What Moves Us
With the increasing prevalence of smartphones, we’re up against a tidal wave of opposition - and we’re gaining significant ground! We couldn’t do this without a powerful mission, an incredible team, and years of support from communities and institutions worldwide.
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Our Mission
To provide youth the freedom to excel academically and develop socially without the pressures and harms of phones and social media during the school day.
Our Vision
Growing a collaborative movement by parents, educators, administrators, and students to support and implement effective phone-free policies for K-12 schools.
About Us
Sabine lives in Phoenixville, PA, with her husband Jordan, their three children, and a lively crew of pets. Her advocacy was inspired by deeply personal experience when her teenage daughter faced significant mental health challenges intensified by social media pressures. Sabine, though naturally reserved, found her voice through this adversity and now channels her compassion into empowering communities, creating supportive networks, and guiding families toward healthier, more balanced lives.
Mileva is a passionate mental health advocate living in Phoenixville, PA, with her husband, three children, and beloved assortment of animals. With a master’s degree in clinical psychology, Mileva’s advocacy journey began when her own teenage son grappled with mental health struggles exacerbated by digital pressures. Her commitment runs deep—driven by personal experience and professional insight—to help schools become healthier, phone-free environments where young people can genuinely connect, learn, and flourish.
Our Journey
- Sabine and Mileva expand their local advocacy for Phone Free Schools to a national scale
- A strategic plan and roadmap is carefully created and put into action
- Research begins on the impact of phones in schools
- Phone Free Schools Movement is officially established as a nonprofit organization
- We launch the PFSM global Ambassador Program.
- PFSM partners with Fairplay.
- The Administrator Toolkit is released
- 2K+ downloads; thousands of students impacted worldwide
- The Ambassador Toolkit is released
- A Research Program is launched in partnership with UNC
- Administrator Toolkit V2 is released
- We met Angie and started the PFSM Canadian chapter
- Our new website goes live with expanded resources
Board of advisors
Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D
Author of “The Anxious Generation”
John Hutton, MD, MS
Laura Marquez-Garrett
Adriana Stacey, MD
Medical Advisor for ScreenStrong
School Advisors
Phoenixville Area Middle School
Indian Woods Middle School
Phone-Free Schools Canada
Angie brings over 25 years of experience as an educator, academic advisor, and parent to her work building Canada's phone-free schools movement. She's seen firsthand how digital distractions interfere with the focus, well-being, and real-world connections students need to thrive, both in classrooms and at home with her own three children. Early in her career, Angie created MindPOP (Mindful, Mindset, Plan, Organize, Prioritize), a program designed to strengthen students' executive function and resilience. That foundation now shapes her work as Lead Canadian Ambassador for the Phone-Free Schools Movement, where she's leading a national effort to bring bell-to-bell phone-free policies to schools across Canada and supporting a growing network of parents and educators through the new Canadian Ambassador program.
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