Friends Select has an exchange program with the Harkness Institute in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Each year, a small group of Friends Select students spends around 10 days there, living with host families...

Friends Select upper school students share their perspectives on peaceful protest and social change, giving a sense of how they engage with and think about activism. Since the majority of responses came...

When I was in second grade at Friends Select, I ate in the Matthew Huffman Dining Hall ’91 for the first time. I walked in and was amazed by all of the options—pizza, french fries, cake—but the thing...

Maya ’26 I am most annoyed by the stereotype that Gen Z is too tech-dependent. I do agree that many Gen Z people heavily rely on technology, but at this point in time, everyone does. There are plenty...

The Harvard Model Congress Website states, “Harvard Model Congress is the largest congressional simulation conference in the world run entirely by undergraduates at Harvard College”. In simpler terms,...

  Maya Vakharia: I have personally really enjoyed Social Justice Week throughout my time at Friends Select. I think I was lucky enough to be placed into groups about topics I was genuinely...

The athletic center is a space for people to come together and do what they please in the area. People use this space to chill, crack jokes, eat, and just enjoy the company of their peers. This area...

Football fans gathered outside Angelo’s Pizzeria at 736 S. 9th Street on Sunday during NFL Wild Card Weekend, representing the Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, and Pittsburgh Steelers as...

This year, for Social Justice Week, I was in the Women’s Empowerment track. Throughout the week, we listened to six speakers and went on three field trips. On Tuesday, we heard from Sheena Howard, a...

For Social Justice Week, I chose to be in the Addiction track group, where we learned about how addiction affects our community. On our first day, Eriach Fox visited and talked to our group about the biological...

I was in the Women's Empowerment track, which was dedicated to empowering women and educating men. On the first day, we had a talk led by a woman who has written many comic books and has a PhD in communication....

Ever heard of the Wes Anderson Paradox? The answer should be no, because I’ve made it up. It goes a little something like this: If Wes Anderson ever makes a stylistically different movie, is it still...