The Class of ‘24 was chosen as the first senior class to occupy the facing bench during Upper School Meeting for Worship. After years of deliberation and under the guidance of Quakers who have advised...

Kyra Ortiz, the newest Upper School Science Teacher at Friends Select School, has immediately hit it off with her colleagues. “I might be biased, but I feel like the science department is one of the...

Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters, Friends Select’s new Drama Teacher and last year’s Writer-in-Residence, views education as a collaborative process and has big plans for amplifying student voices.  Before...

Denis Widdicombe, Class of ‘18, has returned to Friends Select School as the Athletic Coordinator to fill in for Carl Trainer, the formal Athletic Coordinator, who is missing the beginning of the year.  Denis’s...

Over the past 2 years, Friends Select phased out projectors in favor of a newer system: Promethean Boards. They are a significant upgrade compared to outdated projectors and allow teachers to enhance the...

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This year, Friends Select implemented a new cell phone policy: all phones will be collected by teachers before class, according to an email sent by Chris Singler on September 1st.  Some members of...

This 2023-24 school year, student leaders Sofia Rouco and Paloma Puig, along with Middle and Upper School Spanish Teacher Maria Marquez, began Friends Select’s first-ever Latino Student Union for those...

The FSS history department is seeking ways to educate students on how to work with Artificial Intelligence, like ChatGPT, rather than banning it completely.  Teachers may plan to implement ChatGPT...

The Friends Select Science Department invited John Durning, the Deputy Project Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), to speak to students in each age cohort at Friends Select on October 6th.  On...

Friends Select’s annual Art for Access concert will take place on Friday, March 3rd at 6 P.M. in the Blauvelt Theatre.  Each year since 2019, AFA has raised money for education inequality. AFA...

On Saturday, February 4th, the Friends Select swim team went to George School to compete in the Friends League Championship. Swimmers arrived at school bright and early to make the long trip, and the...