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BREAKING: FSS Announces Seniors Can Attend Four Days a Week

Annie Rupertus and Peter Ryan March 5, 2021

Seniors at Friends Select School will have the option to attend in-person school on all four synchronous learning days beginning on March 8th and lasting until Spring Break, said Upper School Director...

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The Falcon’s Covid Update: Community Cases, Vaccines, and Testing

Hayden Pastor and Annie Rupertus March 3, 2021

We are approximately one year into the pandemic. In Philadelphia, vaccines are being administered, testing has become more available, and Covid-19 community spread percentages have decreased.  Philadelphia...

Photo courtesy of Peter Ryan '21

Friends Select Implements Contact Tracing Bracelets

Mark Aaronson February 24, 2021

On February 1st, 2021, FSS Students returned to in-person school. Along with wearing masks, remaining six feet apart, being divided by plexiglass, sitting in assigned seats, and daily Ruvna forms, FSS...

Student Reflections on Succesful Harvard Model Congress

Student Reflections on Succesful Harvard Model Congress

This past weekend, 5 members of the Class of 2023 -- Lily Brin, Sofia Solari-Parravicini, Gigi Sovinski, Henry Planet, and Lucia Yeager-Johnson -- attended Harvard Model Congress. Harvard Model Congress...

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Friends Select Receives State Award for Voter Registration

Lucia Yeager Johnson and Peter Ryan February 22, 2021

Friends Select School received the Governor's Civic Engagement Award on May 29, 2020, for its student voter registration efforts this year. 100% of eligible Friends Select students registered to vote...

Original Design by Editor-in-Chief Annie Rupertus '21

BREAKING: Friends Select Announces Purchase of Additional Classroom Space for Fall 2022

Peter Ryan February 17, 2021

Friends Select School has purchased a building at 1520 Race Street to convert to Upper School classroom space by the beginning of the 2022-23 academic year, announced Head of School Michael Gary at Wednesday’s...

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Friends Select’s Little Giant: Mia Cohen ’21

Peter Ryan February 17, 2021

Chances are, you’ll hear Mia Cohen ‘21 before you see her. Standing exactly five feet tall, Friends Select’s napoleonic softball and field hockey captain is not an obvious choice as a major presence...

2021 Virtual Auction: “Run, Walk, Bike, and Bid-Athon”

2021 Virtual Auction: “Run, Walk, Bike, and Bid-Athon”

Margot Schneider, Editor: Hard News & Sports February 17, 2021

In a normal year, the Friends Select Auction is a major community event: a time to dress up, enjoy the food and drinks, and bid on items to raise money for the community. Unfortunately, during the COVID...

Original Design by Editor-in-Chief Annie Rupertus '21

BREAKING: Investigation Confirms Bailey Allegations

Peter Ryan February 11, 2021

A special investigation conducted by Friends Select School and outside counsel confirmed that former P.E. teacher Ken Bailey committed multiple acts of sexual misconduct during his time as a faculty member,...

Original Design by Editor-in-Chief Annie Rupertus '21

BREAKING: School Testing Policy Updated

Margot Schneider and Peter Ryan January 27, 2021

Nurse Kelly Papianou announced a new ongoing testing policy as part of Friends Select School’s COVID-19 screening and mitigation plan in an email sent home to families on Wednesday afternoon. Following...

Official Image for FSS Social Justice Week

Social Justice Week Returns to Friends Select for Second Year

Peter Ryan January 25, 2021

From Monday, January 25th, to Friday, January 29th, all Upper School teachers and students at Friends Select will participate in Social Justice Week. During this event, student-leaders from Clerks will...

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Victims’ Rights: Are the Consequences What We Intend?

Xaxa Smith January 12, 2021

On Election Day, voters in Philadelphia faced a ballot measure proposing the creation of an “Office of the Victim Advocate,” which would run out of Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration. Although many...