Now until Sun, March 21
For our 2021 Spring Fundraiser, the Family Association is hosting a virtual 5K! You and your family can run, walk, bike, and/or bid together in support of Friends Select School.
News & Announcements
Tue, February 23, 2021
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Hear from Friends Select alumni Andrea Kremer '76 and Michael Harris '88 about how COVID-19 has affected the world of professional sports.
Friends Select School is excited to announce that we are currently expanding our campus with the purchase of the building located at 1520 Race Street, and we are simultaneously undergoing a major transformation of the first floor of our main building located at 17th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Recently, Friends Select middle school dean Dan Capecchi asked faculty to share what they have been studying with regards to Black history—African, African American, or the African diaspora—in preparation for an upcoming Black History Month assembly led by upper school religious studies and history teacher Malik Mubashshir.
Please check out this year's online portfolio exhibition.
The Falcon is Friends Select's student-run online newspaper. The mission of The Falcon is to provide the Friends Select study body with timely reporting, well-researched opinions, and engaging content.
Alumni Stories
During the COVID-19 pandemic, John Chin ’83 P’15, ’18 of Philadelphia’s Chinatown, Mike Fitts ’71 of Tulane University, and Wendell Pritchett ’84 of University of Pennsylvania all had a profound impact on their respective communities.
Phoebe Hopkins ’08 is the owner of Play College Field Hockey, a consulting firm specializing in collegiate field hockey recruiting.
Dr. Susan Taylor ’75 sees patients at Penn Medicine, and she is the Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Department of Dermatology and the Sandra Lazarus Professor of Dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.
As Chief Resident of Boston Children’s Hospital, Zach Winthrop, MD ’09 applies some of the skills he learned as a high school and college athlete to his profession.
Dr. Tycho Speaker, Ph.D. ’84 founded his company, Capsulent, in 2004 and is currently a pharmaceutical chemist with nine patents.