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Friends Select Student News Media

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Alice Zhang

Alice Zhang

Alice Zhang is a member of the journalism class. She is a senior and has been at Friends Select since 2021. Alice is the co-leader and co-editor of The Cauldron, the school’s writing club, and she is also a member of the Asian Student Union. She enjoys ice skating outside of school.

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Haunted Houses at Eastern State Penitentiary

Alice Zhang
November 14, 2024

Standing at the front gate of Eastern State Penitentiary, I imagined the horrors I'd experience behind the walls of this abandoned prison. The night breeze brought a coolness to the adventure that was...

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Your Favorite Halloween Candy: What You Didn’t Know

Your Favorite Halloween Candy: What You Didn’t Know

Kit Kat: Jessica Li ‘27 and Abby Davenport ‘27 “Have a break, have a Kit Kat!” This catchy slogan was first invented in 1958, twenty-three years after the candy was created. The British company...

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from The Wessex Wire

Students Weigh in on Upper School Phone Policy

Just in time for the start of the 2024-25 school year, at least 13 U.S. states, including Pennsylvania, have passed laws or policies restricting phone usage in schools. Pennsylvania allocated millions...

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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...

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Sharing is Caring: Breaking Bread

Alice Zhang
March 6, 2024

This Friday, March 8th, marks the third year of Friends Select’s Breaking Bread lunch, a food-sharing event where students can bring in their traditional family foods to share with people from other...

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