Abington Friends School - Outward Bound Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

Page 3 text:

Published by and for The HOME and SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ABINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL Jenkintown, Pennsylvania I LX X XX Volume V MARCH, 1955 No. 3 de JEUNES FILLES - The happy smiles in the picture below are Affiliation smiles. They were induced by the efforts of teachers, parents and school girls an ocean apart geographically, but as close together as peas MARK WELL THE DATE On Tuesday evening, April 5, comes the annual meeting of the Home and School Association--the group to which all parents belong automatically. if not always actively. -in-afpod-in their 'striving-for-better-internatsionalegeodwillfande----f--After the regular-business -session,-audreleetioufei officers understanding. ' H Until now, the exchange student program has brought girls only from Selestat, Alsace, France, to the Senior Class at A.F.S. Now the reverse is about to take place. On April 6, Betsy Helveston, a Junior, sails for France. She will live with French families while studying at the College de ,Ieunes Filles during its third trimester. Returning home in mid-summer, she will complete her Senior year at A.F.S. The invitation from Selestat came alter months of careful planning. Families had to be lound who would welcome the ICOIUTIIIIUII on Page Qt for next year, Herbert Taylor, of the Meeting's School Commit- tee, will trace the growth and changes which the school has experienced over the years. K The program will feature an illustrated tour of the historic spots of Quakerism in the North of England, presented in words and colored slides by Eleanor Stabler Clarke, of the Friends Service Committee. lt is the best opportunity of the school year for parents to learn what the Home and School Association is trying to do for the school and the students, and to make comments and sug- gestions. Betsy Helveston lleftj, of Meadowbrook, and Marie-Reine Matt, of Selestat, France. A.-.l