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Emotion Into Action: October 5th Student Civic and Community Engagement Summit

Emotion Into Action: October 5th Student Civic and Community Engagement Summit

Daphne Klose October 14, 2024

On Saturday, October 5th, Friends Select hosted the Student Civic and Community Engagement Summit (SCCE) with the hope of educating and registering young voters, especially the students at FSS, before...

Cole Semel: First Friends Select Senior to Commit to College Athletics This Year

Cole Semel: First Friends Select Senior to Commit to College Athletics This Year

Jawad Ahmad October 14, 2024

Cole Semel ’25 is the first student this year to commit to college for baseball, choosing Emerson College after years of dedication to academics and athletics. According to Athletic Director Bill...

Behind the Stage: FSS Theater Produces Two Plays

Behind the Stage: FSS Theater Produces Two Plays

Alice Zhang October 14, 2024

This fall, instead of one fall musical, the FSS theater department is putting on two plays, All in the Timing and Almost, Maine, directed by FSS alumna Mya Flood ‘14. Both plays are comedies, and...

Summer Trip to Italy: Friends Select Student Perspectives

Summer Trip to Italy: Friends Select Student Perspectives

Maddie Cohen October 14, 2024

On June 18th, thirty-two students and five faculty members from the Friends Select Upper School embarked on a summer trip to Italy to explore Italian culture and history. Throughout their week,...

All You Need to Know About Friends Select’s New Schedule

All You Need to Know About Friends Select’s New Schedule

Maya Vakharia October 14, 2024

Natalie Mayer, Upper School Dean of Academics, and Steph Demko, Associate Director of the Middle School, spent almost six months crafting a brand new schedule for students and faculty hoping to reduce...

Renovations To Bring New Life To Friends Select Gym

Renovations To Bring New Life To Friends Select Gym

Sam Goldwert October 14, 2024

A renovation of the Friends Select gymnasium, with an estimated completion date of October 28th, 2024, will make the school’s second-largest community space (second to the rooftop field) both more versatile...

2024-25 Welcoming Letter From the Editors

2024-25 Welcoming Letter From the Editors

Daphne Klose and Sam Goldwert October 14, 2024

Dear Friends Select,  The Falcon is back, and it’s better than ever. We hope to act as a valuable, exciting, and trustworthy news source for Friends Select and its community. This year, The Falcon...

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Pop Culture in Upper School Classrooms

Niamh Williams May 30, 2024

How do teachers hold student attention? Is it even possible given how short our attention span is collectively becoming? Maybe the secret is to combat the attention issues with the culprit – bringing...

Screen Time Causes Headaches? FSS Students Weigh In

Screen Time Causes Headaches? FSS Students Weigh In

Talia Mono May 30, 2024

As students, we spend a lot of time looking at screens. Most of the school work we do is on our computers, the main way we communicate outside of school is through our phones, and many of us watch TV shows...

Falcon Roundtable: Summer Recommendations

Falcon Roundtable: Summer Recommendations

What are some movies/music/books/TV shows (ideally summer-themed, summer vibes) that you’d recommend people check out over the summer? Sam Goldwert I’ll admit I am still making my way through...

Falcon Roundtable: Highlights of the School Year

Falcon Roundtable: Highlights of the School Year

What have been some of the best moments or classes this school year? Sam Goldwert A highlight of mine has been my history classes this year. I’ve really enjoyed U.S. History a lot more than...

Upper School English Syllabus: Which Book Wins? 

Upper School English Syllabus: Which Book Wins? 

Niamh Williams May 28, 2024

My mom has always told me, “If you want to be a good writer, you have to read”. She is both an exceptional writer and an avid reader, so I don’t doubt that her sentiment is correct – even so, I’m...