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 of gun violence or mass shootings,...

This Thursday, March 16th, 150 students will have artwork installed at Reading Terminal Market for Friends Select’s annual Sights on Site art exhibition. The exhibition will be up through April 3rd...

My final years of high school revolved heavily around test scores, college essays, extracurriculars, and grade point averages. I’ve been told that it’s all been preparation to start college and subsequently,...

On October 12th, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on the ground now known as The Bahamas. Over the course of his stay, numerous Taino people would be exploited, physically assaulted, and killed. Regardless,...

The city of Philadelphia has a history of gentrification, poor city maintenance, and dreary-looking neighborhoods due to bad upkeep. Along with this, Philadelphia carries a bad legacy of gun violence....

Friends Select’s annual Art for Access concert will take place on Friday, March 3rd at 6 P.M. in the Blauvelt Theatre.  Each year since 2019, AFA has raised money for education inequality. AFA...

Who did it, where, and with what? It was Marple Newtown High School, in the theatre, with Clue! Marple Newtown High School got the game rolling with their production of Clue: On Stage. The company excellently...

The reception for the Annual Portfolio Exhibition is today, January 11th. The reception will be held in the front hallway of the main building and Race Street Circle from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.  The...

Lily Brin '23: Even though the winter holidays are rapidly approaching, the weather is cold and unpredictable, there is no snow, shorter days, and still not a ton of decorations. I frequently find...

For the past two years, Friends Select has been unable to host their classic winter holiday sing. In the past, the sing has consisted of the entire FSS student body and faculty coming together, with parents...

Only a few days into the strike at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the sky had already opened up. The remnants of hurricane Ian had reached Philadelphia and were pelting the strikers with wind and rain,...

This is Annalise Di Cicco’s fourteenth year at Friends Select. With every year they have left a new mark of leadership, kindness, and joy on the FSS community. When at FSS, you can frequently find them...