Friends Select School
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.
| Friends Select School | |
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| Address | |
1651 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Philadelphia , Pennsylvania United States | |
| Coordinates | 39.9564°N 75.1671°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private School |
| Motto | Integrum Vitae "The Whole of Life" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) |
| Established | 1833 |
| Head of school | Michael Gary |
| Faculty | 90 |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Number of students | 588 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Brown and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Friends School League |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Affiliation | National Association of Independent Schools |
| Website | www |
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.