Friends Select School

Friends Select School
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Coordinates39°57′23″N 75°10′02″W / 39.9564°N 75.1671°W / 39.9564; -75.1671
Information
TypePrivate School
MottoIntegrum Vitae
"The Whole of Life"
Religious affiliation(s)Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Established1833; 191 years ago (1833)
Head of schoolMichael Gary[1]
Faculty90
GradesPreK-12
Number of students588
Student to teacher ratio8:1
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Brown and Gold   
Athletics conferenceFriends School League
MascotFalcon
AffiliationNational Association of Independent Schools
Websitewww.friends-select.org

Friends Select School (FSS) is a college-preparatory, Quaker school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade located at 1651 Benjamin Franklin Parkway at the intersection of Cherry and N. 17th Streets in Center City Philadelphia. Quaker education in Philadelphia dates back to 1689. Friends Select, which was founded in 1833, has been located on this site since 1885.

The current building, which includes an office building owned by the school, was built in 1967-69. An adjacent campus building is located across the street at 1700 Race Street. The Race Street Meetinghouse, built in 1856, is used by students and faculty for Meeting for Worship each Wednesday and Thursday. The school is under the joint care of both the Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia, held at the Arch Street Meeting House, and is governed by a board of trustees comprised equally of the two.[2]

  1. ^ "Friends Select Names Next Head of School". Friends Select. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ^ Brown, Carol H. (1989). A Friends Select School History. Philadelphia: Friends Select School.