Last month, two major safety incidents concerning FSS students were reported within three days of each other: on January 11th, 2025, and January 14th, 2025. No students were seriously physically harmed,...

Over 10,000 books were banned in the 2023- 2024 school year alone. This is going to impact students more than anyone else. Will this new normal change education forever? Book banning is the practice...

Currently, all bathrooms at Friends Select have transitioned from gendered to gender-neutral. Since 2023, this change has caused a debate among the community: should our bathrooms be gender-neutral or...

Temperatures are rising in Pennsylvania, and there is a risk of extreme weather in the near future. If Pennsylvanians do not take action now, their climate and citizens will face serious consequences.  The...

On a normal school day, many FSS upper school students leave their classrooms and head to museums, labs, and statues in the city. The city has become a classroom for them to experience and learn. Implementing...

This year, Friends Select’s middle and upper school crafted a new schedule to fix problems that have occurred in the past, such as student-athletes missing the same class every week, classes meeting...

This infographic is an informative/statistical display of the political beliefs of students of Friends Select. A survey was sent out to the student body with 39 responses. It gives statistics on political...

This infographic is a comparison of Antarctica’s temperatures in 2008 vs. 2024 and how this affects the polar bears living there. This comparison shows the difference in temperature, weight of polar...

  This infographic presents a statistical display of Friends Select students’ opinions about Philadelphia’s tap water, focusing on trust and taste perceptions. It highlights whether students...

“I always think, looking back, would someone who knew me in middle or high school think that I would be working as a teacher? They’d probably say ‘No way.’ But I think it makes complete sense that...

This infographic is a statistical display of student stress levels and mental health at Friends Select School. The data comes from an anonymous survey sent to the student body, out of which 45 students...

“If this happens, my mom's restaurant would be gone and I'd have to move to somewhere else.” (Danny, high school senior and employee at the restaurant Seafood Hotpot) Chinatown is a token of Friends...