Nadia Sumner ‘22 has always been a swimmer. Since age three, she was drawn to the water and has found the beach and the pool to be relaxing. “I love the water. It’s always been my favorite place,...

This afternoon, Friends Select's Asian Student Union sent a letter to the administration requesting modifications to the workload this Lunar New Year on February 1st. In addition, they requested the cancellation...

Recently, the FDA and CDC approved booster shots for everyone ages 12 and up. The third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is to be given 5 months after the first two doses for people under 18 and 6 months...

Social Justice Week has been postponed until the spring. According to Upper School Director Chris Singler, increased cases due to the omicron variant surge raised concerns about running programming and...

This past week, the Friends Select administration sent out 2 letters to FSS families: one from Head of School Michael Gary to the entire FSS community and another from Director of Upper School Chris Singler...

From December 8th to the 10th, the 10th grade traveled to Echo Hill in Worton, Maryland. Several students volunteered to share their reflections on the trip with the greater community. Nandi Just...

A few weeks ago, the Gender Equity Club (GEC) and Beading & Crafts Club collectively hosted a jewelry sale to raise money for the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center. The idea of a jewelry...

On Wednesday, December 1st’s service block, the 10th-grade class made 17 no-sew blankets for people experiencing homelessness. Yesterday, December 15th, several 10th-grade students delivered the blankets...

The summer of 1988, the hottest summer in history at the time, was brutal. The heat was intense. Droughts covered over 45% of the United States, wildfires raged across the Western region of the country,...

On Wednesday, November 24th, Philadelphia hit a bleak landmark of 500 homicides committed in 2021 so far, the largest number since 1990. As of December 1st, there are now 512 homicides. Since 2020 there...

The development of vaccines has come a long way since 1796 when the only way to become immune to smallpox was to have a cowpox wart scraped on your skin. Nowadays, all that’s required is a simple injection...

Today, Malik Mubashshir is in his 5th year teaching Comparative Religion, African-American History, and Peace and Social Justice at Friends Select. However, as a child, Malik thought teaching would be...