Moorestown Friends School E-News - February 26, 2010

Student News | Sports Shorts | Winter Play Tickets On Sale Friday | Teacher Featured in Art Exhibition
Volunteers Sought for MFS Quiz Bowl | Photo Galleries | Fox Tracks

What's Happening at MFS...

Friday, February 26 2010-11 Reenrollment Contracts Due Saturday, February 27 >>> 18th Annual MFS Camp Fair, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. read more... Tuesday, March 2 Boys Basketball HOME vs. St. Rose of Belmar, NJSIAA Playoffs, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 3 Grade 6 Potluck Dinner, 6 p.m. Thursday, March 4 Red Cross Blood Drive, 1 – 5 p.m., West Building Gym Friday, March 5 Grade 11 and 12 Career Day Winter Play “Six Characters in Search of an Author”, 7 p.m., Auditorium ticket info... Upper School Spring Sports Begin Saturday, March 6 Winter Play “Six Characters in Search of an Author”, 7 p.m. Auditorium ticket info... Sunday, March 7 Lower School Skating Party, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Cherry Hill Skating Center Monday, March 8 Red and Blue Club Meeting, 7 p.m., Moriuchi Room Thursday, March 11 Screening of Prep School Negro (featuring visit by filmmaker André Lee), 7 p.m., Auditorium Collaboratively presented by MFS and Haddonfield Friends School This event was originally scheduled for February 25. Friday, March 12 No School for Lower School students - Parent Conferences Middle School Dance, 7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m., DHC

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Student News

Junior Ailsa Stevenson won second place in the 3D category for her sculpture "Tin Man" in the Deborah Heart Challenge and Art Competition. The sculture is on display at the Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills.

A team of MFS students competed against teams from seven area schools in the Deborah Heart Challenge, a competition that tests students' knowledge of the heart, lungs and vascular systems.

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A large contingent of MFS students attended a Model United Nations competition on Saturday, February 13 at Moorestown High School.

Senior Model U.N. President Rob Rinaldi, senior Ben Lasserre and sophomore Doug Adair all came away with "Honorable Mention" awards. Junior Alysa Kim was named with "Best Novice." The four awards were the most attained by an MFS Model U.N. team in three years.

Sports Shorts - Basketball Teams Prep for State Playoffs
Boys Host St. Rose on March 2

Both MFS varsity basketball teams are preparing for the NJSIAA Non-Public B state playoffs. The boys team, seeded eighth, will host St. Rose of Belmar on Tuesday, March 2 at 6 p.m. The twelfth-seeded girls team travels to fifth-seeded St. Joseph's of Hammonton on March 2, also a 6 p.m. start. Go Foxes!

Tickets On Sale Friday for Winter Play - Six Characters in Search of an Author

Tickets are on sale for the winter play Six Characters in Search of an Author, a celebrated play by Italian writer Luigi Pirandello. Performances will take place on Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6 at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased beginning Friday at the Stokes Hall reception desk. Prices are $25 for Circle of Angels (rows 2, 3, 4 and 5), $12 for adults/senior citizens and $8 for students/children.

Volunteers Needed for April 24 Quiz Bowl Competition

MFS will host a High School Quiz Bowl Tournament on Saturday April 24 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. This tournament will serve as a qualifier for national competition. Quiz Bowls are academic competitions in which one school's team of four will compete against another school's team of four in a general knowledge, buzzer-style competition. Generally, tournaments consist of seven to ten rounds. Senior Tej Trivedi, as part of his Senior Capstone Project, is coordinating the competition.

Parent and student volunteers are needed to read questions and serve as scorekeepers. Volunteers are asked to serve in two-hour time blocks (or more). To volunteer, please contact Tej Trivedi via e-mail.

Lower School Spanish Teacher Featured in Philadelphia Art Exhibition

An Opening Exhibition for artist and Lower School Spanish Teacher Erick Pabellon Perez is being held on Friday, March 5, at InFusion, a Coffee and Tea Gallery at 7133 Germantown Ave. in Philadelphia.

Photo Galleries

Athletics - 2/2/10:

Fencing vs. West Windsor South
Middle School "A" Boys Basketball vs. Village Charter
Middle School "A" Girls Basketball vs. Village Charter

Fox Tracks

Synchronized skaters travel, win together
Courier-Post, February 21, 2010
Senior Alyssa Fox and a Voorhees teammate are profiled after their gold medal performance at the Prague Cup.

Submit all notable out-of-classroom highlights for Fox Tracks to news@mfriends.org.

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