Moorestown Friends School
| Moorestown Friends School | |
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| Location | |
| 110 East Main Street Moorestown, NJ 08057 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private, Independent, Coed. |
| Established | 1785 |
| Head of school | Laurence (Larry) Van Meter |
| Faculty | 100 |
| Grades | Preschool - 12th |
| Enrollment | 729 (in PS-12 as of 2015-2016) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Color(s) |
Red Blue |
| Athletics conference | Friends Schools League, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association |
| Team name | Foxes |
| Yearbook | The Cupola |
| Website | www |
Moorestown Friends School (also known as MFS) is a private, coeducational Quaker day school located in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2015-2016 school year, the school had an enrollment of 729 students in preschool through grade 12 and 100 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of approximately 8:1.
The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1991. MFS is also a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools.
During the 1991-92 school year, Moorestown Friends School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.
In 2007, Barbara Quinn Kreider, chair of the science department and chemistry teacher, was recognized as the New Jersey parochial school teacher of the year, after her successful freshmen science program was rated number one in the country.
Historian James C. Scott dedicated his 1990 book Domination and the Arts of Resistance to Moorestown Friends School.
Moorestown Friends School was created in 1785 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The original building stood in what is now Maple Shade Township, New Jersey. It was built before any public school was established in Moorestown. Soon after, another building was erected on the current site, next to the Moorestown Meetinghouse.
In 1827, the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, which the Moorestown Monthly Meeting is a part of, split into the Orthodox and Hicksite meetings. The Orthodox school stayed on the current site under the name "Moorestown Friends Academy", while a Hicksite school called "Moorestown Friends High School" a block away. The two schools recombined under the name "Moorestown Friends School" in 1920 at the current site.
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