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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], ...

Taken by TJ Hampton '22, Director of Design

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...

Infographic: The Legacy of Virgil Abloh

Infographic: The Legacy of Virgil Abloh

TJ Hampton June 2, 2022

This infographic shows a timeline of the life of creative innovator Virgil Abloh. The theme I set with this infographic is based on the luxury clothing brand he founded named Off-White. From the font...

Courtesy of Priya Peruto '29 and Ella Goldman '27.

The Evolution of Queers & Allies Committee

The Queers and Allies (Q&A) Commitee is a much-loved institution at Friends Select. It has existed for nearly two decades as a safe space for LGBTQIA+ students at Friends Select. Queer students, thanks...

Infographic: F1 Drivers

Infographic: F1 Drivers

Stefan Widdicombe June 1, 2022

This infographic is a comparison between two different F1 drivers: Charles Leclerc for Ferrari and Max Verstappen for Red Bull. Some of the statistics given are race wins and races participated in....