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.

Tue, 13 Jan 2026

Joyful Learning

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

Mon, 12 Jan 2026

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.

Sun, 11 Jan 2026

Michael Gary Speaks: Fall 2025

As I reflect on a new school year at Friends Select, I’m struck by a fundamental truth that guides our educational philosophy: learning should be joyful, purposeful, and deeply engaging.

Wed, 07 Jan 2026

In Good Hands with Helping Hands

Aligned with Friends Select’s Quaker values of placing learning at the service of society, the Helping Hands club is engaging upper school students in meaningful community service opportunities across various sectors.

Tue, 06 Jan 2026

Caring for Our Community: In Conversation with Recently Hired Employees

In this continuation of our Select News series, we highlight some of the outstanding employees who have recently joined Friends Select and have shared their perspectives on our school.

Mon, 05 Jan 2026

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.

Sun, 04 Jan 2026

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.

Thu, 01 Jan 2026

Giving Back: Sam Spear ’71

As members of the Dick Hoffman Circle of longtime donors, Sam Spear ’71 and his wife Rosanne exemplify the many ways donors can support the school, from contributions to the Friends Select Fund and gifts made through the Pennsylvania State Tax Credit Program to leadership-level gifts as part of the Benefactors Society.

Tue, 30 Dec 2025

Giving Back: The Deepe-Boccitto Family

The Deepe-Boccitto Fund was established by Bonnie Boccitto GP'33 to honor her mother, Bernice Deepe, who passed away in 2022 on her 97th birthday.

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.

Where Next?

Lower School

Grades K-4

Middle School

Grades 5-8

Upper School

Grades 9-12