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...

For the Fall 2022 Season, Friends Select Girls’ Cross Country only had two athletes - not even enough to qualify as a Friends League team. This year, the team has four times as many runners. What happened? Clare...

PILGO is an EP (extended play; a music collection shorter than an album but longer than one song) created by songwriter Atia Osborne '24 and producer Olukayode Ekundare '25. This EP was created as a final...

As of November 2022, gun violence has killed almost 40,000 people, including at least 604 mass shootings in the United States alone. A significant portion of perpetrators of gun violence or mass shootings,...

Have you ever been minding your own business in a public place when somebody walks past and you are suddenly bombarded with the strong smell of their fragrance? You might not mind this fleeting scent....

Gigi Sovinski '23 When people get into college, they start slowing down. What they forget is that rescinding applications is real and actually happens. A part of senioritis is depression and anxiety....

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...

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...

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,...