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AACE Presents Art for Charity Concert

AACE Presents Art for Charity Concert

Taorong (Tony) Lian January 16, 2020

AACE, Arts and Action for Charity of Education, is a club devoted to fighting educational disparities with student action. In February of 2019, the Friends Select Music Club, which preceded AACE, hosted...

The History of the Holiday Sing

The History of the Holiday Sing

Peter Ryan December 20, 2019

Though all Friends Select students spend their school day in the same building, upper, middle, and lower school students do not interact on a regular basis. It is a rare event when all three divisions...

Herb Kerns: Math Teacher. Basketball Coach. Dad. Legend.

Herb Kerns: Math Teacher. Basketball Coach. Dad. Legend.

Mia Cohen and Margot Schneider December 13, 2019

Herb has had many roles in the community over his career at FSS. Although he especially loves teaching precalculus and discrete math, he has taught every math class between grades 7-12 except for abstract...

Proud and Unapologetic, Seniors Share their Unique Experiences with Tattoos

Proud and Unapologetic, Seniors Share their Unique Experiences with Tattoos

Zoe Tzanis December 12, 2019

“What are you going to get?” Yannick’s father asked him as they pulled into the parking lot of a Cuban tattoo parlor. He racked his brain. What should he say? What did he feel comfortable having...

MFW: FSS vs. Mickleton's

MFW: FSS vs. Mickleton’s

Arley Johnson December 9, 2019

This infographic compares Meeting for Worship in the upper school at Friends Select to Meeting for Worship at Mickleton.  It was created in Adobe Photoshop.

FSS Style: How Does it Compare?

FSS Style: How Does it Compare?

Max Rayborn December 9, 2019

This infographic compares fashion views within the Friends Select community to those most commonly held across the web. The data was gathered through discussions with students, analyzing yearly sales...

Making Change: Student Government Update

Making Change: Student Government Update

Peter Ryan and Lulu Nonemaker November 25, 2019

Now that freshman elections are finished and the Friends Select Student Government has a full body, student representatives are eager to incite change and progress in the school community. There are...

Ralph Recounts Important Math Memories

Ralph Recounts Important Math Memories

Zoe Tzanis November 20, 2019

Ralph Reinwald is more than just your average math teacher, with interests spanning from linguistics to literature to complex calculus. Ralph is an untapped resource, a member of the community who is full...

How Well Do You Know The Math Department?

How Well Do You Know The Math Department?

Alec Kane November 20, 2019

This infographic details some basic personal features of the Friends Select math department.  The information in this infographic is based on personal interviews conducted with the teachers in the...

Safe Space: FSS Affinity Groups

Safe Space: FSS Affinity Groups

Tal Lesnik November 20, 2019

This infographic focuses on affinity groups at Friends Select School, and includes some of the group leaders’ thoughts about affinity groups and what they mean to them. This infographic was designed...

Student Body Divided and Confused over Homecoming

Student Body Divided and Confused over Homecoming

Annie Rupertus November 19, 2019

A Friends Select Homecoming is in the works, and the school is abuzz with rumors and questions about the motivations behind it, the logistical details, and whether or not it’s even happening. The...