This Wednesday, April 13th, the Friends Select Upper School will watch a documentary titled The Mask You Live In, published in 2015 by director Jennifer Sniebel Newsom. The film covers topics of gender,...

You hear about them in sci-fi movies and fiction books. But what are they, really? Black holes: here’s what you need to know. NASA describes black holes as “a great amount of matter packed into...

At the end of February, five Friends Select students traveled to Boston to attend the Harvard Model Congress conference. The conference is led by Harvard undergraduates and is the largest congressional...

“Three Bears Park” is a playground in Society Hill, officially Delancey Park on Delancey St between 3rd and 4th Street. This park was created in 1965 which followed landscape architect John Collins’...

At 2:00 pm, Friends Select released a statement stating that the school will be going mask optional starting Wednesday, March 9th. This applies to students and teachers. Students will be required to wear...

Sol Coleman ‘24 in Off-White x Jordan 1 Europe exclusive. Virgil Abloh, first released the Jordan 1 Chicago collab in 2017, a year later he continued working with the Jordan brand, and released the...

A look into the store Ps Qs located on 8th and South in Philadelphia, owned by brothers Ky Cao and Rick. Workers are friendly and make one feel more than just a customer, more like an actual friend. One...

While you may only have a base-level understanding of art and color, you are probably aware of the concept of primary colors. This means that humans have color receptors in their eyes and brain for three...

St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church. This church is known for being one of the best in Philadelphia. Its current building was completed on December 18, 1898. West face of Philadelphia Art Museum...

This construction site is on 23rd and Chestnut. It’s a part of the ongoing efforts to rehabilitate Philadelphia’s bridges that cross over the Schuylkill. No completion date has been posted at this...

Since returning to school on January 4th, Friends Select Students have had limited access to the dining hall, forcing students outside the building to look for lunch. Between December 1st and January...

In our second weekly Falcon Fact, we bring you a concept with which you are probably familiar, but never knew the name: semantic satiation. Semantic satiation is the “physical phenomenon in which...