NASA Ambassadors: Teaching Eclipse Literacy
Upper School physics teacher Deborah Skapik has recently been selected to be a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador. And Deb was thrilled to discover that...
Rex Gym Transformation: Full STEAM Ahead!
A generous gift of $1 million from Rich Ulmer ’60, benefactor of The Ulmer Family Light Lab and Ulmer Family Tennis Complex, has launched...
Commencement 2021
Commencement 2021 in early June felt like a brief and glorious respite from the pandemic – a slight opening up back to life as...
Recess Therapy with Julian Shapiro-Barnum ’17
Just graduated from college, Julian Shapiro-Barnum ’17 has his own online show, Recess Therapy, which was recently featured in The New York Times and...
FCS Science Program Publishes Scientific Research Article
Friends’ Central’s first ever scientific research article naming an unrecognized moth species was released in The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society in June 2021....
Community-Centered Design to Promote Equity, Shaped by Quaker Roots
When I first decided to compete in the Fifth Annual HOK Futures Design Challenge as an Interior Architecture & Design graduate student at Drexel...
Remembering Ingrid Wilson ’86
On Friends’ Central’s Lower School campus is a turtle sculpture; a beloved feature of the lower playground, it sits at ground level, inviting children...
New Interim Head of School Beth D. Johnson ’77
Beth D. Johnson ’77 will be stepping into the role of Interim Head of Friends’ Central School beginning July 2021. Craig N. Sellers completes his nine-year tenure as Head...
Commencement 2020
Friends’ Central’s 175th Commencement on Saturday, August 1 was quieter, with far fewer people in attendance than any previous Commencement in memory. Members of...
Re-inventing Senior Project
When the majority of carefully planned FCS Senior Projects were undermined by the pandemic, faculty came together to provide the seniors with meaningful alternatives ...
FCS Hosts Distinguished Campus Visitors – Virtually
At FCS, we pride ourselves on the number of prominent scholars, authors, scientists, and artists – many of them alumni/ae – who visit campus...
Terry Guerin to Begin Her Second Act
From the moment she stepped onto campus, Terry Guerin has been fearless - never shying away from a show because it pushed the envelope...
Expert Teacher and Advisor Brad Morris Retires
After a 35-year career in the FCS Upper School math department, Brad Morris will be retiring at the end of this year. It’s a...
Friends’ Central’s Champion Trees
Ever since Friends’ Central moved from Center City to its current location on City Avenue in 1925, the School has been aware of its...
Teaching Skills, Honoring Student Voices: English at FCS
For a relatively small school, Friends’ Central can claim a surprising number of alumni/ae who are making a living in literary, academic, and artistic...
English at FCS: Literary Alumni/ae
Profiles of several Friends' Central "literary" alumni/ai...
Echo Hill & FCS at 45
Forty-five years ago, our first group of Friends’ Central students and teachers left City Avenue for an adventure at the Echo Hill Outdoor School...
Commencement 2019
Arriving as students, departing as graduates, the 92 members of the Class of 2019 gathered for one final time on Saturday, June 8, 2019....
Reunion 2019
Over 300 alumni/ae, family members, and friends returned to FCS for Reunion Weekend, May 10-11, 2019....
The Impact of the Fannie Cox Center
Alumni/ae look back on the impact of the FCC on their lives and academic and professional careers....
Commencement 2018
On June 9, 2018, 88 young people walked together down the aisle to Commencement Terrace for the last time as Friends’ Central students. They...
Reunion 2018
In May, 300 alumni/ae and their family and friends returned to Friends' Central to celebrate Reunion 2018. Throughout the...
Organic Landscaping with Doug Linton ’68
In 1997, arborist Doug Linton made FCS one of the first pesticide-free schools in the area. A clover-free field was his original goal, and...
FCS Alumni/ae in Sustainability
In Spring 2018, we sent out a call for FCS alumni/ae working in the field of sustainability to let us know more about their...
The Ulmer Family Light Lab Opens Its Doors!
Friends’ Central unveiled The Ulmer Family Light Lab, a cutting-edge facility dedicated to creation and innovation for students in Nursery School through grade 5....
The Ulmer Family Light Lab in Action
In February and March, Kindergartners partnered with 5th graders to create a one-of-a-kind, interactive display rainforest board, the culmination of many weeks of learning...
Sparking a Passion for Drama
On an early Monday morning in March, the Friends’ Central drama room is chilly. Upper School drama teacher Terry Guerin asks her students to...
Voices of FCS Alumni/ae
FCS alumni/ae in the performing arts look back on their time at FCS and the impact that Terry Guerin had on them....