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Curriculum Guide
View our curriculum By Grade (Preschool-Grade 8), or Division (Early Childhood, Lower School, Middle School), or Overview of all subjects, and By Subject using the tabs below.
If you have any questions about the guide, please contact Assistant Head of School and Director of Admissions & Program Angela DiMaria.
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Our Mission
We awaken the passion and potential of all individuals within a welcoming, diverse community led by Quaker values.
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The Middle School Advisory classes provide unique opportunities for students to build community within their grade cohort...
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The Visual Arts Program at MPFS combines the rigor of intense learning in and through the arts with a focus on individuality...
Concepts: Identify and use elements of art: line, shape, color, texture, pattern...
Skills: Developmental drawing, Painting and color mixing, primary and secondary, Printmaking, Collage, Three dimensional sculptural techniques...
Skills: Drawing including perspective and three dimensional objects, Architectural drawing, Still life drawing, Painting using acrylic/watercolor with advanced
applications...
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The school counselor comes to the preschool through grade 5 classrooms alternating weeks to teach valuable social and emotional skills...
Group Guidance: Healthy communication skills, friendship skills, decision-making and social problem solving skills...
Group Guidance: Healthy communication skills, friendship skills, decision-making and social problem solving skills...
Group Guidance: Continue to build upon those skills learned in 1st - 3rd grades, Leaders for Lower School (socially, academically, emotionally)...
Nutrition & Mental Health: Human Anatomy & Physiology, My Plate (The New Food Pyramind), Portion Distortion, Feelings and Food...
Neurobiology: The Brain & Addiction: Letting Values & Testimonies Guide You...Self-Care (healthy brain & body), Integrity & Community...
Human Sexuality: Decision-Making & Stress...Realistic Scenarios and Role Playing, Setting Boundaries (body, brain, relationships)...
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Our Information Technology classes are indicators of the intentional 21st century skills we foster in our students...
Inquire: Develop questions about a topic, Connect previous knowledge to what is being taught in the classroom...
Curate: Begin to learn how to do research and discern which sources are most useful...