What's New at Olney
Environmental Physics Grant Awarded to Olney Friends School
February 09, 2012 Olney Friends School is pleased to announce it has received a $1,290 grant from the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio. The school will use these funds to support the purchase of laboratory equipment in... (more)
Three Future Doctors – Jill, Abbey, and Ivana
February 01, 2012 By Promise Partner Reprinted from the Spring 2012 Olney Today: Women. Olney Friends School graduates. Future doctors. “The best decision I did not make,” says Abbey Huff ‘04, referring... (more)In the Classroom: Spotlight on History
February 01, 2012 Dan Raffety is a historian through and through. He tends to take the long view. He majored in history as an undergraduate at Connecticut College. At Olney, he enjoys teaching history through the... (more)Love of Languages at Olney: Spanish and Mandarin Chinese
February 01, 2012 Kita Frick-Shipley ’14 from Richmond, Indiana has studied Japanese, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Latin – and will soon be adding German to the mix. While at Olney, she has taken both Spanish and... (more)“The City Dark” Film Screening at Olney Friends School
January 26, 2012 Filmmaker Ian Cheney will screen his award-winning full-length feature documentary about light pollution, “The City Dark,” at Olney Friends School on Saturday, February 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the... (more)Quaker Songwriter Jon Watts to Perform at Olney
January 26, 2012 Jon Watts’s music can be difficult to categorize. He started as a hip-hop artist. Other genres often mentioned include videography (he has his own YouTube channel), spoken word art, and yes, the... (more)Local Underground Railroad History — Coming in February
January 26, 2012 John Mattox will speak on the local history of the Underground Railroad at Olney Friends School on Friday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the Collection Room of the Main Building. His talk is free and... (more)Local Students Thrive at Olney Friends School
January 20, 2012 With students from 12 states and 10 countries, it is easy to forget that Olney Friends School has many students from the local area. Sophomore Hunter Keller from Wheeling, West Virginia notes that... (more)