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Thanks again to our commencement speaker, Marsha Levick '68, Esq., a nationally-recognized children’s and women’s rights advocate, and co-founder of the Juvenile Law Center, who inspired our class of 2026 with the message: “Go forth, be bold, and be brave!”

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Friends Select’s student Emmeline (Emmy) ’34 was featured recently in a CBS3 News segment for being a finalist in the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival Student Design Contest! Emmy’s winning drawing, which she made in honor of the Year of the Fire Horse, has been turned into a large, illuminated lantern that can now be seen as part of the festival from June 5 to August 16 at Franklin Square. Congrats, Emmy!

Congratulations to the class of 2026!

Today, Friends Select’s lower school held its annual closing ceremony on the rooftop field of our Parkway Building. Congratulations to all our lower school students, families, and employees! We hope everyone has a wonderful summer!

Congratulations to our 8th grade students and their families! Today, Friends Select held its Moving Up Ceremony at the Race Street Meetinghouse, celebrating the class of 2030 as they made the transition from middle school to upper school.

In the spring issue of “Select News,” read “Unveiling the Parkway Campus Expansion Project.” Adding approximately 32,000 square feet to Friends Select’s campus, this project has created much-needed space for excellence in teaching and learning while enabling us to continue deepening our symbiotic relationship with the city of Philadelphia.

Unveiling the Parkway Campus Expansion Project | Select News | Friends Select School Friends Select upper and middle school students, along with employees, returned from winter break to ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the Parkway Campus Expansion Project.

In “The Falcon,” our student-run news publication, read a terrific article from co-editor-in-chief Grace ’27 about turning Earth Day into Earth Month at Friends Select through initiatives led by the school’s Sustainability committee and educational programming!

Earth Month: Much More Than a Month Every April, people around the world celebrate Earth Month as a time dedicated to environmental awareness and action. It began with Earth Day, first celebrated on April 22, 1970, with an estimated 20 million Americans demonstrating in favor of a healthier environment. The movement led to policy chan...

In a new book, "Comics, Zines, and Graphic Novels in Art Therapy," Friends Select’s middle school art teacher Fred Kogan has written a lesson titled "Visual Storytelling in Middle School Education," which appears in the chapter "Comics and Graphic Novels for Q***r Therapists and Educators." Congratulations, Fred!

Last week, Friends Select’s lower school enjoyed a presentation from Temple University’s () Lambda Chapter () of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (). This program was the idea of a kindergarten student, Rohan II ’38, whose father, Rohan Arjun P’38 (), is Friends Select’s director of enrollment management and financial aid. After meetings with Friends Select’s lower school DEI facilitator Lisa White Jones, director of equity and inclusion Toni Graves Williamson, and the Families of Black Students Collective, they facilitated the ex*****on of this assembly. As Rohan II said during his introduction, “I wanted my school to learn about the Divine Nine, which are historically Black fraternities and sororities that focus on achievement, leadership, and service.”

Lower School Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Presentation Explore this photo album by Friends Select School on Flickr!