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Moorestown Friends School (also known as MFS) is a private, coeducational Quaker day school located at East Main Street and Chester Avenue in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2013-2014 school year, the school had an enrollment of 722 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.〔(Moorestown Friends School ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed July 24, 2011.〕 MFS is also a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools〔(School Search ), New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 24, 2011.〕 and the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools.〔(Listing of ADVIS member schools ), Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools. Accessed July 24, 2011.〕 ==Awards and recognition== 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,〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed March 28, 2011.〕 the highest award an American school can receive.〔"CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", ''Journal Inquirer'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."〕〔Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test" ''The Washington Post''. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."〕 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.〔Camilli, Danielle. ("MFS science teacher wins top N.J. honor" ), ''Burlington County Times'', October 4, 2007. Accessed March 6, 2008.〕 Historian James C. Scott dedicated his 1990 book ''Domination and the Arts of Resistance'' to Moorestown Friends School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moorestown Friends School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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