MFS E-News - January 29, 2010

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Moorestown Friends School E-News - January 29, 2010

Science Fun with the Franklin Institute | MFS Camp Fair - Sat. Feb. 6 | Winter Apparel Sale Ends TODAY
Red and Blue Panel on College Athletics - Mon. Feb. 8 | Parent Council Presents Joline Godfrey -
Tues., Feb. 23 | HFS and MFS Collaborate To Offer Film Screening - Thurs, Feb. 25 | Faculty News
Students Organize Dinner Benefit for Meeting Enrichment Program | Photos

What's Happening at MFS...

Sat., January 30
Franklin Institute Program
for students in Grades K-4,
10-11:30 a.m., DHC
read more below...

Wed., February 3
NO SCHOOL - Faculty In-Service Day

Sat., February 6
18th Annual MFS Camp Fair, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
read more below...

Mon., February 8
Panel Discussion on College Athletics (featuring MFS alumni student-athletes and an administrator), presented by the Red and Blue Club 7 p.m., D'Olier Room of Meeting House
read more below...

Yesterday Penny Tedesco, Community Educational Specialist for the Burlington County chapter of the American Red Cross, accepted checks for $5,690 from Moorestown Friends School fundraising efforts for Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Tedesco briefed Upper School students on relief efforts in Haiti prior to Meeting for Worship for Business.

Tues., February 9
MS/US Parent Conferences, 3:30 - 9 p.m.

Wed., February 10
> Lower School Step-Up Night, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
> Grade 11 College Evening for students and their families, 7 - 9 p.m., DHC

February 12-15
NO SCHOOL - Winter Break

View the complete MFS calendar

Science Fun with the Franklin Institute Offered for K-4 Students: Saturday, January 30

MFS students in kindergarten through fourth grade and guests considering application to the school are invited to attend Science Fun with the Franklin Institute on Saturday, January 30 from 10 - 11:30 a.m. in the Dining Hall Commons. This year the program is titled "Lightning, Twisters and Hail!" The Franklin Institute traveling weather show reveals the science of weather...to the extreme. Where does our weather come from, and what factors make it a sunny day or a blustery one? Watch the presenter make a cloud, explore thunder and lightning, and even create snow. We promise a stormy ending to this show as the presenter demonstrates the power of a tornado.

Students must be accompanied by an adult. Please RSVP for this program by contacting the Admissions Office via e-mail or by phone: 856-914-4426.

18th Annual Camp Fair: Saturday, February 6

Moorestown Friends School will host its 18th annual Camp Fair on Saturday, February 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the school’s Field House. This is the largest Camp Fair in South Jersey, featuring approximately 80 camps. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. The Camp Fair is sponsored by the MFS Parent Council. There will be face painting and other entertainment for children, and refreshments and lunch will be available for purchase.

MFS is home to several summer camps in 2010:

ESF Summer Camps are activity day camps for children ages 4 to 15.
- New in 2010: The ESF Innovation Project
Philadelphia Eagles Summer Camp, where campers will learn from greats such as Vince Papale, Garry Cobb and others.
Little Sixers Day Camp (for children ages 5-7) - A positive, non-competitive environment to excite kids about the game of basketball.

View photos from the 2009 Camp Fair

Red and Blue Club Presents Panel on Collegiate Athletics - Mon. February 8


Feyerherm	Harbist	Stouffer

On Monday, February 8, at 7 p.m. in the D'Olier Room of the Meeting House, the Red and Blue Club will host an alumni panel discussion about collegiate athletics and the expectations of student-athletes on and off the field. The evening will be a great opportunity for current MFS students to hear, first hand, the challenges and benefits of playing a sport in college. The panel will include:

Sarah Feyerherm ’82 - a three-sport athlete at Hamilton College and now the Vice President of Student Affairs at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. Before taking on her current position, Sarah served as the Head Field Hockey Coach, Assistant Athletic Director, Director of Student Development Programs and Associate Dean of Students.

Ann Stouffer ’07 - a standout three-sport athlete at MFS and a team captain for the Temple University Women’s Lacrosse team.

Nick Harbist ’08 - another standout three-sport athlete at MFS and now on the Baseball team at Swarthmore College.

The Red and Blue Athletic Booster Club is a parent organization that provides active support for the MFS athletic department. The club will meet again on the following evenings at 7 p.m. in the Moriuchi Room of Stokes Hall:

Monday, March 8, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010

MFS Winter Apparel Sale Orders Accepted through Monday, Feb. 1

The order deadline for the MFS Winter Apparel Sale is TODAY. However, orders will be accepted in person at the Stokes Hall reception desk or the Athletics office until the end of day on Monday, February 1.

WINTER SPORTS SALE WORKSHEET AND ORDER FORM

For more information about the sale and future sales, click here.

Parent Council Presents Joline Godfrey - Tues., February 23

On Tuesday, February 23, Joline Godfrey will be on campus to meet with students during the day and will make a presentation at the second All-School Parent Council Meeting at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium. Godfrey is a nationally known authority on the topic of financial intelligence for young people – recognized in features on the "Today Show," "Oprah," The New York Times and Business Week. She is the author of Raising Financially Fit Kids and works specifically with students to help them learn financial concepts and practice financial values to guide a lifetime of savings. Joline’s approach encourages students to set financial goals through budgeting, living within one’s means, establishing credit through savings and building equity and nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit.

Copies of Raising Financially Fit Kids will be available for sale at the Parent Council presentation.

Screening of Film The Prep School Negro Planned for February 25
Filmmaker André Lee To Appear for Q & A

Moorestown Friends School and Haddonfield Friends School are pleased to collaborate to present a screening of The Prep School Negro on Thursday, February 25 at 7 p.m. in the D'Olier Room of the Meeting House. In addition to the film screening (approx. 55 min.), a discussion will follow featuring a Q & A session with filmmaker and Germantown Friends School alum André Lee.

About the Film

André Robert Lee and his sister grew up in the ghettos of Philadelphia. Their mother struggled to support them by putting strings in the waistbands of track pants and swimsuits in a local factory. When André was 14 years old, he received what his family believed to be a golden ticket – a full scholarship to attend one of the most prestigious prep schools in the country. Elite education was André’s way up and out, but at what price? Yes, the exorbitant tuition was covered, but this new world cost him and his family much more than anyone could have anticipated. In The Prep School Negro, André takes a journey back in time to revisit the events of his adolescence while also spending time with current day prep school students of color and their classmates to see how much has really changed inside the ivory tower.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP by Tuesday, February 16 to Karen Washington, Director of Multicultural Affairs, via e-mail or at ext. 254.

Faculty News

MS/US Vocal/Music Instructor Melissa Malvar-Keylock is on the board of directors for the New Jersey Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (NJACDA). The American Choral Directors Association is the world’s largest organization for choral directors. Its 20,000-plus members are leaders of choruses of all kinds, elementary school through university choruses, church and temple choirs, community choruses and professional choirs, plus representatives of the music industry. The New Jersey Chapter, offers its 420-plus members professional contact, assistance and activities at the local level, including honor choirs, a high school choral festival and a two-day summer convention.

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Priscilla Taylor-Williams, Chester Reagan Chair for Religious and Quaker Studies, was part of a panel of individuals invited by the Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) to develop lesson plans used as part of CSEE's recently published Pathmaps curriculum. Pathmaps helps students develop their spiritual lives and provides activities that schools can use in classrooms to support areas that include: values and beliefs, intentional action, relationships, meaning and purpose, awe and mystery, self-knowledge/self-worth and transformative experiences. The goal of the panel was to meet the needs of a diverse range of independent schools.