International Boarding School: A Planning Guide for Fall
Spring is when families start planning for international boarding school. This guide covers financial aid, enrollment timing, and how to get ahead.
What Smalltown Life Teaches in Barnesville, Ohio
Experience student life in Barnesville, Ohio at Olney Friends School—where rural living, history, and hands-on learning shape high school years.
Why Transdisciplinary Education Develops Different Skills
Discover how Olney Friends School uses transdisciplinary education to teach students integrative thinking and real-world problem-solving skills.
SPICES Values in Our Private Boarding School
Discover how Olney Friends School, a private boarding & day school in Ohio, integrates Quaker principles to support teen mental health and overall well-being.
What is Experiential Learning?
Discover how an Olney education fosters experiential learning through hands-on, interdisciplinary education to develop confident thinkers with meaningful lives.
Quaker Education Provides the Right Environment
Discover how our Quaker education cultivates independent thinking, leadership, and integrity, preparing students for what comes next.
Peace, Presence, and the Outdoors
At Olney Friends School, a Quaker boarding and day school in Barnesville, Ohio, students learn something different. Presence. Deep listening. Caring for living things and each other across our 350-acre USDA-certified organic campus. Outdoor learning isn’t a program here. It’s daily life.
What Sustainable Living Really Means at a Boarding School in Ohio
See how sustainable living weaves into daily boarding school life on a 350-acre USDA-certified organic campus in Barnesville, Ohio at Olney Friends School.
How Agricultural Education Becomes Truly Transdisciplinary
It’s pretty rare for a high school to have a farm. Uniquely situated upon 350 acres of USDA certified organic farmland, our school is a working farm that also serves as our largest classroom!
Is Your Teen Ready? 10 Signs They’ll Thrive at Boarding School
Wondering if your teen is ready for boarding school? Our guide reveals 10 signs of readiness and how Olney Friends School’s unique Quaker values-based education helps students flourish.