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Understanding the Online Language Classes 

Understanding the Online Language Classes 

Lena Kinser November 3, 2022

Friends Select has robust language classes in the Spanish, Latin and Mandarin programs. These classes go up to level 5, and in some cases level 6. Last year, the school introduced online language classes,...

Long-Time Friends Select Math Teacher, Ralph Reinwald, Deprived of Chalkboard

Long-Time Friends Select Math Teacher, Ralph Reinwald, Deprived of Chalkboard

Lucia Yeager Johnson November 1, 2022

Following the math department’s relocation to the new STEAM building, one essential mathematical tool has been lost: Ralph Reinwald’s chalkboard. Ralph has been dedicated to using a blackboard throughout...

Regi Mendoza: Energetic and Optimistic Planner

Regi Mendoza: Energetic and Optimistic Planner

Lucy Rupertus and Uma Vincent October 27, 2022

Have you fundraised, needed a cash box, or had your parents complain about your spendings in the dining hall this year? If so, you might already be familiar with Regi Mendoza. His official title is Associate...

Club Controversy: Students Now Limited to Four Clubs Total

Club Controversy: Students Now Limited to Four Clubs Total

Lily Brin October 13, 2022

Friends Select Upper School administrators shockingly limited students this fall by only allowing them to sign up for four clubs. This new rule is instated as they aim to improve the mental health of...

Welcome To The 2022-23 School Year

Welcome To The 2022-23 School Year

Lily Brin, Jakob Miller, Patrick Ryan, and Uma Vincent September 29, 2022

Dear Friends Select Community, Welcome back to a new school year and another year of The Falcon.  The Falcon is focused on publishing accurate and unbiased news, opinionated articles on various...

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Quiz: If You Were a Falcon, Where Would You Flock?

Uma Vincent September 26, 2022

Scroll down and click ‘Go’ to take the quiz! Could your result be the secret hiding spot of the missing falcon? (function(d,s,id,u){ if (d.getElementById(id)) return; var js, sjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], ...

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Final Letter from the Editors: 2021-2022

Margot Schneider, Lily Brin, and Jakob Miller June 9, 2022

Dear readers of The Falcon, Another year in the books! With strong contributions both from members of the senior journalism elective and from The Falcon Tuesday lunch club, we produced over 130 articles...

Margot Schneider: # 1 in the Field and # 1 in Our Hearts

Margot Schneider: # 1 in the Field and # 1 in Our Hearts

Lily Brin June 9, 2022

Margot Scheider ‘22 is essentially a public influencer of the Friends Select’s Upper School. As the Student Government President, Editor-in-Chief of The Falcon, 3 season captain and MVP, 12 season...

Infographic: Rincón, Puerto Rico

Infographic: Rincón, Puerto Rico

Katie Kern June 2, 2022

This infographic is a display of the different beaches around Rincón, Puerto Rico. It also shows some beaches from the surrounding town called Aguada. Most of the beaches shown are well known surf beaches,...

Podcast: FSS Sports

Podcast: FSS Sports

Asa Johnson June 2, 2022

This podcast features Zion Todd ‘22 and Lucas Kim ‘22 as guests. We discuss the evolving Athletic Department and sports culture at Friends Select. Zion and Lucas are 3-season athletes who have played...

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Podcast: The Midnight Library Review

Alexandria Brown June 2, 2022

In this podcast I will be talking about The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, what it meant to me, the overall themes of the book, and what these themes meant to me. It will include an interview...

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Podcast: Developments in Twitter World

Ian Lamont and Jonas Gruber June 2, 2022

In these episodes, we discuss current events in technology. More specifically, we talk about Elon Musk’s recent acquisition of Twitter for 44 billion dollars. We share our thoughts on where we think...