Stories

Over the weekend, Olney Friends School was pleased to host a group of eight students and three faculty members from Arthur Morgan School, a progressive boarding and day school for students in grades 7-9 in Burnsville, North Carolina. Arthur Morgan School shares many similarities with Olney, being a Quaker school with [...]

On Friday night, Olney Friends School held its annual Junior Auction in the Collection Room. The event, intended to raise funds for the class of 2017, saw dozens of goods and services auctioned off to a lively crowd of students, faculty, and guests from the Arthur Morgan School.

The Taber Farm "On April 1, 1957, we deeded the farm to Friends Boarding School of Barnesville, Ohio, and as of the same date, transferred our portion of the herd of Jerseys to the School. We made three requests. First; that the property be kept intact, and known as the 'Taber Farm' as long as possible to do so. [...]

Photo Credit: Ricardo Barros   “If I should not survive, how I die will show me who I really am.” - Etty Hillesum

Campus Farm: Friends Boarding School This is the view of the campus farm some time after 1912 from the 20 Acres hillside. The school was relocated from Mt. Pleasant (where it was founded in 1837) to its current Barnesville location in 1876 and built on the corner of four farms donated by Benjamin Stanton, Barkley [...]

Our Food and Health Endeavor recently had class in the kitchen to put their lessons into practice. Each student made a salad dressing to serve with the salad bar at lunch. Recipes included creamy feta, ranch, and avocado. Pictures of our student chefs are below!

The entire Olney Friends School community would like to issue a special thanks to our sophomore class, class sponsor Dan Adams, our incredible kitchen staff, and everyone who helped make last night's event so special.

Olney senior Julian Sun skims through a book during his recent trip to Oberlin College.