Quaker Youth Leadership Conference of 2024
Grace Kenworthy (Reporter ‘25) In January, Penn Charter (PC) and Germantown Friends’ (GFS) co-hosted the 25th annual Quaker Youth...
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Jan 212 min read
Chloe and Penelope English: Senior-Sibling Assembly Champions
Christopher Samuel (Assistant Editor ‘26) The Senior-Sibling Assembly is a staple Friends’ Central tradition. This year’s contestants...
Jan 182 min read
Friends’ Central’s Festive Holiday Assembly
By Kelly McGee (Reporter ‘25) Even though Christmas Eve was ten days away, Friends’ Central felt merry! To celebrate both the winter...
May 25, 20232 min read
Coffeehouse: Music and Merriment
By Christopher Samuel (Reporter, ‘26) Coffeehouse is an annual event where students get to showcase their talent, often musical. At...
May 25, 20232 min read
Upper School Winter Concert
By Sean Scott (Reporter '25) The final Tuesday before winter break, FCS Upper School had its Winter Concert. The orchestra, chorus, vocal...
May 25, 20233 min read
Welcome to Jerry Kapral, Elizabeth Kriynovich, and Emma Miller
By Sean Scott (Reporter '25) Please welcome Jerry Kapral, Elizabeth Kriynovich, and Emma Miller to our school community! Jerry Kapral is...
May 25, 20232 min read
Lifting Every Voice: A Student’s Perspective
By Sean Scott (Reporter '25) This past February, members of the Upper School Black Student Forum (BSF) participated in the Lower School’s...
May 25, 20232 min read
Welcome, Matt Schoifet!
By Piper Moore (Co-Editor of Layout and Design 23') Please welcome Matt Schoifet, the new science teacher and co-director of the CID...
May 23, 20232 min read
Welcome, Melanie Wills!
By Christopher Samuel (Reporter ‘26) In the main doors of the FCC, up the stairs, and after two lefts and a right, is a magical...
May 23, 20232 min read
First Robotics: FCS Robotics Design Challenge
By Oliver Angert (Reporter ‘24) First Robotics is an international robotics design competition that pits hundreds of different schools...
Mar 10, 20233 min read
Welcome Gillian Diffenderfer!
By Piper Moore (Co-Editor of Layout and Design ‘23) Please welcome Gillian Diffenderfer, the new Spanish and French teacher here at...
Feb 13, 20233 min read
Campus Life: the Walkout
By Ruba Abdelgalil (Reporter '26) During a recent MFW, a walkout was held by members of the Black Student Forum. While many witnessed the...
Jan 21, 20231 min read
Holiday Word Search
By Cate Fox (Communications Coordinator '23)
Jan 19, 20235 min read
Climbing to the Top
By Phoebe Bonin (Reporter '26) There is one question that has torn apart the FCS community for centuries, a question that has caused...
Dec 8, 20225 min read
Welcome, Lee Payton!
By Sarah Leonard (Cohead of Layout and Design ‘23) Among the numerous transitions at the beginning of this year, the welcoming of Lee...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Welcome Matt Duques!
By Piper Moore (Co-Head of Layout & Design ‘23) Please welcome Matt Duques, the new ninth and eleventh grade English teacher, as well as...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
The New Center of Innovation and Design
By Christopher Samuel (Reporter ‘26) When you enter the recently redone Center of Innovation and Design, it’s hard to tell that it was...
Dec 2, 20221 min read
Friends’ Central Alum K. Barry Sharpless Wins His Second Nobel Prize!
By Cate Fox (Communications Coordinator '23) On October 5, 2022, K. Barry Sharpless, a Friends’ Central alum of the class of 1959, was...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: An Actor’s First-hand Account
By Sean Scott (Reporter ‘25) Our fall production this year was Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It was a lively and humorous...
May 5, 20224 min read
The Many Faces of Wordle
By Max Marinelli (Editor-in-Chief, ‘22) By now, we all know of the incredible success that Josh Wardle’s Wordle has found across the...
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