![From Jungle Gym to Outdoor Urban Playscape: Our Reimagined Backlot Takes Shape]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1700147526/friendsselect/hmmesnafnjwpiodghfey/revisedFFSConversation_small33.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1700147526/friendsselect/hmmesnafnjwpiodghfey/revisedFFSConversation_small33.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1700147526/friendsselect/hmmesnafnjwpiodghfey/revisedFFSConversation_small33.jpg","width":600}])
Friends Select School is reimagining the 16th Street entrance, backlot, and playground for its Parkway Building—an ambitious project that requires major philanthropic commitments from our community.
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Greetings, Friends Select Alumni!
The purpose of the Friends Select School Alumni Association is to build and sustain a lifelong relationship between the school and our alumni.
Whether you were here for just a year or many, our alumni are lifetime members of the Friends Select family.
Alumni are encouraged to use this section of our website to stay up to date on alumni activities and news, and remain connected with our community.
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![Incorporating Environmental Sustainability to Advance Friends Select]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1700147846/friendsselect/uvlpxgvpd84vnpmhncfr/revisedgroup.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1700147846/friendsselect/uvlpxgvpd84vnpmhncfr/revisedgroup.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1700147846/friendsselect/uvlpxgvpd84vnpmhncfr/revisedgroup.jpg","width":600}])
Friends Select School’s administration and board of trustees are augmenting the existing framework of its strategic plan, Advance Friends Select, to include initiatives that will emphasize the school’s dedication to environmental sustainability.
![Michael Gary Speaks]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1700147199/friendsselect/pfhggy90fy13vkguufqn/revisedMichaelspeaking.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1700147199/friendsselect/pfhggy90fy13vkguufqn/revisedMichaelspeaking.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1700147199/friendsselect/pfhggy90fy13vkguufqn/revisedMichaelspeaking.jpg","width":600}])
With the start of another academic year, I am incredibly proud of all that we are able to accomplish at Friends Select School.
Alumni Stories
![Anna Holemans ’18]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1696942521/friendsselect/tjyf1mpuyp2q3kvlkhoy/IMG_9865.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1696942521/friendsselect/tjyf1mpuyp2q3kvlkhoy/IMG_9865.jpg","width":300}])
Through the Quaker values she has carried with her from her years at Friends Select, Anna Holemans ’18 is making a difference in her community.
![Erni Di Massa '65]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1696449189/friendsselect/mxovgnpykwrecbcdsr4a/erni1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1696449189/friendsselect/mxovgnpykwrecbcdsr4a/erni1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1696449189/friendsselect/mxovgnpykwrecbcdsr4a/erni1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1696449189/friendsselect/mxovgnpykwrecbcdsr4a/erni1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1696449189/friendsselect/mxovgnpykwrecbcdsr4a/erni1.jpg","width":1440}])
With a five-decade, award-winning career in Hollywood as a writer, producer, and executive, Erni Di Massa ’65 still looks back on his Friends Select experience with fondness.
![Ken Goldin ’83]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1684262647/friendsselect/ri4kk09zapm6dny8rvzt/unnamed_4.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1684262647/friendsselect/ri4kk09zapm6dny8rvzt/unnamed_4.jpg","width":400}])
In Philly Voice, read about a new Netflix series from Ken Goldin ’83 titled King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch.
![Celebrating Abolitionist and Activist Anna Elizabeth Dickinson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1668530210/friendsselect/yqnqym0sx3f1b89prjmu/ANN-D.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1668530210/friendsselect/yqnqym0sx3f1b89prjmu/ANN-D.jpg","width":300}])
Civil rights activist, orator, writer, and Friends Select alumna Anna Elizabeth Dickinson is now recognized with a Pennsylvania state historical marker near the southeast corner of Broad and Arch Streets. The commemoration of her work and connection to Philadelphia are a result of the combined efforts of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), Friends Select, and Amy Cohen ’82.
![Getting Hands-on Experiences as College Students: Jack Gontowski ’18 and Phil Sieg ’18]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1652975664/friendsselect/kw921yif3l064civmzzb/JackGontowski.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1652975664/friendsselect/kw921yif3l064civmzzb/JackGontowski.jpg","width":300}])
Two Friends Select alumni, Jack Gontowski and Phil Sieg, shared their on-the-job experiences in engineering-focused co-ops.