by Editor | Sep 4, 2018 | Academics News, All MFS News
This year’s Summer Scholars Program gave both students and teachers the power of creativity. Each of the program’s five age groups — Tot (age 3-4), Mini (rising K-Gr. 1), Youth (rising Gr. 2-4), Junior (rising Gr. 4-6) and Senior (rising Gr. 7-10) —...
by Editor | Sep 4, 2018 | Academics News, All MFS News
On July 15, a group of students landed in Salamanca, Spain for a two-week immersion into Spanish culture as part of the inaugural MFS International Summer Scholars program. When asked to describe the trip overall, Rob Nasatir, MFS World Languages Department Chair and...
by Editor | Aug 7, 2018 | Academics News, All MFS News
Moorestown Friends School was the proud host of the FIRST Tech Challenge New Jersey Southern Workshops on Saturday, August 4. Over 130 students and 20 adults from 15 teams attended the workshops (the Northern Workshops will be held on August 18 at New Jersey Institute...
by Editor | Jun 14, 2018 | Academics News, All MFS News
A strong contingent of eight students represented the MFS Middle School at the National History Bee Finals, which took place June 1-2 in Atlanta. A buzzer-based competition, the History Bee challenges middle schoolers with trivia questions about U.S. and non-U.S....
by Editor | Jun 11, 2018 | Academics News, All MFS News
For the third year, the seventh grade class embarked on a special end-of-the-year interdisciplinary project. An idea adapted from Mark Wise at West Windsor-Plainsboro Middle School, Middle School Science Teacher Deborah Carter Bruvik, Middle School English Teacher Deb...
by Editor | Jun 7, 2018 | Academics News, All MFS News
Last weekend, six Lower School chess students participated in a chess tournament, run by The Knight School, at St. Francis of Assisi School in Springfield, PA. The participants included Noah Hasni ’28, Shea Henefer ’28, Joshua Rotter ’29, Karina Rotter ’27, Fareed...