On March 15, 2019, millions of students around the world walked out of school to protest inaction by political leaders on climate change. Started in Sweden last August by a 15-year-old girl as a one-person...

Every Monday, you see a group of students cramming into the lunchroom by the coffee corner, hijacking chairs across the floor and closing the door, as if a secret meeting is being convened. They are not...

For the 2018-2019 school year, Friends Select School established a new position, Director of Equity and Inclusion, and hired Toni Graves Williamson to fill the new role. During the 2017-18 academic...

Anyone who rides SEPTA has no doubt seen evidence of the new SEPTA Key fare system - new turnstiles at stations, fare vending machines, and readers on buses, as well as significant advertising, but...

Where are the Falcons in the world? Founded in 1833, Friends Select School has fostered the development and growth of countless students for almost two hundred years. Generation after generation,...

China is the InterSession theme for the 2018-19 academic year, and this year there are major changes in the program, including heavy student leadership in planning the week-long experience. Each...

https://vimeo.com/video/313078056/general   In this video, I take the viewer through four very different daily commutes, all leading to Friends Select. I feature John's Patco train ride from...

“Learning does not begin at 8 a.m and end at 3 p.m. At Friends Select, education is a series of revelatory moments and a sustained flow of self-discovery,” said Michael Gary, Head of Friends Select...

It’s been over a decade since the students of Friends Select last published an issue of their student-run newspaper, but if you’re reading this, I’m sure you know that The Falcon is back. Friends...

This year, Friends Select welcomes Heidi Hutchison to its community. Here she is:

This year, Friends Select welcomes Toni Graves Williamson to its community. Here she is: