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Saturday, November 12
Admissions Open House, 10 a.m.

Sunday, November 13
Alumni Phonathon, 5 - 8 p.m.

Monday, November 14
Red & Blue Club Meeting, 7 - 8 p.m.,
Moriuchi Room

Wednesday, November 16

• No school for US & MS students; Parent conferences
• Last Day of Thanksgiving Food Collection
  

Author Kathleen Krull, pictured with Fourth Grade Teacher Margaret McKee, visited MFS on November 2. She led a Lower School assembly, visited classrooms and signed books for students, faculty and staff. The visit was part of activities to prepare students for the 2012 MFS Mock Primary Election.

Friday, November 18

• No School for LS students; Parent conferences
• JV Sports Awards, 11:29 a.m. - 12:12 p.m., Auditorium
• MS Fall Sports Awards, 12:56 - 1:36 p.m., Meeting House
• Fall Musical - The Music Man,
  7:30 p.m., Auditorium

Saturday, November 19
Fall Musical - The Music Man, 7:30 p.m., Auditorium

Sunday, November 20

• Fall Musical - The Music Man, 2 p.m., Auditorium
• Alumni Phonathon, 6 - 9 p.m.

Tuesday, November 22
US Dodgeball Tournament, 4 - 8 p.m., Field House Gym

Wednesday, November 23

• Thanksgiving Happening, 10 a.m.
• Half-day for students; Dismissal at 11:45 a.m.

Thursday, November 24
No School - Thanksgiving

Friday, November 25
No School - Thanksgiving Break

Saturday, November 26
Alumni Soccer Game, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Monday, November 28
MS/US Winter Sports Practices Begin, 3:30 p.m.

The annual Thanksgiving Food Drive concludes on Wednesday, November 16. In years past, donations have provided for over 160 complete dinners. In the Lower School, classroom teachers assign ingredients for children to bring to school. In the Middle and Upper School, donations are arranged and organized in advisor groups. Donations are also being accepted to raise money to provide turkey vouchers for families. The dinners and vouchers will be taken to New Visions Center in Camden. 

Final call for tickets for the Moorestown Friends fall musical - The Music Man. Tickets are available at the Stokes Hall Reception Desk between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

Showtimes
Friday, November 18, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 19, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 20, 2:00 p.m.

Tickets
All seats are reserved. No refunds or exchanges. Tickets are sold first come/first served.
Adults/Seniors: $12 - Students/Children: $10

On January 10, 2012, MFS will hold a mock Republican primary election. To mirror the real election, if an incumbent president is running, the school only holds a primary for the other party. MFS has held mock campaign events every four years since 1960.  Through researching candidates and issues, running campaigns, and voting, students learn about the political process, see how they can get involved, and come to understand the impact they can have on our nation.  From 1960 to 1996 MFS held Mock Political Conventions which typically featured the party that was out of power at the time.  Since 2000, MFS has held Mock Primaries. 

The MFS candidates are Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, John Huntsman, Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. Each candidate will be portrayed by an Upper School student throughout the campaign season. Students in grades 5-12, faculty, and staff vote in the mock election. In addition to selecting a Republican candidate, voters also weigh in on selected hot-button issues. This year, the issues include the soda tax, gender equality, disposal of nuclear waste, federal funds for abortion, ban on preemptive declaration of war and gay marriage. Lower School students also have opportunities to learn about the electoral process.

The keynote speaker will be nationally syndicated radio host Michael Smerconish. Additional speakers and workshop presenters are being scheduled and updates will be provided as the election draws closer.

Below is a list of MFS winners, and their real world counterparts, since 1960:

View photos from the 2008 Mock Primary Election

View photos from the Mock Primary Election and Mock Political Convention Archives

Top: Alum Brenda (Ugandan Invisible Children volunteer), Invisible Children volunteer Carlos Adan, junior Nate Riggins, Invisible Children volunteer Tim Fleming, senior Nick Jensen. Bottom: Sixth Grader Sujin Kim, with LS/MS Quaker Education teacher Lynne Brick, presents Tim Fleming with a check for $624 raised for Invisible Children at the recent Middle School Service Fair.

On November 3, Moorestown Friends School hosted representatives from the Invisible Children organization. Invisible Children, founded in 2005 as a charitable organization, uses film, creativity and social action to attempt to end the use of child soldiers in Ugandan Joseph Kony’s rebel war and restore communities affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in central Africa to peace and prosperity.

Volunteers or “roadies” visited MFS where they screened a film about the founding of Invisible Children, the specific work they undertake in central Africa and the challenges still faced today. The film specifically focused on one of the “night commuters” – children who were forced to leave their villages for the city at night in order to avoid abduction by the LRA.

Afterwards, one of the “roadies,” Brenda, a Ugandan woman, who at home serves as a mentor for 28 girls by helping them develop leadership and life skills, addressed the Upper School students. She told her story of living in fear of the LRA and how this war has devastated many families and communities in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The visit by Invisible Children was a result of the efforts of junior Nate Riggins who became involved in the issue after studying about child soldiers in the course Exploring International Humanitarian Law last year. The course is taught by Chester Reagan Chair for Quaker and Religious Studies Priscilla Taylor-Williams. Read more...

First graders in Teri Kaiser and Emily Traver's classes recently collaborated with Lower School Technology Teacher Teri Harlan and Lower School Art Teacher Tara Wosiski to create Claymation movies. Enjoy!

• Black Bears
• Brown Bears
• Polar Bears
• Pill Bugs the Squirrel
• Pill Bugs

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University of Pennsylvania High School Bioethics Bowl at MFS- October 22 >>>

Fall Sports Photos from October 4