The school administration announced that additional online class periods have been added for next week due to the Good Friday holiday on April 10th. Classes previously scheduled to meet at 10:00 AM...

Friends Select School will extend its digital learning platform through April 30th, 2020, Michael Gary announced Tuesday. This announcement comes days after Governor Tom Wolf declared that all public...

This June, 23 Friends Select students and 3 teachers will travel to Rome and Sorrento, Italy. This trip is replacing the intersession related trips FSS has typically held at the beginning of each summer. Students...

In April and May, members of the FSS quizbowl team were scheduled to head to Chicago and Atlanta to participate in two national championship tournaments.  Due to COVID-19, these tournaments have been...

One does not need an epiphany to realize the danger President Trump poses to the American people: in his first term as Commander-in-Chief, he has encouraged foreign interference in elections, questioned...

For more than one hundred years, FSS students have been writing for Cauldron, the annual school literary magazine. The club’s twelve members are in the process of compiling this year’s magazine, aiming...

Friends Select will transition to distance learning as a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic starting on Monday, March 15th.  In an email released to students at 12:35pm on Thursday, Head of School...

The 2020 FSS trip to Ireland, scheduled for March 1st through March 18th, was postponed due to COVID-19 related travel concerns.  In an email sent to students involved in the program, Upper School Director...

On April 28th, 2020, Pennsylvania residents from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia will find their way to local community centers, churches, and public schools. They will take time out of their day to wait in...

WePAC, a non-profit organization in Philadelphia, mobilizes volunteers to reopen libraries and provide academic mentoring in Philadelphia public schools. In partnership with WePAC, Helping Hands Club is...