Notes from Pages Lane

This section of Among Friends takes its name from Pages Lane, the road that bisected the Moorestown Friends School campus prior to the construction of Stokes Hall in 1986.

A Clubs Fair gave Upper School students the opportunity to learn about the more than 40 clubs they can join this year.

September 21 September 17

Many teachers brought students to the campus Peace Pole and shared information about The Peace Pole Project on the International Day of Peace.

September 14

Grade 12 Peer Leaders hosted and coordinated Outdoor Freshman Fun Day, featuring team-building activities, games, and fun. Peer leaders will meet with ninth graders throughout the year to help them acclimate to the Upper School. Grade 7 Quest students worked in small groups to take on the Marshmallow Challenge which tested their engineering skills.

Jordan Grabelle

’22 (pictured with Head of School Julia de la Torre) was selected as the 2020 recipient of the G2 Overachievers Student Grant. Every year Pilot Pen and actress, singer, and film producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas present the award to one exceptional young scholar (aged 13 to 19) who is making a difference in the lives of others outside the classroom, with a grant of $12,500 to further their education and support their initiative and $2,500 to support their school. Jordan is the founder and executive director of a nonprofit called Love Letters for Literacy (LLL). LLL equips families in need with handmade literacy packets to make teaching the letters of the alphabet easy and fun.

June 8

May 10

Lower Schoolers were able to enjoy a modified version of outdoor Fun Day - always a favorite!

May 20

Middle School Spirit Week involved a number of grade and divisional bonding activities. The student body selected theme days, like the pictured “Minions” from “Favorite Character Day,” and created challenges and artistic activities to enjoy with peers.

May 17

The Middle School musical cast performed Cinderella made virtually available to the entire school community during the weekend of May 21-23.

Sixth Grade Science Teacher Matt Lubicky and his students created an on-campus scale model of the solar system that provided great perspective about the distance of the planets from each other and from the sun. Lower School classes enjoyed visiting the scale model on the athletic fields.

March 16

The Foxy Jukebox, the Upper School a cappella group, performed the song “Titanium” in the Varsity Vocals International Championship of High School A Cappella (ICHSA) Mid-Atlantic region semifinals.