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Curtains Musical
Curtains Musical
Not Just Another Trend: The History of Matcha
Not Just Another Trend: The History of Matcha
Celebrating Creativity: Friends Select’s Senior Art Show
Celebrating Creativity: Friends Select’s Senior Art Show
Podcast: Teachers in Their Teens, Interview with Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters
Podcast: Teachers in Their Teens, Interview with Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters
Podcast: Teachers in their Teens, Interview with Matthew Rosen
Podcast: Teachers in their Teens, Interview with Matthew Rosen
The Triple M Podcast: March Madness 2025
The Triple M Podcast: March Madness 2025
Podcast: Eagles Draft Preview
Podcast: Eagles Draft Preview
Miles Lesser '26 hitting in the batting cages at Marian Anderson Rec Center. Miles spends multiple days a week working on his swing as he prepares for the college recruiting process.
The Anderson Monarchs: Combining Sports, Community to Create a Family
People hang a poster off of their balcony with the slogan “Love Hurts,” (A play on words showing support for Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.)
Go Birds!! The Eagles Parade from the Friends Select Student Perspective
A New Way of Teaching Responsibility: Athletic Uniforms
A New Way of Teaching Responsibility: Athletic Uniforms
Curtains Musical
Curtains Musical
Celebrating Creativity: Friends Select’s Senior Art Show
Celebrating Creativity: Friends Select’s Senior Art Show
Sights on Site: FSS Artists Featured in Exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences
Sights on Site: FSS Artists Featured in Exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences
Arcane Season 2: More Than The Sum of its Parts?
Arcane Season 2: More Than The Sum of its Parts?
Winter Concert Review
Winter Concert Review
The Rising Freshman’s Guide to High School
The Rising Freshman’s Guide to High School
Podcast: Senioritis, Sleep, And A Little Sweet Treat, Staying Motivated Through The Home Stretch with Special Guests Elyse Wilson and Natan Gottesman
Podcast: Senioritis, Sleep, And A Little Sweet Treat, Staying Motivated Through The Home Stretch with Special Guests Elyse Wilson and Natan Gottesman
Podcast: Top Five Parks and Nature Reserves in Philadelphia and its Surrounding Counties
Podcast: Top Five Parks and Nature Reserves in Philadelphia and its Surrounding Counties
Podcast: FSS Hot Takes- Grade Inflation, Cell Phone Policy, Uniforms, & More!
Podcast: FSS Hot Takes- Grade Inflation, Cell Phone Policy, Uniforms, & More!
Pacific Rim: Action and VFX Done Right
Pacific Rim: Action and VFX Done Right
Podcast: Senioritis, Sleep, And A Little Sweet Treat, Staying Motivated Through The Home Stretch with Special Guests Elyse Wilson and Natan Gottesman
Podcast: Senioritis, Sleep, And A Little Sweet Treat, Staying Motivated Through The Home Stretch with Special Guests Elyse Wilson and Natan Gottesman
The Triple M Podcast: March Madness 2025
The Triple M Podcast: March Madness 2025
Podcast: Teachers in Their Teens, Interview with Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters
Podcast: Teachers in Their Teens, Interview with Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters
Podcast: Top Five Parks and Nature Reserves in Philadelphia and its Surrounding Counties
Podcast: Top Five Parks and Nature Reserves in Philadelphia and its Surrounding Counties
Podcast: Teachers in their Teens, Interview with Matthew Rosen
Podcast: Teachers in their Teens, Interview with Matthew Rosen
Colleges + Universities FSS Seniors are Committed To!
Colleges + Universities FSS Seniors are Committed To!
Crossword: Valentine's Day
Crossword: Valentine’s Day
Crossword: How Much Do You Know About Animals?
Crossword: How Much Do You Know About Animals?
Crossword: Global Top Artists 2024
Crossword: Global Top Artists 2024
Crossword: Disney/Pixar Movies
Crossword: Disney/Pixar Movies
Friends Select Student News Media

The Falcon
Friends Select Student News Media

The Falcon
Why Doesn’t Friends Select Offer AP Courses?

Why Doesn’t Friends Select Offer AP Courses?

Alden Karp • May 23, 2024

  In a world where over 70% of America’s 30,000 high schools offer at least one Advanced Placement (AP) course, and AP discourse dominates many elements of the college admissions process,...

Club Controversy: Students Now Limited to Four Clubs Total

Club Controversy: Students Now Limited to Four Clubs Total

Lily Brin • October 13, 2022

Friends Select Upper School administrators shockingly limited students this fall by only allowing them to sign up for four clubs. This new rule is instated as they aim to improve the mental health of...

Student Concern over School Strike for Climate

Peter Ryan, Staff Writer • March 19, 2019

At 12:00pm on Friday, March 15, a sizable portion of Friends Select School’s upper school community walked out of our front door with no plans to return until the Monday morning. Of course, that was...