Friends Select Student News Media

The Falcon

Friends Select Student News Media

The Falcon

Friends Select Student News Media

The Falcon

Frankly Falcon Podcast: How to Balance School and Sports with Bill Klose, Nora Marwaha 24, and Zoe Siegel 24
Frankly Falcon Podcast: How to Balance School and Sports with Bill Klose, Nora Marwaha '24, and Zoe Siegel '24
Clare Padula and Lena Piven February 28, 2024

 

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The batting cages in the Marian Anderson Recreation Center. This training space is used by the Anderson Monarchs.
Marian Anderson Recreation Center Makes Big Impact on the South Philadelphia Community
Bryan Dedmon February 27, 2024

I have spent a lot of time at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center, located in South Philadelphia. I have played baseball for the center’s team, the Anderson Monarchs....

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FSS Sports Pod: Playoff Postgame Interview with Tiko Morris-Lewis and Ahmeil McLaurin
FSS Sports Pod: Playoff Postgame Interview with Tiko Morris-Lewis and Ahmeil McLaurin
Miles Lesser and Harshil Bhatia February 5, 2024

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How to Bench Press
How to Bench Press
Hayden Wiltshire April 5, 2024

How to Ask Someone to Prom
How to Ask Someone to Prom
Lena Piven, Co-Director of Multimedia • April 5, 2024

How to Make Pasta
How to Make Pasta
Clare Padula, Co-Director of Multimedia • April 3, 2024

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Sharing is Caring: Breaking Bread
Alice Zhang March 6, 2024

This Friday, March 8th, marks the third year of Friends Select’s Breaking Bread lunch, a food-sharing event where students can bring in their traditional family foods to...

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Highlighting New 24-25 Humanities, Visual Arts Courses
Daphne Klose, Jawad Ahmad, and Anna Masino March 6, 2024

Friends Select provides an abundance of electives for students to explore more specific topics and themes, and the humanities and visual arts departments are no exception....

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Oren Pipano ’25 Wins 2023 Congressional App Challenge Award
Oren Pipano ’25 Wins 2023 Congressional App Challenge Award
Daphne Klose March 4, 2024

With the start of the COVID pandemic, junior Oren Pipano was unable to leave his house and play soccer, and he found others who shared similar problems. He recounts, “I...

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The Angry Grammarian, A Musical for Hopeless Romantics and Grammar Enthusiasts
The Angry Grammarian, A Musical for Hopeless Romantics and Grammar Enthusiasts
Sam Goldwert, Assistant Editor • March 15, 2024

Have you ever given someone unsolicited grammar advice? Do you have strong opinions about the Oxford comma? Do you cringe internally when someone uses “it’s” when they really...

Musician of the Month: Olukayode Ekundare ‘25
Musician of the Month: Olukayode Ekundare ‘25
Sam Goldwert, Assistant Editor • March 5, 2024

You can listen to Olukayode's music on his YouTube channel or his SoundCloud.

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Cappies Reviews: Matilda at Archmere Academy
Sarah Gorenstein, Patrick Ryan, Sam Goldwert, Saije Milligan-Swinney, Maria Emerick, and Clara Gluzdov March 4, 2024

Sarah Gorenstein “Platinum blonde hair dye. Extra strong. Oil of Violets hair tonic. For men,” a pinch of naughtiness, and a miracle… the perfect recipe for Archmere Academy’s...

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Womens History Month Word Search
Women's History Month Word Search
Sarah Gorenstein, Game Master • March 21, 2024

Illustration by Shae Ballard.
Super Fresh: The Newly Friends Show
Esme Michaeloff and Leah Pessin March 4, 2024

Welcome to the Newly Friends Show!  A spin-off of the Newlyweds Show: We interviewed two pairs of new friends, people who only met this...

Spring Break Recommendations
Spring Break Recommendations
Talia Mono, Lila Ash, Anna Masino, Ozzy Spiker, Esme Michaeloff, Leah Pessin, Sam Goldwert, and Carl Heyne March 21, 2024

Spring break is approaching, and students have lots of time to fill. The Falcon has recommendations for nicer days and not-so-nice days. We hope you enjoy these ideas from...

Students eat their lunch during Ninjago club. Ninjago club held its first meeting recently, bringing in a large audience of mostly underclassmen.
Beyond the Dining Hall: Where do Students Eat their Lunch?
Patrick Ryan, Editor-in-Chief • March 5, 2024

Friends Select students have an abundance of options when it comes to lunch. Students can eat their lunch anywhere in the Upper School, with the notable exception of the...

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Meet the Staff
Niamh Williams
Niamh Williams
Editor-in-Chief

Niamh Williams is a senior at Friends Select School and a co-editor-in-chief for The Falcon. Her beats are history, math, and English curricula. She is also a leader of the Quakerism Club.

Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan
Editor-in-Chief

Patrick Ryan is a senior at Friends Select and a co-editor-in-chief of The Falcon. Patrick writes about student life, city curriculum, and music. He also helps lead Quake, the Harvard Model Congress,...

Noah Markovich is a senior at Friends Select. Noah is a member of the soccer and baseball teams. This year Noah is covering technology at Friends Select for The Falcon.