Moorestown Friends School E-News - April 22, 2011

Alumni Weekend Schedule - May 6-7 | Tea and Tour of Paulsdale - May 21
MFS in the News | View the MFS 225th Anniversary Video

Construction Kickoff for Greenleaf Classroom Building to Open Alumni Weekend 2011!

The entire MFS community is invited to a Construction Kickoff ceremony for the Greenleaf Classroom Building on Friday, May 6 at 1:30 p.m. This will be the opening event for Alumni Weekend and all MFS students will also be in attendance.

Thanks to over $4 million in commitments from lead donors, the MFS School Committee has approved beginning the renovation of the 15,000-square-foot South Annex building on the school’s Greenleaf property to become a new classroom building. The building will be the home of the Math Department (eight classrooms) and will also contain a soundproof choral music suite. A new path leading from the tennis courts will bring students and faculty to the building.

“We have developed wonderful architectural plans for this project,” said Head of School Larry Van Meter ’68. “This effort will help us significantly address the classroom shortage we have in the Middle and Upper School, and once we are able to move the Math Department to the Greenleaf property, we will then be able to create more science labs in the lower level of the Middle and Upper School.”

Fundraising for the capital campaign, which is addressing these classroom and lab needs, is ongoing.

Parking is available at the former Acme parking lot at 123 Chester Ave.

Alumni Weekend Includes Dinner Among Friends, Color Day, Red Sock Run and more! Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7

Alumni Weekend IS IN TWO WEEKS! Register today for the variety of activities available to the Moorestown Friends School community. At the Dinner Among Friends, three community members will be honored by the MFS Alumni Association: Judy Greenfield Faulkner '61 (Alice Paul Merit Award), Warren Sawyer (Service Award), Jordan Barbour '01 (Young Alumni Award). As part of the school's 225th anniversary celebration, for one year only Color Day is being revived as part of Alumni Weekend...enjoy fun activities for all ages.

SCHEDULE:

Friday, May 6

Saturday, May 7

8:00 a.m.	Registration begins for the 5K, 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk, Toddler Trek and Color Day, and continues through 9:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m.	5K Race
9:00 a.m.	Color Day – featuring the Red Sock Run Alumni, parents and students are encouraged to come out and participate in the Red Sock Run and a series of field games to earn points for the Red or Blue Teams.
9:20 a.m.	Toddler Trek
10:45 a.m.	Color Day activities end, and the winning team will be announced and presented with the MFS Spirit Stick.
11:30 a.m.	Meeting For Worship, Meeting House
12:30 p.m.	Luncheon in Honor of the 50th Reunion Class and all prior classes, Dining Hall Commons (a separate invitation and RSVP card for this event was mailed to those classes)
12:30 p.m.	FREE Alumni Association Picnic, Field House/Commons
1:30 p.m.	Student Guided Tours, depart from Stokes Hall Lobby.
2:00 p.m.	Alumni Association Meeting, D'Olier Room of Meeting House
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.	Head of School’s Reception and Alumni Art Exhibition, Greenleaf Main Building, 28 East Main Street, Moorestown

225th Anniversary Special Event:
Tour and Tea at Paulsdale
128 Hooton Road, Mount Laurel
Saturday, May 21 – 2 p.m.

Join us for an afternoon at the home of one of the school’s most notable alumnae. MFS invites all members of the community to the home of Alice Paul, on Hooton Road in Mount Laurel. Now run by the Alice Paul Institute, Paulsdale was owned by former faculty member and alumni parent, Miriam Feyerherm. This is a great opportunity to spend time exploring a historic local landmark with a direct connection to MFS. Miriam, along with former Social Studies Teacher Margaret Barnes Mansfield, will be your tour guides for the afternoon.

REGISTER HERE

MFS in the News

Young scientists' work gets noticed >>>
Courier-Post, April 14

Young Scholars To Present Research at YES Competition
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 16

View the 225th Anniversary Commemorative Video...

*Click here to purchase Doing Well and Doing Good: MFS at 225*

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