At the Center of Learning Friends Select Newsletter
A Night at the Museum
FSS AuctionMarch 13 is the date.  Six o'clock is the time.  The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) is the place. The "A World of Art" parent association auction is the event.  Come join other parents for a great night at the museum in support of Friends Select School.

Buy tickets now.  Bid on-line today.  Read more.
Head's Message
Defining Academic Rigor
The notion of academic "rigor" was a subject of conversation at Friends Select during the school's recent interview process for a new lower school director.  Read More
Lower School
Parents Look Ahead 
A group of parents got together at the end of January to ponder their lower school children's next BIG STEP:  the transition to middle school.
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March Lower School Events 
Red Cross Bloodmobile, March 5, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., gym
PA Auction, March 13, 6-10 p.m., Pa. Academy of the Fine Arts
Spring Break, March 26-April 5, Vacation Care Open (Classses resume on April 6.)
Middle School
Midsummer in Mid-Winter
The Bard himself would be delighted with the upcoming middle school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Friends Select on March 5, 6 & 7. Read More

March Middle School Events
Spring Sports Begin, March 1
Red Cross Bloodmobile, March 5, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., gym
"A Midsummer Night's Dream," March 5 & 6 at 7 p.m.; March 7 at 2 p.m.
Parent Events with Jeff Wolfsberg, March 9 (parent evening) & 12 (parent coffee)
Mini Courses, March 24 & 25
Spring Break, March 26-April 5 (Classes resume on April 6.)
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Upper School
Senioritis?  Not on Our Watch!
It's a familiar conundrum:  By mid-year, seniors have filed their college applications, maybe received a few acceptances and are on the down-slope of their upper school careers. 
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March Upper School Events
Spring Sports Begin, March 1
Red Cross Bloodmobile, March 5, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Parent Events with Jeff Wolfsberg, March 9 (parent evening) & 12 (parent coffee)
Spring Break, March 26-April 5 (Classes resume on April 6.)
More Events      Parent Information

March 2010
Events This Month
 
Middle & Upper School Spring Sports Begin, March 1
 
Red Cross Bloodmobile, March 5, 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
 
Middle and Upper School Parent Meetings with Jeff Wolfsberg, March 9 & 12
 
Middle and Upper School Math Day, March 15

Middle School Mini-Courses, March 24 & 25

Spring Break, March 26-April 5 (Vacation Care Open)  Classes resume on April 6.

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Looking Ahead
 
Classes  Resume, Apr. 6
 
Middle School Directors' Coffee, April  8
 
Families of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity (FEDC) 
Meeting, April 14

Grade 9 College Night, April 14

Junior Class Dinner,
April 16

Lower School Transitional Coffee for Parents in Current Grades Pre-K, 1 & 3, April 26

Grade 11 College Tour, April 27

Lower School Transitional Coffee for Parents in Current Grades 5, April 29

 
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