Recently, the role of artificial intelligence in education has become a contentious topic of debate. To provide new insights into this ongoing struggle, three staff writers and ChatGPT were asked to write...

Rachel Barany, a Middle School history teacher at Friends, started her fifth grade class in 2014 by asking several boys, who were all wearing hats, to take them off. Barany still remembers their reply:...

On October 11, Head of School Bo Lauder announced that Blair Parker, the three year head of the Friends Seminary Upper School, will vacate her position at the end of the school year. Parker will take on...

This November, Friends buzzed with excitement as the community welcomed its first-ever exchange students from Barcelona. For three weeks, six tenth graders from Colegio Sant Ignasi—a prestigious Jesuit...

The new Dean of Faculty of Friends Seminary, Trupti Patel, has been making many changes to the school. This is Patel’s 30th year teaching, and she has taught as a third, fourth, and sixth grade homeroom...

David Lieber, Co-Athletic Director at Friends, has decided to step down as Head Boys Varsity Basketball Coach after thirty-three years. Lieber started coaching at Friends when he was 28 years old. He...