects. Likewise\, we recognize the residual effects of individual and cultural trauma on the adults in our community. We impart possible pathways to healing and life-long learning\, leaning into partnerships with other community services.\nEstablishing and maintaining a sense of community among teachers and families at an early childhood center is a critical component of fostering emotional well-being among both adults and children. Nurturing strong relationships and creating a culture of open communication enables the staff community to connect on a personal level\, fostering a sense of acceptance\, belonging\, and understanding\, as well as the opportunity to forge and maintain meaningful relationships. \n\nCreating a community of belonging allows staff members to feel acknowledged and appreciated for their unique qualities. The resulting positive and inclusive atmosphere enhances collaboration and ultimately leads to better outcomes for everyone within the community. Our ability to Recognize\, Understand\, Label\, Express\, and Regulate our emotions as it relates to our past experiences\, present needs and future selves speaks to the power that emotional regulation/intelligence has on leaders\, educators and our youngest learners.\n\nAttendees will have the opportunity to create a group charter\, engage in Self-reflection through queries\, and scenario work through role-playing.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 3
LOCATION:M12 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 3G: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff (Threshing Protocol)
DESCRIPTION:Goals for Today-Exploring Quaker Protocols-Threshing\nTo deepen Quaker practices in our teaching and learning\, and in how we engage with one another as a community. Engaging in a Quaker Protocol as a community is one way we can serve that goal. \n\nWhat is "Threshing"?\n"Threshing" means separating the "wheat from the chaff" and working toward collective discernment of a way forward. Quakers use threshing\, usually in advance of decision-making or discussion on a topic that might be controversial or difficult.\n\nGOALS include\nto explore a topic using a protocol that encourages all voices and that leads to deepening focus on aspects of common interest\; \nto gain practice using this protocol with colleagues\;\nmodeling a collegial learning practice\;\nto emphasize the importance of both sharing and listening\nto gain practice in following the protocol so all have a turn.\n\nWhat Threshing is NOT\nWe are NOT trying to come to any conclusions or resolutions\, rather use protocol to gain clarity to help with further decision making. \n\nCredit: Deborra Sines-Pancoe and Shu Shu Coasta\, SPARC\, Friends Council\n\n**This workshop will also be held Friday\, July 10 8:30-9:30AM.**\n\n
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 3
LOCATION:M7 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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LOCATION:Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:MFW - Experience of Different Examples
DESCRIPTION:Meeting for Art making\nClerk:&nbsp\;Kathleen Geier\nLocation: M3/5\n\nWorship Walk\nClerks: Diane\, Erin and Mary Kay from AFS -&nbsp\;\nLocation: Meet in M7\, then go outside\n\nMeeting for Singing\nClerk:&nbsp\;Rich Nourie\nLocation: Camp Tent (to be confirmed)\n\nMeeting for Worship\nClerk: TBD\nLocation: Abington Monthly Meeting\n\nMeeting for Story (Faith & Play)\nClerk:&nbsp\;Melinda Wenner Bradley\nLocation: Rudin Lab
CATEGORIES:MFW
LOCATION:Multiple Locations (see description for details)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTART:20260709T213000Z
DTEND:20260709T220000Z
SUMMARY:Day 2 Closing & Announcements
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:GENERAL SESSION
LOCATION:Abington Monthly Meeting\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Optional Outdoor Concert
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CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Abington Art Center\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTART:20260710T120000Z
DTEND:20260710T123000Z
SUMMARY:Morning Gathering & Announcements
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CATEGORIES:GENERAL SESSION
LOCATION:Muller Auditorium\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTART:20260710T123000Z
DTEND:20260710T133000Z
SUMMARY:Workshop 4A: Outliers\, Outlaws\, Outcasts: Storytelling Beyond the Hero's Journey
DESCRIPTION:This workshop introduces the combined lens of “Outliers\, Outlaws\, and Outcasts”\, through which the stories we hear (and ones we tell ourselves) have aspects of leadership\, defiance\, and failure rather than demarcations of winning and losing by heroes and villains\, or pitting “us” against “them.” Participants leave with a greater awareness of their own growth as leaders\, along with resources and strategies that help students recognize leadership qualities in themselves and their peers as they mature within social and academic communities.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 4
LOCATION:M12 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTAMP:20260706T102408Z
DTSTART:20260710T123000Z
DTEND:20260710T133000Z
SUMMARY:Workshop 4B: What Makes a Quaker School? Evaluating Ethos in the UK and US
DESCRIPTION:This interactive session explores two approaches to evaluating Quaker identity in schools: the structured\, evidence‑based American Friends Council on Education model and the invitational\, narrative‑rich UK Ethos Evaluation approach. Drawing on Ackworth School’s recent Quaker Ethos Report\, participants will compare how each model captures the lived experience of Quaker values. Through discussion and group activities\, the session will invite reflection on the strengths of both approaches and offer practical ideas for developing reflective\, values‑led practice in participants’ own settings.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 4
LOCATION:M3/M5 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 4C: Living the Testimonies: Making Quaker Values Visible in the Lower School
DESCRIPTION:In the Lower School at Wilmington Friends School\, students explore one Quaker testimony each month through developmentally appropriate\, experiential learning. Using queries\, music\, shared readings\, and collaborative projects\, students reflect on how these values show up in their daily lives and relationships. Learning culminates in student-created artifacts that are shared throughout the school\, helping to make Quaker values visible within the community.\n\nThis interactive session will share the structure\, resources\, and practices that support this work\, including examples of queries\, songs\, readings\, and student projects. Participants will collaborate in small groups to generate ideas for testimony-focused experiences and visible displays tailored to their own school settings. Together\, we will explore how tangible\, student-centered expressions of the testimonies can build shared language\, deepen understanding\, and strengthen Quaker identity across a school.\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 4
LOCATION:M12 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTEND:20260710T133000Z
SUMMARY:Workshop 4D: Teaching the Soul in the Age of Meta
DESCRIPTION:Social media invites a curated persona and relies on external validation while the digital noise of constant stimulation deprives our brains of the silence necessary for deep listening and centering down before worship. Furthermore\, a systemic dilution of Quaker education into social media-ready "values" or "SPICES" leaves students and teachers without the practices needed to navigate academic stress\, anxiety and a general crisis of well-being. Most Upper School students at my Quaker school are so overwhelmed by the extrinsic demands of the college process that they do not participate in soulful engagement during meetings for worship. In fact\, they sometimes resent being forced to take a break from the studying that could lead to their definition of success. There are colleagues too who wish they could have that extra time correcting assessments and preparing for class. The tyranny of perfectionism and its accompanying fear of vulnerability make true self-knowledge and compassion for oneself and others feel more like a risk than a prerequisite for a life of meaning and purpose. To what extent is our performance-based culture and our over-scheduled screen-filled lives causing a profound atrophy of our Spirit-filled soulscapes? And what can we do to elevate the soul's importance in our competitive winner-take-all world? There is no single answer\, of course. But finding ways to slow down\, to enter into silence\, embrace nature\, inculcate deep listening\, discuss love and friendship\, lift up our own weaknesses\, applaud student kindness and caring\, and engage in Spirit-led inquiry and worshipful sharing can at least help to nurture our ever receptive and redemptive Inner Light. \n\n** This session will be repeated on Thursday\, July 9 during Workshop 2. **
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 4
LOCATION:M8/10 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 4E: Teaching Equality and Equity in the Younger Grades: Courageous conversations rooted in our Quaker SPICES with our youngest learners.
DESCRIPTION:Do our classrooms reflect courageous conversations rooted in our Quaker SPICES with our youngest learners? In this workshop\, participants will engage in “hard” topics such as race\, racism\, ethnicity\, and identity and explore how to incorporate these truth-centered conversations into our Quaker curriculums and practices. Rooted in Quaker principles of equity and honoring the Inner Light in everyone\, this work calls us to be responsive in engaging with these complex topics\, embracing the responsibility to guide even our youngest learners through these important conversations with courage and care.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 4
LOCATION:Rudin Lab (Near Library Entrance)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTEND:20260710T133000Z
SUMMARY:Workshop 4F: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff (Threshing Protocol)
DESCRIPTION:Goals for Today-Exploring Quaker Protocols-Threshing\nTo deepen Quaker practices in our teaching and learning\, and in how we engage with one another as a community. Engaging in a Quaker Protocol as a community is one way we can serve that goal. \n\nWhat is "Threshing"?\n"Threshing" means separating the "wheat from the chaff" and working toward collective discernment of a way forward. Quakers use threshing\, usually in advance of decision-making or discussion on a topic that might be controversial or difficult.\n\nGOALS include\nto explore a topic using a protocol that encourages all voices and that leads to deepening focus on aspects of common interest\; \nto gain practice using this protocol with colleagues\;\nmodeling a collegial learning practice\;\nto emphasize the importance of both sharing and listening\nto gain practice in following the protocol so all have a turn.\n\nWhat Threshing is NOT\nWe are NOT trying to come to any conclusions or resolutions\, rather use protocol to gain clarity to help with further decision making. \n\nCredit: Deborra Sines-Pancoe and Shu Shu Coasta\, SPARC\, Friends Council\n\n*This workshop will also be held on Thursday\, July 9 3:15-4:15PM (Workshop 3).*
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 4
LOCATION:M11/13 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Workshop 4G: Teaching In Resonance
DESCRIPTION:As educators\, we value and curate our course content. As Quaker educators\, we strive to bring every student into community\, with integrity\, while nurturing their individuality. Resonance\, the scientific concept\, refers to an efficient exchange of energy. Resonant Teaching refers to the idea that students learn best when in a purposeful relationship with their teacher\; they intentionally seek to know one another\, or\, to Quakers\, seek one another’s Light Within. We offer Resonant Teaching as a framework for merging these two important tasks of true learning and true connection. We believe that when resonance is achieved\, teaching and learning seem to propel themselves forward. We will explore strategies for taking the purposeful craft of resonating with students from the mystical and metaphorical to the actionable.&nbsp\;\n\n**This workshop will also be held on Thursday\, July 9 10:00-11:00AM (Workshop 2).**
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP 4
LOCATION:M7 (Middle School Hallway)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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SUMMARY:Break
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CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTART:20260710T140000Z
DTEND:20260710T153000Z
SUMMARY:Keynote Address - Allyx Schiavone\, Chief Executive Officer of Friends Center for Children
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:GENERAL SESSION
LOCATION:Muller Auditorium\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20260710T154500Z
DTEND:20260710T163000Z
SUMMARY:Worship Sharing & Closing Circle
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:GENERAL SESSION
LOCATION:Outside (Rain Plan: Faulkner Library)\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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DTSTART:20260710T164500Z
DTEND:20260710T170000Z
SUMMARY:Boxed Lunch Pickup
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:MEAL
LOCATION:Muller Lobby\, Abington Friends School\, 575 Washington Lane\, Jenkintown\, PA\, USA
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