School News - Friends Select School

On Homelessness: Learning at the Service of Society

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

Friends Select School recently completed its first Quaker self-study and Membership Renewal Process (MRP) to affirm its Quaker identity.

Classroom in the City: An Immersive Learning Experience for Middle School Students

In November, middle school students and their teachers dedicated a full day of cross-curricular learning to explore Philadelphia’s vast resources, from public artworks and outdoor spaces to museums and institutions.

City Partnerships: First in a City Series of Globally Focused Public Artworks Resides at Friends Select School

The artwork, titled Gender Equality, was created by local artist and Drexel University professor Barbara Smolen, in partnership with the Global Philadelphia Association and Mural Arts Philadelphia campaign to raise awareness about the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Michael Gary Speaks

We are continuously deepening and expanding our opportunities and the partnerships afforded to us by our location and proximity to world-class institutions, and are allowing the city to be our classroom.

From the After School Program to Wake Up Exercise

This year, the office of continuing programs created a new morning experience for students who arrive  at school early.

Lower School STEAM Students Create Symbols of Hope

Lower School STEAM librarian Allison Frick was inspired to bring her interpretation of  the project The Butterfly Effect: Migration is Beautiful to Friends Select.

Alumni Excelling in College Sports

Katelynn (Kate) Young ’19 and Emmett Orts ’15 are former Friends Select student athletes who have continued to demonstrate their athletic skills at the college level.

iSelectLearning

Friends Select School has transitioned to iSelectLearning, a dynamic distance learning format that was created and developed by the school’s dedicated faculty and staff.