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Breaking News: New and Updated Courses Announced for the 2022-2023 School Year

Lily Brin February 14, 2022

For the 2022-23 school year, there are 20 new or updated options for upper school students to choose from.  They are as follows: History Department: Gender Studies - Semester 1: What is...

Before Playoffs, Boys Varsity Basketball Narrowly Beats Friends' Central 66-62

Before Playoffs, Boys Varsity Basketball Narrowly Beats Friends’ Central 66-62

Stefan Widdicombe February 14, 2022

Last Tuesday, February 8th, Friends Select School (FSS) played Friends' Central School (FCS), fighting to the last buzzer to secure the 66-62 win, leaving FSS with a Friends School League record of 3-2,...

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Rafael Foster Launches Knitting for Charity Club 

Niamh Williams February 11, 2022

Have you ever wished that you had the skill to knit a sweater for a loved one? Do you want to be able to make your own hats, scarves, or even plush animals? Rafi Foster ‘24 has you covered! Welcome...

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Falcon Fact #1 – Falcons are fast!

Margot Schneider February 10, 2022

Hello readers of The Falcon, and welcome to our new weekly column - Falcon Fact of the Week. Each week we will provide you with a new piece of random information for you to show off to your friends and...

Editorial Cartoon: Thanksgiving

Editorial Cartoon: Thanksgiving

Quaye Agoyo February 10, 2022

The history of thanksgiving has been rewritten to erase the long and harsh history between white people and Indigenous people in North America. Growing up, I was told only the good, happy-sounding...

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Updates on Senior Internships

Margot Schneider February 9, 2022

An email sent yesterday afternoon by Upper School Language and English Teacher Naomi Faszczyk, who is also the senior internship coordinator this year, explained the details of the internships and projects...

It Ends With Us: A Review

It Ends With Us: A Review

Scarlett Schneider and Zoe Siegel February 9, 2022

Spoiler Alert:  This article contains significant spoiler alerts for the plot of It Ends With Us. We recommend you read the book before you read this article!  It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover is...

Star-Crossed Album Cover. Interscope/MCA Nashville

Star-Crossed: Kacey Musgraves’s Divorce Album

Liv Smollen February 8, 2022

Kacey Musgraves, a well-known country singer and songwriter in the country genre, released, Star-Crossed - her fourth studio album - this September. The album focuses on the disintegration of her marriage...

The Student Handbook: The Terms and Conditions You Might Want to Read

The Student Handbook: The Terms and Conditions You Might Want to Read

Xan Brown February 8, 2022

The Friends Select student handbook. That 80-page booklet you were given at the beginning of the year that you probably threw in your bag and never thought about again. That 80-page booklet that you signed...

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Roundtable: What to do with the City Service Block

Lily Brin '23: I am glad that the service block is currently being used as an extended office hours. I’m sure it is helpful for students who have had to quarantine or are otherwise needing to meet with...

New York Times Purchases Wordle

New York Times Purchases Wordle

Patrick Ryan February 7, 2022

On Monday, January 31st, the New York Times announced its purchase of Wordle, the online word game that has exploded in popularity since its creation in October 2021.   Wordle, created by Josh Wardle,...

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Reforms for 45,000 U.S. Gun Deaths a Year

Maxx Sovinski and Mingcan Li February 4, 2022

These two articles were written in Dave Marshall's elective course, U.S. History through Current Events. After studying the history and current state of gun violence in America, students picked potential...