Have you ever been minding your own business in a public place when somebody walks past and you are suddenly bombarded with the strong smell of their fragrance? You might not mind this fleeting scent....

Gigi Sovinski '23 When people get into college, they start slowing down. What they forget is that rescinding applications is real and actually happens. A part of senioritis is depression and anxiety....

Friends Select’s annual Art for Access concert will take place on Friday, March 3rd at 6 P.M. in the Blauvelt Theatre.  Each year since 2019, AFA has raised money for education inequality. AFA...

Lily Brin '23: Even though the winter holidays are rapidly approaching, the weather is cold and unpredictable, there is no snow, shorter days, and still not a ton of decorations. I frequently find...

CENTER CITY, PHILADELPHIA - After school on Friday, December 2nd, many Friends Select Upper School students started their journey to Wawa to acquire snacks before the Varsity Girls Basketball Game. When...

Have you fundraised, needed a cash box, or had your parents complain about your spendings in the dining hall this year? If so, you might already be familiar with Regi Mendoza. His official title is Associate...

Dear Friends Select Community, Welcome back to a new school year and another year of The Falcon.  The Falcon is focused on publishing accurate and unbiased news, opinionated articles on various...

Scroll down and click ‘Go’ to take the quiz! Could your result be the secret hiding spot of the missing falcon? (function(d,s,id,u){ if (d.getElementById(id)) return; var js, sjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], ...

Yolanda Wisher, writer, educator, and former Philadelphia poet laureate, visited FSS on Monday. Her visit included an assembly for the entire Upper School where she spoke to us and performed some of her...

Friends Select's annual Spirit Day will take place this tomorrow, April 22nd. Students were given a survey with myriad choices for mixed-grade group trips with teachers chaperoning. The choices for trips...

Game Pigeon, a mobile, collaborative game for iOS devices released in 2016, consists of 23 games that are shared between 2 or more players on different devices. Writers for The Falcon share their favorites. Lily...

On January 22nd, 2022 the season 1 finale aired for the Showtime series Yellowjackets. Yellowjackets chronicles a high school girls soccer team as they survive a plane crash on their way to a national...

Lily Brin '23: This year’s schedule has received a lot of justified flak. With so many unpredictable four-day weeks there are always full-day schedules missed. Since classes already meet so scarcely,...