Tradition Meets Tumbling at Gym Ex 2016
On a chilly Friday evening last March, Liarucha Zahnke-Basuki performed in her first Gymnastics Exhibition at Olney Friends School. Toward the end of …
Fourth Month, 1909: “A Trip to Fairview”
Fourth month, 1909
Etty Comes to Olney
Photo Credit: Ricardo Barros “If I should not survive, how I die will show me who I really am.” – Etty Hillesum
2016 Olney Farm Report
This year’s Olney Farm Report boasts a change in management, new construction, renovations, annual events, and an organic certification, as well as a …
Farm Interns
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are so very fortunate, and grateful this summer to have a couple of interns on our farm. Meet our Farm Interns for Summer 2022. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”12293″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Christine Gray just recently graduated this year from Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonberg, VA). She graduated with a BA in History, and Education. She is very excited to learn the Olney ways, and is eager to soon teach in a school similar to Olney. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Elizabeth Baker (Liz) joins us this summer while on break from the University of Findley (Ohio). With a contagious smile, and friendly attitude, we are so very lucky to have her with us. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”12294″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”12295″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Our very own Katrina Custardo is lending a hand this summer on our farm. We appreciate so much that she is here with us throughout the summer, and willing to go that extra mile to help out on the farm. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_separator][vc_single_image image=”12296″ img_size=”large”][vc_separator][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Olney Meets Scattergood Friends at Earlham College
Olney and Scattergood competed for the coveted QUARK
Stewardship, Conservation Are Key Elements of Olney’s Program
BARNESVILLE, Ohio – Members of the Olney Friends School community have long treasured the pastoral setting of our 350-acre campus, which provides the …
Hip Hop: A Black Tie Affair
This Saturday some of our students volunteered to go to the Wheeling Heritage and YWCA fundraiser event, “Hip Hop: A Black Tie Affair” to help raise awareness and celebrate 50 years of young people who’ve expressed their voices and risen above suppression and oppression through African American, Latinx, and Caribbean American cultural music and art expression. The OFS students shook hands and connected with inspirational leaders of the Ohio Valley community, such as YWCA’s Cultural Diversity & Community Outreach Director, Ron Scott who will be visiting Olney this spring to speak with our students about misconceptions and bias.
GoFundMe
@olneyfriends https://gofund.me/dae12a2d #greenscreen #greenscreenvideo #boardingschool #fyp #school #trending #tiktok ♬ Pieces (Solo Piano Version) – Danilo Stankovic
February Fridays: Week Four
For the final February Fridays event of the year, the Freshman class is taking a tour of Pittsburgh. You can follow their fun on the official Olney …