Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Martin's Prekindergarten class, together with Middle School student volunteers, help prepare food bags for the school's annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. The donated food was delivered to New Visions Center in Camden.

Thursday, Nov. 24
No School – Thanksgiving

Friday, Nov. 25
No School – Thanksgiving Break

Saturday, Nov. 26
Alumni Soccer Game, 10 a.m.

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

Tuesday, Nov. 29
Bring A Friend to Friends, Nov. 29 – Dec. 2

Friday, Dec. 2
Find Out Friday, 7:55 – 8:25 a.m., For Grades K – 1

Saturday, Dec. 3

• SAT, off-campus
• Admissions Testing, 9 a.m.

On November 5, members of the varsity boys soccer team volunteered their time at Campbell's Field to help prepare supplies and logistics for the Run the Bridge to benefit the Larc School, held on November 6.

Sunday, Dec. 4
Robotics Competition, 7:30 a.m., DH/C & West Gym

Monday, Dec. 5
Winter Play Auditions, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 6
Winter Play Auditions, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 7
MS Winter Concert, 7 p.m., Auditorium

Thursday, Dec. 8

• Winter Play Auditions, 4:30 p.m.
• Grade 3 Camp Bernie Parents Meeting, 7 – 8 p.m., Stokes Lobby
• College Guidance Evening for Juniors & their parents, 7 – 9 p.m., DHC

Friday, Dec. 9

• Half-Day for students, 11:45 a.m. dismissal
• Find Out Friday, 7:55 - 8:25 a.m., For Grades 2 – 4
• US Sports Practice, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
• US Holiday Ball, 7:30 p.m., DHC

Congratulations to the following student-athletes who were named to Friends Schools League all-star teams:

Boys Cross-Country
First team: Senior Stephen Dwyer >>>
Honorable Mention: Senior Ted Barrett and
junior Alex Howard

Girls Cross-Country
First Team: Senior Carolyn Chelius

Field Hockey
First team: Seniors Laura Bader, Lara Savon and Kate Siegeltuch
Honorable Mention: Juniors Kailey Burgess and Nicole Hovatter

Boys Soccer
First team: Sophomore Dan Richards
Honorable Mention: Senior Dan Salowe and junior Ethan Carilli

Girls Soccer
First team: Senior Brianna Howarth and Freshman Vanessa Kara

Girls' Tennis
First team: Senior Amanda Connell
Honorable Mention: Freshman Katie Teitelbaum

The December 4 Robotics competition at MFS will include a "Kid Drive Zone."

On Sunday, December 4, MFS will host a FIRST Tech Challenge New Jersey State Qualifying Robotics Competition. The competition will include 24 teams, including two MFS teams - MFS Hawks and MFS Falcons. The MFS Foxes have already qualified so the team will not be competing, but will help to run the event including the "Kid Drive Zone." The event will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Competition will begin at approximately 10 a.m. MFS families are invited to bring their children to watch the event and cheer on the MFS teams. Parents are expected to stay with their children during the event.

Nationally syndicated radio host Michael Smerconish will present a keynote speech at the MFS Mock Republican Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, January 10.

The MFS candidates are Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon 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 learn about the electoral process.

Michael Smerconish hosts the syndicated radio program The Michael Smerconish Program which reaches more than 50 markets across the United States. He is the author of five books, two of them New York Times bestsellers. He pens a twice-weekly column in the Philadelphia Inquirer and is a contributor to The Daily Beast. Smerconish is also an on-air contributor with MSNBC. In 2008, he covered both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions for the network. He appears regularly on Hardball with Chris Matthews (a program he has guest hosted), and has been a guest on virtually every television program where politics are discussed, including the NBC Today Show, The Colbert Report, The O'Reilly Factor, Larry King Live, The View, and Real Time With Bill Maher.

Additional speakers and workshop presenters are being scheduled and updates will be provided as the election draws closer.

View photos from the 2008 Mock Primary Election

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

The Moorestown Friends School Arts Department is very pleased to introduce its new Adjunct Music Faculty Program that will offer weekly, private, 30-minute music lessons taught by highly respected local music educators The lessons are available to students in 5th-12th grades. Cost per lesson is $30.

The program will begin the week of November 28, from 3:15-5:15 PM each day, after school on campus.

Interested families should contact the individual instructors directly to schedule lessons. There are a limited number of lesson times available and, due to space limitations and instructor availability, instructors are only on campus certain days.

Financial arrangements are made directly with individual instructors.

If you have questions, please contact Brian Howard, MFS Arts Department Chair, via e-mail or by phone at (856) 235-2900 ex. 286.

Click here for more information and for instructor contact information.

Ms. Economopolous' preschool class recently welcomed neurosurgeon and parent Dr. Joan O'Shea to visit and share her interest in brain surgery. The students had an interactive lesson about helmet safety and even performed a pretend surgery on a friend who forgot to wear his helmet.

Lower School Grandparents Day

The Music Man >>>