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Arts & Culture

Technology, Science, and Art come Together in New Fall Elective

Sophie Olah October 16, 2019

Mike Primo may be known by students as only a computer science or engineering teacher. However, he is much more multifaceted and has skills in all sorts of different areas. Mike is that he is actually...

The Ensemble of "Chicago"

The Ensemble of “Chicago”

Max Vlam, Staff Writer May 23, 2019

The ensemble is an important yet overlooked part of every theater production. They play multiple roles, provide entertainment and comedic aspects for the audience, and provide support to the leads as well....

Film Modes Explored in Filmmaking

Film Modes Explored in Filmmaking

Chloe Zhang, Staff Writer May 22, 2019

  For this assignment in our filmmaking class, we were given the choice of what kind of movie to make. There are generally three modes of filmmaking: narrative, documentary and experimental. Allura chose...

Eli and Avery Make Music Video

Eli and Avery Make Music Video

Avery Johnson and Peter Ryan May 15, 2019

Over the past two years, I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to work with Eli Luchak ('18) on two video projects. I met Eli during my time at Friends Select. He was in the class above me....

Five Stars for Chicago!

Five Stars for Chicago!

Peter Ryan, Staff Writer April 24, 2019

In Friends Select's 2019 Spring musical, the cast of Chicago transported the opening night audience to the roaring 1920's with ease using hand fans, double breasted suits, and flapper dresses. Closing...

Pending Podcast Episode I: The College Process

Pending Podcast Episode I: The College Process

April 17, 2019

College Process Final (temp) from Friends Select School on Vimeo. Hi, and welcome to the first episode of Pending Podcast: the podcast where people who aren’t experts discuss things we have experience...

Faces of BSU

Faces of BSU

Angelica Scotto, Staff Writer April 4, 2019

For this piece, I have chosen to photograph different people in the Black Student Union to show how people in the club behave out in the halls and around their friends. In this series, I have chosen photographs...

An example of art done on the iPad by Kitty Holder ('19).

New Tech in Art Department

Maxwell Vlam, Staff Writer March 14, 2019

The art department at Friends Select is introducing new technology to its classes. This year, the art department received 8 sets of iPads and Apple Pens. Kitty Holder ('19) and many other students are...

Filmmaking Class Rolling at FSS

Allura Tarrant, Contributor February 26, 2019

The first project Logan, Dean, Chloe and I were assigned in Filmmaking class was to make documentaries on one another. This project was designed to teach us how to set exposure on the cameras, use various...

FSS in Harlem!

A Trip to Harlem

Alloyah Abobi, Staff Writer February 7, 2019

On November 19, 2018, the African American History class taught by Malik Mubashir and the Protest Literature class taught by Chris Singler, Director of Upper School, took what many students might call...

Nadir Khan at his post.

Meet Nadir, Our Food Truck Friend

Lexi Ling, Graphic Designer, Staff Writer January 25, 2019

“I love the kids, [laughs] and they love me too.” Nadir Khan chatted with me while preparing my favorite sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich. You might not have been his customer, but you have definitely...

Creed II film poster

The Falcon Film Review – Creed II

Kristi Kokthi, Digital Media Editor January 25, 2019

Nine years after the last Rocky movie in 2006, Rocky Balboa, the Creed franchise was born. With the son of Apollo Creed, Adonis as the protagonist, the movie was a blockbuster. On November 21, 2018, the...