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Taking a Look at Gentrification in Francisville

Taking a Look at Gentrification in Francisville

Katie Kern April 12, 2022

A mix of old houses and new developments, spanning from 898 to 829 Cameron Street (left to right). These houses sit behind an abandoned lot, and are adjacent to Francisville Playground, which is considered...

What Is That Factory on Columbus Blvd?

What Is That Factory on Columbus Blvd?

Xan Brown April 12, 2022

If you’ve ever driven down Columbus Boulevard or been in the car while someone else was driving down Columbus Blvd, you’ve probably seen the smoke billowing from somewhere off in the distance....

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Falcon Fact #5 – Brain Freeze

Margot Schneider April 11, 2022

On a hot summer day, sometimes the only thing that takes the edge off of the heat is a freezing ice cream cone. However, remain cautious, or else, you risk a brain freeze. A brain freeze is defined...

The Mask You Live In: School-Wide Viewing This Wednesday

The Mask You Live In: School-Wide Viewing This Wednesday

Margot Schneider April 11, 2022

This Wednesday, April 13th, the Friends Select Upper School will watch a documentary titled The Mask You Live In, published in 2015 by director Jennifer Sniebel Newsom. The film covers topics of gender,...

Review: Big Fish at Upper Merion

Review: Big Fish at Upper Merion

Sarah Gorenstein April 8, 2022

Emotion rippled through the sea of audience members at Upper Merion Area High School’s production of Big Fish. The company phenomenally captured both the fantasy of the musical and the passion of the...

TONIGHT: Friends Select Winter Concert

TONIGHT: Friends Select Winter Concert

Sam Goldwert March 18, 2022

Friends Select’s Winter Concert has been an iconic part of any FSS winter for as long as most of the FSS community can remember. The 2021-2022 Winter Concert, affectionately referred to as the “Sprinter...

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Falcon Fact #4 – Black Holes

Margot Schneider March 18, 2022

You hear about them in sci-fi movies and fiction books. But what are they, really? Black holes: here’s what you need to know. NASA describes black holes as “a great amount of matter packed into...

Reminders of Him: Colleen Hoover Does it Again

Reminders of Him: Colleen Hoover Does it Again

Scarlett Schneider and Zoe Siegel March 18, 2022

Reminders of Him is another riveting and extremely well-written novel by Colleen Hoover. On January 18th, 2022, Reminders of Him was released and it became another hit across social media platforms like...

Sofia Solari Parravicini, Lily Brin, Noah Bonner-Monastra, and Lucia Yeager Johnson attend Harvard Model Congress Conference.

Students Attend Harvard Model Congress Conference

Jakob Miller March 17, 2022

At the end of February, five Friends Select students traveled to Boston to attend the Harvard Model Congress conference. The conference is led by Harvard undergraduates and is the largest congressional...

Artwork from Past Students at FSS

Artwork from Past Students at FSS

TJ Hampton March 15, 2022

Student artwork from the class of ‘19 hanging in the upper school hallway. The large portrait is a student from Deborah’s Advanced 2D Studies course. An alumni’s self-portrait hanging in the...

Falcon Roundtable: Which Game Pigeon Game is Best?  

Falcon Roundtable: Which Game Pigeon Game is Best?  

Game Pigeon, a mobile, collaborative game for iOS devices released in 2016, consists of 23 games that are shared between 2 or more players on different devices. Writers for The Falcon share their favorites. Lily...