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Mental Fortitude: Girls Tennis
Daniel Pessin November 7, 2023

Self-discipline, mental strength, and a will to keep going drove recent Quaker Cup Champions, Friend Select’s Girls’ Tennis Team. The coaches, captains, and players recently...

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Friends Select Basketball Team Gets Exposure to College Coaches
Friends Select Basketball Team Gets Exposure to College Coaches
Bryan Dedmon October 31, 2023

Over the past couple of weeks, the Friends-Select Varsity Basketball team began to hold “open gyms” for college coaches to watch and recruit players of the Friends Select...

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Zac Greenbaum, Only Freshman on Varsity Soccer
Zac Greenbaum, Only Freshman on Varsity Soccer
Will Perkins and Patrick Ryan October 24, 2023

Zac Greenbaum ‘27 is the only freshman on the Varsity Soccer Team. At the end of pre-season, Zac was placed on Junior Varsity Soccer. Due to improvements, as well as injuries...

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Frankly Falcon Podcast: Interview with Dean of Academics
Frankly Falcon Podcast: Interview with Dean of Academics
Clare Padula and Lena Piven November 7, 2023

  As the second quarter begins and students prepare themselves for the upcoming quarter, Lena and Clare interview the Dean of Academics...

Select Sports Pod: Episode 1
Select Sports Pod: Episode 1
Miles Lesser and Harshil Bhatia October 17, 2023

https://www.mixcloud.com/fssfalcon/select-sports-pod/ Miles Lesser and Harshil Bhatia present Select Sports Pod Episode 1: A Friends Select...

Video: FSS 2022 Pie Eating Contest - Hosted by the Society for Unusual Business
Video: FSS 2022 Pie Eating Contest - Hosted by the Society for Unusual Business
Jakob Miller, Editor in Chief • November 30, 2022

https://youtu.be/rQb0Fg22Sj8

Jasmine Gibson, Newest Guidance Team Member
Jasmine Gibson, Here to Stay
Zoie Jackson-Lawrence November 7, 2023

Jasmine Gibson, the newest member of Friends Select's guidance team, became a permanent member of the faculty this year as the school's social worker. Jasmine, a North...

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FSS Field Hockey on the Roof
The Financials of Friends Select’s Roof - Does Its Value Offset Expensive Price Tag?
Elliot Forman November 7, 2023

The Turf Roof atop Friends Select is home to field hockey games, soccer practices, and PE classes for the entire school. The roof saw expensive remodeling in 2022, a much-needed...

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Friends Select’s First-Ever Fall Ball
Friends Select’s First-Ever Fall Ball
Janis Ng October 31, 2023

To celebrate the beginning of the school year, Upper School class officers and student government are preparing for the first Fall Ball Dance in FSS history, to take place...

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FSS Musician of the Month: Zoie Jackson-Lawrence
FSS Musician of the Month: Zoie Jackson-Lawrence
Sam Goldwert, Assistant Editor • November 7, 2023

Students Rehearsing for Pippin
Rehearsals for Upper School Musical, Pippin, Underway
Bryce Dodd October 16, 2023

The musical Pippin takes center stage at Friends Select School this year, set to run from November 16th to 18th, and is directed by professional theater artist Julianna Babb, produced...

PILGO (EP): A Story of Personal Growth
PILGO (EP): A Story of Personal Growth
Atia Osborne and Olukayode Ekundare April 12, 2023

PILGO is an EP (extended play; a music collection shorter than an album but longer than one song) created by songwriter Atia Osborne '24 and producer Olukayode Ekundare '25. This...

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Word Search: Thanksgiving
Word Search: Thanksgiving
Sarah Gorenstein, Game Master • November 20, 2023

Illustration by Shae Ballard.
Super Fresh: Haiku Help
Leah Pessin and Esme Michaeloff October 30, 2023

Yo, freshies. We’re almost one quarter in and doing great, but the work this week has been more strenuous than the freshmen are used to....

What Do You Like About Fall? The Falcon Club Weighs In
What Do You Like About Fall? The Falcon Club Weighs In
Niamh Williams, Patrick Ryan, Sam Goldwert, Esme Michaeloff, Bryce Dodd, Jawad Ahmad, Lila Ash, Anna Masino, Daphne Klose, Ozzy Spiker, Leah Pessin, and Gabriel Rader October 16, 2023

Niamh Williams I love cool weather. Above 40 degrees and below 70 is the perfect range. The first step outside of the house, when the temperature has finally dropped, is...

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How Much Will Closing the ‘Boyfriend Loophole’ Reduce Gun Violence Against Women in the United States and Philadelphia Alone?
Sofia Solari-Parravicini March 23, 2023

As of November 2022, gun violence has killed almost 40,000 people, including at least 604 mass shootings in the United States alone. A significant portion of perpetrators...

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Meet the Staff

Daniel Pessin is a senior at Friends Select and a captain of the FSS Soccer team. He is also a member of the baseball team. He will be covering the Girls’ Field Hockey and Tennis teams.

Bryan Dedmon is a senior at Friends Select. Bryan has been at Friends Select for 2 years. Bryan is Captain of the Friends Select Baseball team and a member of BSU (Black Student Union). Bryan is focused...

Scott Aaronson is a senior at Friends Select School. He has been a student at FSS for 13 years. He has played baseball and basketball for 8 of those years and is a 12-season athlete during high school....

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