The March 12th reception for the Friends Select Senior Art Exhibition highlighted a programmatic shift. While the annual event has existed for nearly two decades, it previously featured only students...

The year 2025 is the Year of the Snake in the lunar calendar. On February 12th, Friends Select Upper School held their Lunar New Year Assembly to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Snake. The Assembly...

On a normal school day, many FSS upper school students leave their classrooms and head to museums, labs, and statues in the city. The city has become a classroom for them to experience and learn. Implementing...

This year, Friends Select’s middle and upper school crafted a new schedule to fix problems that have occurred in the past, such as student-athletes missing the same class every week, classes meeting...

  According to data that comes from an anonymous survey in which 65 students responded, this infographic shows information about FSS Upper School students’ pets. It gives a general overview...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...