![Michael Gary, head of school]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1567176701/friendsselect/ugfgauwpyurjgpnlucms/MG.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1567176701/friendsselect/ugfgauwpyurjgpnlucms/MG.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1567176701/friendsselect/ugfgauwpyurjgpnlucms/MG.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1567176701/friendsselect/ugfgauwpyurjgpnlucms/MG.jpg","width":1200}])
This year is different. Who would have predicted, one year ago, that we would be amid a world-wide pandemic, hearing reports of over 200,000 deaths in the United States alone due to COVID-19?
News & Announcements
![Helping Students Thrive During Pandemic Schooling]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1600345982/friendsselect/lr66nxsqalrrfpa0y9vz/DenisePope.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1600345982/friendsselect/lr66nxsqalrrfpa0y9vz/DenisePope.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1600345982/friendsselect/lr66nxsqalrrfpa0y9vz/DenisePope.jpg","width":640}])
In this Wellness Program presentation, geared to parents PK-12, Dr. Denise Pope of the Challenge Success Program will address concerns that families may have about the impact of remote and in-person learning during the pandemic.
![Meet the 2020-21 New Faculty and Staff]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1520361427/friendsselect/bpjkhu6lgaakrule8dm1/front-gate.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1520361427/friendsselect/bpjkhu6lgaakrule8dm1/front-gate.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1520361427/friendsselect/bpjkhu6lgaakrule8dm1/front-gate.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1520361427/friendsselect/bpjkhu6lgaakrule8dm1/front-gate.jpg","width":829}])
Please join Friends Select in welcoming the newest employees to our community for the 2020-21 school year.
![Introducing Mary Beth Hertz, Friends Select’s New Director of Educational Technology]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1598965498/friendsselect/jwl8gdd1xqqzjq0eqwgo/MaryBethHertz.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1598965498/friendsselect/jwl8gdd1xqqzjq0eqwgo/MaryBethHertz.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1598965498/friendsselect/jwl8gdd1xqqzjq0eqwgo/MaryBethHertz.jpg","width":683}])
Friends Select School is pleased to welcome Mary Beth Hertz as the director of educational technology.
![On Homelessness: Learning at the Service of Society]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1587668031/friendsselect/gqysylen8p1uh2c2wabo/cover.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1587668031/friendsselect/gqysylen8p1uh2c2wabo/cover.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1587668031/friendsselect/gqysylen8p1uh2c2wabo/cover.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1587668031/friendsselect/gqysylen8p1uh2c2wabo/cover.jpg","width":840}])
This year, Friends Select School inaugurated its school-wide service focus on the issue of homelessness.
![Reaffirming Our Quaker Identity: The Quaker Self-Study and Membership Renewal Process]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1587731815/friendsselect/hhpdedc40zkasns1gchd/Tony-Graves.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1587731815/friendsselect/hhpdedc40zkasns1gchd/Tony-Graves.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1587731815/friendsselect/hhpdedc40zkasns1gchd/Tony-Graves.jpg","width":600}])
Friends Select School recently completed its first Quaker self-study and Membership Renewal Process (MRP) to affirm its Quaker identity.
Alumni Stories
![Sam Olshin '78]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1553177933/friendsselect/sax0zctfvqpm4iq8oorf/olshin_feature-640x640.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1553177933/friendsselect/sax0zctfvqpm4iq8oorf/olshin_feature-640x640.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1553177933/friendsselect/sax0zctfvqpm4iq8oorf/olshin_feature-640x640.png","width":640}])
Sam Olshin '78 is a principal at the firm of Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, and is responsible for the restoration of the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia. His firm is also responsible for recent renovations to Friends Select School's lower level and the Blauvelt Theatre.
![Andrea Kremer '76]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1512483742/friendsselect/uwimmyssjak5zcuyilhs/andrea.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1512483742/friendsselect/uwimmyssjak5zcuyilhs/andrea.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1512483742/friendsselect/uwimmyssjak5zcuyilhs/andrea.jpg","width":632}])
Andrea Kremer is one of the most accomplished and widely respected sports journalists in the industry. She was named one of the 10 greatest female sportscasters of all time and among the best of all sportscasters. She is also a two-time Emmy award winner.
![Evan McDougall '00]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1513699019/friendsselect/lrrnu4ernyc6q8gx16j2/EvanMcDougall.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1513699019/friendsselect/lrrnu4ernyc6q8gx16j2/EvanMcDougall.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1513699019/friendsselect/lrrnu4ernyc6q8gx16j2/EvanMcDougall.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1513699019/friendsselect/lrrnu4ernyc6q8gx16j2/EvanMcDougall.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1513699019/friendsselect/lrrnu4ernyc6q8gx16j2/EvanMcDougall.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1513699019/friendsselect/lrrnu4ernyc6q8gx16j2/EvanMcDougall.jpg","width":2200}])
After graduating from Goucher College with a BA in theatre and minoring in art, Evan McDougall , has been working in the Baltimore/ Washington D.C. theatre scene as a carpenter, welder, and machinist. He has led and helped crews realize designers’ visions for 5 or 6 shows each season at Imagination Stage and more currently as the Resident Carpenter at Everyman Theatre. He remains grateful to FSS for his early exposure to the arts that has led him down this path in life.
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