Select News and Class Notes

Friends Select School is reimagining the 16th Street entrance, backlot, and playground for its Parkway Building—an ambitious project that requires major philanthropic commitments from our community.

Friends Select School’s administration and board of trustees are augmenting the existing framework of its strategic plan, Advance Friends Select, to include initiatives that will emphasize the school’s dedication to environmental sustainability.

I am so proud of what we have accomplished together since we launched our strategic plan, Advance Friends Select.

As I reflect over 50 years to graduation, and the previous seven years while a student at Friends Select School, I see the foundation—though not fully recognized at the time—that grew to form the person I have become.

Giving to Friends Select has been so meaningful during my tenure over the last six decades.

In deciding where to donate money among the numerous and various academic institutions that have been a part of our family’s life, an overriding factor has been where it can make the most impact and difference.