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The Rise of Student Run Sports Instagram Accounts

The Rise of Student Run Sports Instagram Accounts

Lucy Rupertus November 21, 2022

Friends Select sports instagram accounts have changed the culture around sports both specific to teams and more generally. A season full of losses needs a pick me up and a season full of wins calls for...

Cappies Review Mamma Mia

Cappies Review Mamma Mia

Lily Brin November 17, 2022

Last week, Friends Select's theater program put on Mamma Mia. At the third and final performance on Saturday, more than 15 cappies reviews came to the performance to crique. An explanation of The Cappies...

Friends Select Upper School Shift from Voting to Consensus

Friends Select Upper School Shift from Voting to Consensus

Lucy Rupertus November 8, 2022

This September, Friends Select’s 10th grade chose class representatives through consensus decision making, instead of the typical voting format. This switch, made by Jillian Waldman, 10th grade advisor,...

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 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...

Taken by TJ Hampton '22, Director of Design

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...

Courtesy of Pixabay.

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....