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Not Just Another Trend: The History of Matcha

Not Just Another Trend: The History of Matcha

Maya Vakharia April 25, 2025

Matcha is a Japanese green tea powder commonly used to make lattes and other drinks. It is often described as having a grassy, vegetal, and sweet taste. Aside from its “trendiness” and growing popularity,...

Celebrating Creativity: Friends Select’s Senior Art Show

Celebrating Creativity: Friends Select’s Senior Art Show

Alice Zhang April 25, 2025

The March 12th reception for the Friends Select Senior Art Exhibition highlighted a programmatic shift. While the annual event has existed for nearly two decades, it previously featured only students...

Podcast: Teachers in Their Teens, Interview with Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters

Podcast: Teachers in Their Teens, Interview with Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters

Khalea Robinson April 23, 2025

In this four-part series, we will interview Friends Select Teachers about their teenage years. This will include their involvement, school scandals, and social life. In this episode, I will be...

Podcast: Teachers in their Teens, Interview with Matthew Rosen

Podcast: Teachers in their Teens, Interview with Matthew Rosen

Paloma Herrera April 23, 2025

In this four-part series, we will interview Friends Select Teachers about their teenage years. This will include their involvement, school scandals, and social life. In this episode, I will be...

Podcast: Teachers in their Teens, Interview with Herb Kerns

Podcast: Teachers in their Teens, Interview with Herb Kerns

Maddie Cohen April 23, 2025

In this four-part series, we will interview Friends Select Teachers about their teenage years. This will include their involvement, school scandals, and social life. In this episode, I will be...

Podcast: Teachers in their Teens, Interview with Miriam Rock

Podcast: Teachers in their Teens, Interview with Miriam Rock

Sofia Rouco April 23, 2025

  In this four-part series, we will interview Friends Select Teachers about their teenage years. This will include their involvement, school scandals, and social life. In this episode,...

Two Truths And AI: Can You Spot the ChatGPT Work?

Two Truths And AI: Can You Spot the ChatGPT Work?

Sam Goldwert and Carl Heyne April 11, 2025

For each assignment, there are two excerpts of essays that were written and submitted by real FSS students for real assignments. One excerpt was written by ChatGPT, given the exact same prompts that students...

FSS 2nd Floor Renovation

Friends Select Upper School Will Expand to New Three Parkway Building

Grace Salmon March 19, 2025

The Friends Select Upper School currently comprises the 2nd floor of the Parkway building and the relatively new STEAM building. However, there is a new plan to move the Friends Select Upper School. The...

Emmy Squared’s “Roni Supreme” and Vodka sauce pizzas. When ordered, Emmy Squared pizza is delivered within an hour warm and fresh, as if it was ordered at the restaurant.

Visiting Philly Pizza Spots: What’s Your Favorite?

Khalea Robinson March 19, 2025

Philly is known to have some of the best pizza. These are five of Philadelphia's most popular pizza places, according to FSS students: Angelo’s, Emmy Squared, Pizzeria Stella, and Santucci’s. Pizza...

Locking In: Where Do Students Study in School?

Locking In: Where Do Students Study in School?

Sofia Rouco March 14, 2025

There are a couple of study spots in school, but some are more popular than others. A Google form was sent out to all upper school students asking what spot in school is their favorite to study in.  Supported...

Sights on Site: FSS Artists Featured in Exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Sights on Site: FSS Artists Featured in Exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Maya Vakharia March 14, 2025

Lower, Middle, and Upper School students crafted various kinds of art inspired by their observations from field trips to The Academy of Natural Sciences. All of the pieces were then composed into an art...

People hang a poster off of their balcony with the slogan “Love Hurts,” (A play on words showing support for Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.)

Go Birds!! The Eagles Parade from the Friends Select Student Perspective

Zaire Reid March 14, 2025

Students from Friends Select School (FSS) were among the thousands who attended the Eagles' recent Championship parade, showing their pride and support for the team. Ninth through twelfth graders joined...