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What Do FSS Students Listen To?
What Do FSS Students Listen To?
Meet Jason Symonette, New Art Teacher
Meet Jason Symonette, New Art Teacher
Philly Sports Championship Timeline
Philly Sports Championship Timeline
How Do Students Commute to FSS?
How Do Students Commute to FSS?
What do FSS Students really talk about?
What do FSS Students really talk about?
Philly Sports Championship Timeline
Philly Sports Championship Timeline
Featured Athlete: Nora Colgan
Featured Athlete: Nora Colgan
Friends Select Boys Soccer Team 2024
Goal for Friends Select Boys’ Soccer Team
Friends Select Girls Tennis Team 2024
Girls’ Tennis Team Had Too Many Players: How Did They Settle This Situation?
Sarah Kelly, New Varsity Field Hockey Coach
Sarah Kelly, New Varsity Field Hockey Coach
What Do FSS Students Listen To?
What Do FSS Students Listen To?
The Top 10 Most Charted Female Musicians
What Could Have Been by Sting ft. Ray Chen
What Could Have Been by Sting ft. Ray Chen
Fuzheado, Wikimedia Commons, No changes made.
Mortal Man: A Masterpiece
Sustainability-inspired artwork by students in Drawing, Painting, & Mixed Media I
Friends Select Student Art Exhibit Features Sustainability
Image generated using AI in Canva Magic Media.
Three Songs That Define My Senior Year
Saad Halal: A Community Favorite in West Philly
Saad Halal: A Community Favorite in West Philly
What Could Have Been by Sting ft. Ray Chen
What Could Have Been by Sting ft. Ray Chen
Fuzheado, Wikimedia Commons, No changes made.
Mortal Man: A Masterpiece
The Portal Comes to Love Park
The Portal Comes to Love Park
Frankly Falcon: How Does Fss Prepare You for College
Frankly Falcon: How Does Fss Prepare You for College
Scott Aaronson '24
Photo Series: Varsity Baseball
Podcast: The Breakdown Ep. 1, Philadelphia Eagles
Podcast: The Breakdown Ep. 1, Philadelphia Eagles
Sistah’s Chat: The Podcast, Deneen Young on the Need for Affinity Space for Young Black Women at PWI’s
Sistah’s Chat: The Podcast, Deneen Young on the Need for Affinity Space for Young Black Women at PWI’s
Podcast: Student Wellness and New Year's Resolutions, Feat. Natan Gottesman PhD
Podcast: Student Wellness and New Year’s Resolutions, Feat. Natan Gottesman PhD
Crossword: Musical Artists
Crossword: Musical Artists
Crossword: Fall
Crossword: Fall
Crossword: Happy Halloween!
Crossword: Happy Halloween!
Page Turner! A Book-Themed Crossword
Page Turner! A Book-Themed Crossword
Crossword: Guess the Upper School Teacher!
Crossword: Guess the Upper School Teacher!
Friends Select Student News Media

The Falcon
Friends Select Student News Media

The Falcon
Leila Banks

Leila Banks

Leila Banks is a senior at Friends Select and a co-leader of Black Student Union. She is a track leader during Social Justice Week and a member of Diversity Clerks. She loves movies, TV, and collecting vinyl.

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Soft/Cover Exhibit at The Fabric Workshop

Leila Banks
November 14, 2024

The Soft/Cover exhibit at the Fabric Workshop and Museum made me want my money back even though I didn’t spend a dime.  For the last three months, I’ve been wanting to make it to the Fabric Workshop...

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Policy At Friends Select Prohibits Teachers From Sharing Political Views with Students

Leila Banks
October 25, 2024

Just in time for the November 5th presidential election, Friends Select added a new policy to the faculty and staff handbook that prohibits teachers at Friends Select from sharing their political views...

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