The Philadelphia Wings lacrosse team introduced the city's newest pro-sports mascot on the rooftop field at Friends Select School in Center City. 

Friends Select students performed at the Parkway Soiree at the Franklin Institute on October 26. The musical performance was held in celebration of the 100th birthday of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Recently I traveled with a group of upper school students from my Spanish 3 class to meet with members of the Latino community in the Italian Market. For over two hours, we wandered along 9th Street, visiting Los Amigos Mexican Culinary Foods, Tortilleria San Roman, South Philly Barbacoa, and Ricoleta Paletas y Helados—all of which became our extended classroom as students participated in a full cultural immersion that was conducted exclusively in Spanish.

The year 2019 is significant for Friends Select School as it will mark our building’s 50th anniversary. It’s an important occasion for us to reflect upon the conversations, deliberations, consultation, and decision of our Friends Select leaders in the 1960s to solidify our current location at 17th and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Their careful planning enabled us to remain in the city and of the city.

At Friends Select, we are able to enjoy the many benefits of running an athletic program in the middle of Center City. 

The school is ever closer to its ideal of delivering on its mission. To be in the city and of the city, to be more equitable and inclusive, to prepare students for the whole of life. We are in a state of great change, and yet a state of great stability. Our foundation is as firm as ever, as we are building up and out and across and with each other.