Spring Fair 2025

Bring your whole family to Friends Select’s annual Spring Fair, which will include free refreshments, games, music, arts, and a celebration of our community! This event will take place rain or shine.

Saturday, May 3, 12:30-3:30 p.m., in the Friends Select Parkway Building

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Fun for All Ages:
• Games* • Crafts* • FSS Swag • Live Music • DJ • The Quiet Zone: Zen Stone Stacking and Yoga • And more!

*Some games and crafts will require tickets, and proceeds will benefit student activities for current juniors during their senior year.

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Food Trucks Offering Free International Street Cuisine on the Back Lot:
Marley’s Caribbean Cuisine • Burrito Feliz • Payne Family Catering • Farina Pasta • Made with Love Juicery • Rita’s Water Ice

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Friends Select Student Performances and Activities on the Rooftop Athletic Field:
Lab Band Concert • Inflatable Basketball • Inflatable Football • Mini Golf • Gaga Pit • Introducing “Crawlspace”: A Special Section for Babies, Toddlers, and Families • And more!

Support the FSS Community Pantry
Please bring food donations for the FSS Community Pantry that can be left in bins at our Parkway Building entrance! Requested items include: Food products in pop-top cans, tuna or chicken in pouches, tomato/pasta sauce, and boxes of cereal.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025

Friends Select School Awarded a $1.7 Million Multi-Year Grant to Expand Educational Access

Friends Select School was recently named the recipient of a $1.7 million multi-year grant from The Children’s Education Initiative (TCEI), a San Diego-based nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of education for socioeconomically disadvantaged children.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025

Math Department Chair Satoia Wright Publishes a Textbook

With her recently released algebra curriculum textbook, Friends Select’s math department chair and middle school math teacher, Satoia Wright, is sharing her passion and expertise to make math programming accessible.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy Before the Creation of a Federal Holiday

Thanks to the advocacy of students, Friends Select’s history of honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. predates the creation of a federal holiday.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025

Joyful Learning

Friends Select School is creating a learning environment in which academic challenges and intellectual curiosity thrive alongside joy in learning.

Wed, 19 Nov 2025

Above Board: It Feels Like Purpose

A deep sense of purpose—palpable both at the board level and among Friends Select’s students, families, faculty, and staff—drew me to join the board in the first place and then say “yes” when Ingrid Lakey ’89, P’27 was ready to pass the torch of clerkship.

Tue, 07 Oct 2025

Alum Spotlight: Dr. Susan C. Taylor ’75

Documentary photographer Milton Lindsay ’07 traces his passion for photography back to Friends Select’s art classes, where the Quaker values embedded in the curriculum fostered his commitment to social justice.

Tue, 07 Oct 2025

Alum Spotlight: Bill Savitt ’80

Tue, 30 Sep 2025

Alum Spotlight: Milton Lindsay ’07

Fri, 02 May 2025

Going For Gold: Andrea Kremer ’76, Traci Green ’96, and Maia Weintraub ’21

Friends Select School is proud to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of our alumni, who excel in diverse fields while embodying the values instilled in them during their time at the school. Three remarkable Friends Select alumnae—Andrea Kremer ’76, Traci Green ’96, and Maia Weintraub ’21—exemplify this tradition.

Fri, 02 May 2025

Michael Gary Speaks: Spring 2025

As I reflect on the vibrant and dynamic community at Friends Select School, I am filled with a profound sense of awe.

Where Next?

Lower School

Grades K-4

Middle School

Grades 5-8

Upper School

Grades 9-12