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Friends Select's Sights on Site Art Exhibition at Reading Terminal Market

Friends Select’s Sights on Site Art Exhibition at Reading Terminal Market

Jakob Miller March 15, 2023

This Thursday, March 16th, 150 students will have artwork installed at Reading Terminal Market for Friends Select’s annual Sights on Site art exhibition. The exhibition will be up through April 3rd...

Courtesy of The Red Cross

Return of Friends Select’s Blood Drive

Patrick Ryan March 10, 2023

Friends Select is hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Friday, March 17th!  For the first time since 2020, Friends Select will be partnering with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive in...

Opinion: FSS Curriculum Suffers from Lack of Home Economics Course

Opinion: FSS Curriculum Suffers from Lack of Home Economics Course

Lucia Yeager Johnson March 9, 2023

My final years of high school revolved heavily around test scores, college essays, extracurriculars, and grade point averages. I’ve been told that it’s all been preparation to start college and subsequently,...

Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Opinion: Icon or Villain? The Conversation on Columbus’ Statue Continues 

Sofia Solari-Parravicini March 7, 2023

On October 12th, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on the ground now known as The Bahamas. Over the course of his stay, numerous Taino people would be exploited, physically assaulted, and killed. Regardless,...

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Neighborhood Beautifying can Curb Gun-Violence Rates

Lily Brin March 3, 2023

The city of Philadelphia has a history of gentrification, poor city maintenance, and dreary-looking neighborhoods due to bad upkeep. Along with this, Philadelphia carries a bad legacy of gun violence....

Tomorrow: Art for Access Concert

Tomorrow: Art for Access Concert

Uma Vincent March 2, 2023

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...

No More Illusions

No More Illusions

Henry Planet March 1, 2023

The Democrats are not the Party of Progress they want you to believe they are. On November 7th, 2020, when Joe Biden was finally projected winner of the 2020 Presidential Election, West Philadelphia...

Review: Clue at Marple Newtown High School

Review: Clue at Marple Newtown High School

Sarah Gorenstein February 23, 2023

Who did it, where, and with what? It was Marple Newtown High School, in the theatre, with Clue! Marple Newtown High School got the game rolling with their production of Clue: On Stage. The company excellently...

Photo by Sarah Kelly

The FSS Swim Team Goes to Champs

Zoe Siegel February 9, 2023

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...

Poster by May Colgan '23

Annual Portfolio Exhibition

Patrick Ryan January 11, 2023

The reception for the Annual Portfolio Exhibition is today, January 11th. The reception will be held in the front hallway of the main building and Race Street Circle from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.  The...

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Roundtable: How Do You Get Into the Holiday Spirit?

Lily Brin '23: Even though the winter holidays are rapidly approaching, the weather is cold and unpredictable, there is no snow, shorter days, and still not a ton of decorations. I frequently find...

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Holiday Sing to Return to Friends Select Community

Lily Brin December 15, 2022

For the past two years, Friends Select has been unable to host their classic winter holiday sing. In the past, the sing has consisted of the entire FSS student body and faculty coming together, with parents...