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Understanding the Online Language Classes 

Understanding the Online Language Classes 

Lena Kinser November 3, 2022

Friends Select has robust language classes in the Spanish, Latin and Mandarin programs. These classes go up to level 5, and in some cases level 6. Last year, the school introduced online language classes,...

Long-Time Friends Select Math Teacher, Ralph Reinwald, Deprived of Chalkboard

Long-Time Friends Select Math Teacher, Ralph Reinwald, Deprived of Chalkboard

Lucia Yeager Johnson November 1, 2022

Following the math department’s relocation to the new STEAM building, one essential mathematical tool has been lost: Ralph Reinwald’s chalkboard. Ralph has been dedicated to using a blackboard throughout...

Club Controversy: Students Now Limited to Four Clubs Total

Club Controversy: Students Now Limited to Four Clubs Total

Lily Brin, Editor in Chief October 13, 2022

Friends Select Upper School administrators shockingly limited students this fall by only allowing them to sign up for four clubs. This new rule is instated as they aim to improve the mental health of...

Welcome To The 2022-23 School Year

Welcome To The 2022-23 School Year

Lily Brin, Jakob Miller, Patrick Ryan, and Uma Vincent September 29, 2022

Dear Friends Select Community, Welcome back to a new school year and another year of The Falcon.  The Falcon is focused on publishing accurate and unbiased news, opinionated articles on various...

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Final Letter from the Editors: 2021-2022

Margot Schneider, Lily Brin, and Jakob Miller June 9, 2022

Dear readers of The Falcon, Another year in the books! With strong contributions both from members of the senior journalism elective and from The Falcon Tuesday lunch club, we produced over 130 articles...

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Podcast: Developments in Twitter World

Ian Lamont and Jonas Gruber June 2, 2022

In these episodes, we discuss current events in technology. More specifically, we talk about Elon Musk’s recent acquisition of Twitter for 44 billion dollars. We share our thoughts on where we think...

Infographic: The Legacy of Virgil Abloh

Infographic: The Legacy of Virgil Abloh

TJ Hampton June 2, 2022

This infographic shows a timeline of the life of creative innovator Virgil Abloh. The theme I set with this infographic is based on the luxury clothing brand he founded named Off-White. From the font...

Courtesy of Priya Peruto 29 and Ella Goldman 27.

The Evolution of Queers & Allies Committee

The Queers and Allies (Q&A) Commitee is a much-loved institution at Friends Select. It has existed for nearly two decades as a safe space for LGBTQIA+ students at Friends Select. Queer students, thanks...

Infographic: F1 Drivers

Infographic: F1 Drivers

Stefan Widdicombe June 1, 2022

This infographic is a comparison between two different F1 drivers: Charles Leclerc for Ferrari and Max Verstappen for Red Bull. Some of the statistics given are race wins and races participated in....

A Closer Look into Friends Select Admissions

A Closer Look into Friends Select Admissions

Zion Todd May 31, 2022

Have you ever wondered about the ins and outs of school admissions? Maybe you are a student or family, like I was, in the process of applying to college and you are questioning admissions at the higher...

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Infographic: Important American Labor Strikes

Aidan Bobb May 31, 2022

This is an infographic about unions and unionization efforts. This is a historical infographic, and it was created in Canva.

Infographic: James Webb Space Telescope

Infographic: James Webb Space Telescope

Henry Fogg May 27, 2022

This infographic talks about the James Webb Space Telescope. It includes an image of the telescope along with data, fun facts, and what the Telescope might discover. I included fun facts like,  "What...

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