Nov. 30, 2005

MOORESTOWN FRIENDS STUDENT NAMED DELAWARE VALLEY SCIENCE FINALIST

MOORESTOWN – Moorestown Friends senior Ted Kreider of Moorestown has been named a finalist in the Delaware Valley Science Council’s competition. He is among 42 students from high schools in southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware who received the designation.

Kreider was among 160 students who took the competitive exams in October. He competed in chemistry and in physics. Those named finalists will be interviewed by small teams of outstanding area scientists and engineers. During the interviews, students are judged not only on their science expertise, but on their poise, communications skills and demonstrated well-roundedness.

Additionally, the students will have the opportunity to interact with professional engineers and scientists who are willing to share their educational and career experiences.

All finalists are invited to an awards dinner in the spring. During that event, three categories of awards – science council awards, professional society awards and specific directed awards – will be granted to honorees in amounts ranging from $100 to $1,000.

Kreider, who has attended MFS since he was three years old, plans to study chemistry in college next year. He was selected to attend the 2005 Governor’s School in the Sciences at Drew University in Madison, a state-sponsored, highly competitive honors program in which he explored current topics in scientific research, conducted hands-on investigation and met scientists who will share with students their concerns about scientific issues affecting society.

Kreider is a member of Moorestown Friends’ Cum Laude Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society. He also is a National Merit Commended Scholar for having placed among the top five percent of those taking the test PSAT/NMSQT or Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test and an Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction for having received an average grade of 3.5 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on five or more AP exams.

Kreider serves as clerk of the Upper School Meeting for Business (the MFS equivalent of student body president); editor-in-chief of the school newspaper and president of the Service Club, the Spanish Club, the Operation Smile community service club and the Society for English Humor, also known as the Monty Python Club. He has had roles in every school musical and dramatic production since freshman year, and has played both varsity soccer and tennis.