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All Classes Shine in Dominant Girls Basketball Victory

All Classes Shine in Dominant Girls Basketball Victory

Peter Ryan, Staff Writer February 20, 2019

In one of their most dominant wins of the season, the Friends Select Falcons’ Girls Basketball team defeated the Charter High School of Architecture and Design 61-36. The early portion of the game was...

FSS in Harlem!

A Trip to Harlem

Alloyah Abobi, Staff Writer February 7, 2019

On November 19, 2018, the African American History class taught by Malik Mubashir and the Protest Literature class taught by Chris Singler, Director of Upper School, took what many students might call...

Nadir Khan at his post.

Meet Nadir, Our Food Truck Friend

Lexi Ling, Graphic Designer, Staff Writer January 25, 2019

“I love the kids, [laughs] and they love me too.” Nadir Khan chatted with me while preparing my favorite sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich. You might not have been his customer, but you have definitely...

Creed II film poster

The Falcon Film Review – Creed II

Kristi Kokthi, Digital Media Editor January 25, 2019

Nine years after the last Rocky movie in 2006, Rocky Balboa, the Creed franchise was born. With the son of Apollo Creed, Adonis as the protagonist, the movie was a blockbuster. On November 21, 2018, the...

InterSession 2019: China

InterSession 2019: China

Matin Yaqubi, Staff Writer January 24, 2019

China is the InterSession theme for the 2018-19 academic year, and this year there are major changes in the program, including heavy student leadership in planning the week-long experience. Each...

Our team!

Squashing Expectations

John Larkin, Sports Editor, Staff Writer January 24, 2019

There is a new sport in the Upper School, and it's squashing expectations. The 2018-2019 winter season will be the inaugural season of Upper School Squash. Before diving into Friends Select Squash,...

My Top Ten Favorite Albums of all Time

My Top Ten Favorite Albums of all Time

Xander McCall, Staff Writer January 24, 2019

Ever since I was a young kid, I was exposed to just about every single genre of music ranging from Black Sabbath to NWA, from Bach to Bob Marley. I have never felt that one specific genre of music is...

Kristi's commute

A Friends Select Education

Adrian Altieri, News Editor, Staff Writer January 23, 2019

https://vimeo.com/video/313078056/general   In this video, I take the viewer through four very different daily commutes, all leading to Friends Select. I feature John's Patco train ride from...

Ian hard at work.

Yearbook in the Works

Alex Ding, OpEd Editor, Staff Writer January 23, 2019

At the beginning of the school year, the Friends Select yearbook editors sent a survey to advisors to help decide what this year's theme would be. There are five yearbook editors, one faculty adviser and...

Detail of Rodin's "The Gates of Hell"

The Rodin Museum: “A trip inside the beauty and darkness of the human being.”

Xander McCall, Staff Writer January 18, 2019

  The photography class of Friends Select School recently took a trip to the Rodin Museum, located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Throughout the entire museum, grand sculptures caught the attention...

Advance Friends Select: Part II

Advance Friends Select: Part II

Yiming (Victor) Pan January 16, 2019

“Learning does not begin at 8 a.m and end at 3 p.m. At Friends Select, education is a series of revelatory moments and a sustained flow of self-discovery,” said Michael Gary, Head of Friends Select...

The Return of "The Falcon"

The Return of “The Falcon”

Isaac Wasserman January 16, 2019

It’s been over a decade since the students of Friends Select last published an issue of their student-run newspaper, but if you’re reading this, I’m sure you know that The Falcon is back. Friends...