2012 Mock Primary Election Buildup

Recent activities in the buildup to the January 10 MFS Mock Primary Election included a classroom visit (top photo) by noted economist, scholar and Bloomberg news columnist Laurence Kotlikoff '69, the William Fairfield Warren Professor of Economics at Boston University. A press conference with all six candidates was also recently held. In the photo above, senior Doug Adair (a.k.a. Rick Perry) responds to a query from the MFS student press corps.

Tuesday, December 13

Upper School Winter Concert, 7 p.m., Auditorium

Wednesday, December 14

Grade 7 Trip to Stokes Forest, Dec 14 – 16

Saturday, December 17

Upper School Foxtrot Business Concept Competition, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Tuesday, December 20

• Last Day of School before Winter Break
• PS – K Winter Concert, 10:45 a.m., Auditorium
• Grades 1 – 2 Winter Concert, Noon, Auditorium
• Grades 3 – 4 Winter Concert, 1:15 p.m., Auditorium

Wednesday, December 21 - Tuesday, January 3

Winter Break – Classes Resume on January 4

Preschool students in Morgan Gandal’s class at Moorestown Friends School (MFS) recently travelled to the MFS maintenance garage to meet with two members of the Maintenance Department. Mike Walker and Arnell Palmer welcomed the children and showed them all of the maintenance equipment, vehicles and signs stored in the garage. However, the students were most interested in the tools, especially Mr. Palmer’s favorite, the socket screwdriver. Mrs. Gandal and preschool assistant, Melanie Gfeller, were not surprised – using tools is one of the students’ preferred activities.

“As early childhood teachers,” said Gandal, “we are always watching and listening to see if the children present us with a learning opportunity and we believe we have found one.”

In fact, based upon the children’s interest in the tools, a special project was launched in which the children invited members of the MFS community to share their interests in tools, or to demonstrate how a favorite tool works.

Emily Whitley, Angel Mathew and Anehita Oribabor, members of the MFS Falcons Robotics team, work on their robot at the recent Crate Expectations NJ FTC qualifier, held at MFS on Sunday.

The three MFS Robotics teams - the Foxes, Falcons and Hawks - have been very busy competing this fall. They competed in the following events:

• Ramp Riot Scrimmage at Wissahickon High School on November 12 - the Foxes and Falcons were both members of the three-team winning alliance.
• Fall Harvest NJ FTC Qualifier on November 20 at Cherokee H.S. - the Foxes were part of the Finalist Alliance (2nd place) and won the Connect Award for outreach to introduce robotics in the community.
• Four seniors on the Foxes team travelled to the Northern New York FTC Championship at Clarkson University on December 2. They were members of the Finalist Alliance and also won the PTC Design Award.
• The Hawks and Falcons competed at the Crate Expectations NJ FTC Qualifier on December 4, hosted by MFS. The Falcons won the Connect Award for their outreach work. The Hawks were nominated for the highest award, the Inspire Award. They did not win the award, but getting nominated for it qualified the team to advance to the NJ FTC State Championship on Saturday, February 12 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The Foxes and Falcons have also qualified for the NJ FTC State Championship by winning the Connect Award at a qualifier.
• Team members:

All three teams are also registered to compete at the Delaware FTC Championship on Saturday, January 28.

View photos of the Crate Expectations NJ FTC Qualifier on December 4.

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Crate Expectations
NJ FTC Robotics Qualifier
December 4, 2011