Second Grade- AFS Study "Our school is our own muesum"

The overarching theme in second grade this year is “story” and how we learn from each other’s stories. In connection with this, our students said they were interested in learning more about the story of AFS. The students started by generating a list of questions that they were interested in learning about our school’s story and came up with a list of people who they felt could possibly answer the questions or lead them in the right direction.

First stop on the list was Dave Wermling, the caretaker of the Meeting. From Dave the second graders learned about the first school buildings and interesting landmarks on our campus. Did you know that Benjamin Lay and his wife were buried in the graveyard?

The next stop was a meeting with Rich Nourie, the Head of School and Frank Benner, the Head of Facilities. During the meeting the second graders were able to ask their questions in hopes of finding answers. Some of the questions included: “What year was the Faulkner Library built?” “Was AFS ever a boarding school?” “Did anyone who plays professional sports ever go to AFS?” 

Luckily, some of our questions were answered but others we had yet to learn about as we continued onto our next stop, which was meeting with Toni Vahlsing, Director of Libraries. Toni shared with us many items from the Archive Room — an array of old photos, yearbooks, documents and even a report card from 1892!