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10th Grade Reflections on Echo Hill

10th Grade Reflections on Echo Hill

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...

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Gender Equity Club Hosts Jewelry Sale for Charity

Asa Johnson December 17, 2021

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...

10th Grade Makes Blankets for Hub of Hope

10th Grade Makes Blankets for Hub of Hope

Patrick Ryan December 16, 2021

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...

Climate Change and Misinformation  A Winnable War?

Climate Change and Misinformation A Winnable War?

Henry Fogg December 6, 2021

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,...

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Homicide Rates in Philadelphia Reach All-Time High

Lily Brin December 2, 2021

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...

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Smallpox to Covid: The Development of Vaccines

Elijah Gallagher December 1, 2021

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...

Malik Mubashshir, Upper School Religious Studies & History Teacher

Malik Mubashshir: Religious Thinker, Historian, Constant Reader

Zion Todd November 23, 2021

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...

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Whistleblower Claims Facebook is Causing Harm and Destruction

Aidan Bobb November 22, 2021

In 2019, Mark Zuckerburg wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal where he claimed, “We don't sell people's data.” Despite this, the company has repeatedly been fined by governments around the world...

Lynda Greenwade, Metalsmithing Teacher

Lynda Greenwade: Bringing Culture Abroad To Friends Select School

Stefan Widdicombe November 22, 2021

From being drawn to art at indigenous festivals (and having to be dragged away by her parents) to helping kids design and create their own art, Lynda Greenwade, Director of Cultural Curricular Programs...

Friends Select to Host Vaccine Clinic

Friends Select to Host Vaccine Clinic

Patrick Ryan November 19, 2021

Friends Select will host a vaccination clinic exclusively for students ages 5 to 11 on November 22nd. CVS Pharmacy staff will be on campus administering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which was...

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Whosoever Gospel Mission: Spreading Brotherly Love

Jonas Gruber November 18, 2021

If you are a man experiencing homelessness or otherwise disenfranchised in the Germantown area looking for a place to stay for the night, or for a hot meal, you need only look for the glowing ‘Jesus...

Yan Huang, Upper School Mandarin Teacher

Yan Huang: Lover of Chinese Culture

Mingcan Li November 17, 2021

In the summer of 1978 in Shenzhen, China, Yan Huang was an elementary school student when she read the first comic book of her life. She was deeply attracted by the traditional Chinese drawings and cultural...