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Friends Academy senior Julang Wang was one of 300 scholars worldwide to be named as a semifinalist in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search 2026.

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Academic Awards / Upper School / All School

Curiosity and Consistent Effort Made This Scientist a Top Scholar

Friends Academy senior Julang Wang was one of 300...

02-10-26

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Students / Upper School / All School

Duck Pond Day: The Vague Idea That Became a Vibrant Reality

On the second floor of the Kumar Wang Library,...

02-04-26

Second graders at Friends Academy sparked their love for writing and became published authors with the help of technology.

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Lower School / All School / Academics

Technology Helps Spark a Love for Writing in the Second Grade

Attention Mr. Spielberg! Yes, that Mr. Spielberg!...

02-04-26

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Alumni / All School / Service / Alumni Stories

‘Greet People and Acknowledge Human Existence’

No electricity. No running water. No cellphone...

01-23-26

Students gather to strategize their rebuttal in Mr. Chris Fischetti's fifth-grade Speech and Debate class at Friends Academy Middle School.

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Students / All School / Middle School

Inside the Middle School’s Newest Class: Speech & Debate

After one class last fall, a handful of...

01-23-26

Friends Academy alum, Broadway star, and NYT essayist Melissa Errico ’88 performed her holiday show, The Secret Diary of Mrs. Santa, at the Tilles Center.

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Alumni / All School

From Friends Academy to Broadway to the North Pole

Friends Academy alum, Broadway star, and NYT...

12-18-25

Students used family cultural artifacts as props in small group improv scenes to tell a new story that built upon the original theme.

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Admissions / Arts / All School / Middle School

Cultural Show & Tell Meets Improv Acting

The first rule of improv acting is you never say,...

12-15-25

Students from the Friends Academy Middle School and Upper School performed at the ‘Holidays With Friends’ winter concert inside the Dolan Center Theater.

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Arts / Upper School / All School / Middle School

‘A Fun Night Being Together and Feeling the Holiday Spirit’

A new twist — and likely a new tradition — was...

12-12-25

For the 10th year in a row, Friends Academy students wrapped holiday presents for a community-service endeavor to help people in the Bronx.

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Lower School / Upper School / All School / Middle School

At Friends Academy, Community Service Is Part of the Solution

The Field House at Friends Academy briefly turned...

12-10-25

Friends Academy alumna Mindy Weiss Singer ’10 is the senior director of consumer insights and research at the NFL.

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Athletics / Alumni / All School / Alumni Stories

Deep Insights From Friends Academy to the NFL

You don’t have to be a die-hard football fan to...

11-21-25

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