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Reintroducing Rutherford
As our student athletes trained over the summer, our mascot hit the gym too!
While the Friends Gymnasium underwent renovations this summer (scoreboard and climbing wall just to name a few new features), our mascot, Rutherford the Owl, hit the gym and underwent an exciting transformation. Turn up the volume and hit play below to view Rutherford's new look.
The new logo features Rutherford, a Great Horned Owl, with a distinctive word mark above an outstretched wingspan. Rutherford’s look evokes a sense of energy, action, perseverance and pride, which represents the top-notch, competitive nature of 30+ athletic teams at Friends. Rutherford landed at Friends in 2002 (we're not sure how old that makes Rutherford in "owl years") and has been embraced since.
ABOUT GREAT HORNED OWLS
The largest nocturnal raptor in the city at five pounds, the Great Horned Owl can be found in Central Park, Forest Park, Greenwood Cemetery, Pelham Bay Park, Inwood Hill, Highbridge Park, Bronx Botanical Garden and any other city park with mature secondary forest.
ABOUT GREAT HORNED OWLS
The largest nocturnal raptor in the city at five pounds, the Great Horned Owl can be found in Central Park, Forest Park, Greenwood Cemetery, Pelham Bay Park, Inwood Hill, Highbridge Park, Bronx Botanical Garden and any other city park with mature secondary forest.
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Friends Seminary — the oldest continuously operated, coeducational school in NYC — serves college-bound day students in Kindergarten-Grade 12.
