Admissions Welcome to Visitors

Welcome to Moses Brown

Saturday, October 17, 2015

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The Grove Moran Softball Field Wasserman Soccer Field McCulloch Baseball Field Cooper Tennis Courts Campanella Field & Odell Track Mann Field Back Circle Front Circle Rocchio Family Garden Driveway to Main Buildings Lloyd Avenue Entrance Hope Street Exit Service Road Shipping and Receiving

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Full day schedule 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Pancake Breakfast and LS early check-in Back Circle

9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Meet LS Faculty in their classrooms

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Supervised playground activities for children

Jeff d’Entremont, Head of Lower School First grade classroom, for families applying to grades N–2 Supervised playground activities for children

9:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Main Stage productions Back Circle

10:00 a.m – 2:00 p.m.

Open House check-in (all divisions) Friends Hall courtyard

Division Head presentations Jeff d’Entremont, Head of Lower School Fifth grade classroom, for families applying to grades 3–5

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Supervised playground activities for children

Jared Schott, Head of Middle School Hoffman House, room M110A Rachel Moulton, Head of Upper School Friends Hall, Upper Dwares Student Center 11:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Head of School presentation Matt Glendinning Sinclair Room

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Lower school art, science, and woodshop

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Upper and middle school Teacher Features

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch Back Circle

Head of School presentation Matt Glendinning Sinclair Room

1:15 – 1:45 p.m.

If you have questions during the day, MB volunteers wearing yellow lanyards will be happy to help you!

Lower School 8:30 – 10:00

Check-in

9:00 – 11:00 Meet the lower school faculty in their classrooms 9:30 – 10:00 Jeff d’Entremont, Head of Lower School

For families applying to grades N–2 10:30 – 11:00 Jeff d’Entremont, Head of Lower School

For families applying to grades 3–5 11:00 – 11:30 Matt Glendinning, Head of School 11:30 – 1:30 Lower school art, science, and woodshop 1:15 – 1:45

Matt Glendinning, Head of School

Middle School 10:00 – 2:00 Check-in 10:30 – 11:00 Jared Schott, Head of Middle School 11:00 – 11:30 Matt Glendinning, Head of School 11:30 – 12:30 Teacher Feature (two 30-minute sessions) Friction: Why Grease the (S)Kids?: Science In My Own Words: English Eighth Grade Story Corps: English The “You Can Draw Anything” Challenge: Art 1:15 – 1:45

Matt Glendinning, Head of School

Upper School 10:00 – 2:00 Check-in 10:30 – 11:00 Rachel Moulton, Head of Upper School 11:00 – 11:30 Matt Glendinning, Head of School 11:30 – 12:30 Teacher Feature (two 30-minute sessions) Blame it on El Niño: Science Global Medical Ethics: Humanities The “You Can Draw Anything” Challenge: Art Eye Have the Power: English Coding with Arduino: Math 1:15 – 1:45

Matt Glendinning, Head of School

Pancake Breakfast 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Back Circle

Allow the Moses Brown Parents’ Association to treat you to delicious pancakes, and meet MB families at the annual Pancake Breakfast!

The PA is committed to providing parents the knowledge, tools, and skills to fully support their children socially and academically. The PA also supports scholarships and faculty professional development.

Lunch

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Back Circle Enjoy a complimentary, locally-sourced lunch provided by SAGE, MB’s on-site dining vendor.

BBQ Pulled Chicken w/House-Cured Pickles Banh Mi Hot Dog House-Made Vegetable Patty w/Chipotle Aioli (v) House-Fried Potato Chips (v) Cucumber Salad (v) Two Potato Salad (v) Apples and Apple Cider

About Moses Brown Moses Brown School was founded in 1784 by a Quaker entrepreneur who partnered with Samuel Slater to launch the American Industrial Revolution at Slater Mill in Pawtucket, R.I. Located on 33 acres in urban Providence, the school enrolls 780 students ages 3-18 and sends 100% of its graduates to some of the nation’s most selective four-year colleges and universities.

In the two centuries since, Moses Brown has been a place that nurtures the unique talents and attributes of children, urges them on toward new levels of self-discovery and achievement, and always insists on a rigorous commitment to integrity.

Our academic program is a multi-disciplinary liberal arts curriculum that integrates broadbased understanding with strong analytical and communication skills. Every discipline requires students to read with insight, speak persuasively, and write clearly. We use Socratic and inquirybased teaching that nurtures initiative, selfconfidence, and openness to new perspectives.

Our athletic programs yield teams that are successful on and off the field, and our studentathletes regularly go on to compete at the college level in all divisions. Our actors, musicians and fine artists attend some of the most prestigious arts colleges, and student and alumni writers are frequently published.

Moses Brown alumni excel in a broad range of human endeavors – Emmy-winning producers, leading technology entrepreneurs, doctors called in to deal with terrible pandemics, and social activists who dedicate themselves to lives of service.

We hope you enjoy your time at MB. If you find it as engaging and stimulating as we do, we hope you’ll consider joining our community. Come back for a visit – we’d love to see you.

What makes Moses Brown different?

Moses Brown is a Quaker school.

Quakerism is a faith in the Christian tradition which holds that there is an Inner Light in each of us. This belief yields a deep commitment to equality and community, and people of all faiths find resonance in the core human values at the center of Friends (Quaker) education and practice. During our weekly meeting for worship – 30 minutes of silent reflection – students are encouraged to find their voice and share their own truths with the community.

In an educational setting this means three things: Everyone matters. Quaker pedagogy insists that we care for each other as a community, hearing and respecting everyone’s voice, and making sure that school is a safe place for every child.

Silence matters. A practice of reflection and inquiry is essential to living a life of meaning and purpose. In a busy world, these skills are often overlooked. At Moses Brown, we all make time to reflect, to be thoughtful, and to ask probing questions.

Truth matters. For more than two centuries, MB has fostered in students a foundation of personal integrity and respect for others, including the non-violent resolution of conflict and a desire to make a positive difference in the world.

Main Stage productions Back Circle

9:45 – 10:25 a.m.

Faculty Blues Band

10:30 – 10:40 a.m. Lower School Chorus 10:45 – 10:55 a.m. Versatones 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Theater presentation Intermission for Teacher Features 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Upper School Jazz Band 12:35 – 1:05 p.m.

Upper and Middle School Choruses

1:10 – 1:40 p.m.

Improv We Trust

1:45 – 2:15 p.m.

Upper and Middle School Orchestras

Photo courtesy of John Romano P’10 ’11 ’14 ’16 ’18

Athletics

Campanella Field 9:00 a.m.

Soccer (girls) vs Mount Saint Charles 11:00 a.m. Soccer (boys) vs Central Falls 1:00 p.m.

Field Hockey vs Lincoln High School 3:00 p.m.

Football vs Coventry

9:00

Meet Lower School Faculty 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

LS classrooms Faculty are available in their classrooms to discuss academic programs and progressive teaching and learning strategies.

There will be supervised playground activities available for children.

11:30

Sarah Barnum Lower school art

In studio art the children exercise creativity in their thinking and in their work; it is a privilege to witness this process every day.

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Studio of the Three Oaks, upper level Visit our vibrant lower school art studio. Children are invited to try some beading and bookmaking activities.

Anna Hopkins Lower school science

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Burnham House, B104

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Welcome to lower school science! Visit our dynamic science lab specifically designed for lower school children. You can also meet Checkers the corn snake!

I love the lower school science lab at Moses Brown because it’s a place where students discover. Whether it’s holding a sea star and feeling its tube feet move or engineering a complete electrical circuit, students are delighted by what they learn in science because it was a discovery of their very own.

Randy Street

Lower school woodshop 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Studio of the Three Oaks, lower level The woodshop is always a favorite! Make a wooden creation that you can take home.

To inspire the creativity and resourcefulness of children remains, for me, a most worthy and fulfilling endeavor.

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Meet Jeff d’Entremont Head of Lower School 9:30 10:30

Nursery – 2nd 9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Lower School, first grade classroom 3rd – 5th 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Lower School, fifth grade classroom Meet Jeff d’Entremont and discover how the education in lower school combines strong foundational tools while developing 21st-century skills, including creativity, collaboration, and problemsolving.

There will be supervised playground activities available for children.

10:30

Meet Jared Schott Head of Middle School

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Hoffman House, room M110A Meet Jared Schott and hear a discussion on navigating the middle school years and the importance of student, school, and parent partnership.

10:30

Meet Rachel Moulton Head of Upper School

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Friends Hall, Upper Dwares Student Center Meet Rachel Moulton and ask a panel of students about their academic experiences at Moses Brown School.

Meet Matt Glendinning Head of School

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.

1:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Sinclair Room Meet Matt Glendinning and learn about the future of education at Moses Brown School.

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Teacher Feature

Sam Kravitz

Middle school English Two sessions: 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m.

Hoffman House 110B 11:30 12:00

In My Own Words: Using First-Person Accounts of The Dust Bowl and Great Depression to Write Found Poetry Using words and images from primary sources, students will create their own original found poetry in order to better understand the time period and context of a shared class novel, Dovey Coe.

To teach in the middle school you have to be a very special kind of person‌ or have a sense of humor that’s never matured past eighth grade!

Teacher Feature

Maureen Nagle Middle school English

Two sessions: 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m.

Hoffman House 110A 8th Grade Story Corps This project helps students take academic risks to find their authentic voices as they explore who they are and who they want to be through developing their own narratives in our ever more complex world.

When I work one-on-one with our young writers during the writing process, I challenge them to push themselves to develop their unique writers’ voices by asking questions that explore their interests and curiosities.

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Teacher Feature

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Tony Pirruccello-McClellan Middle school science

Two sessions: 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m.

Bready House, 100 Friction: Why Grease the (S)Kids?

Friction is a force that opposes motion. It is necessary for all motion yet impedes the very motion being sought. Too little and we lose control – too much and we waste energy trying to move. Students will work together while using a LabQuest and force meter to compare the friction produced by various surfaces in and out of the classroom. This mini-lab models the very lab that current 8th graders performed in mid-September.

The faculty in MB’s middle school work hard, adore the children, and are just plain fun to work with. Students come to learn, parents support this process, and faculty help to make it happen.

Teacher Feature Art is part of being human; it resides in all of us and it is up to us to keep this alive in our students.

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Cathy Van Lancker

Middle and upper school visual art Two sessions: 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m.

Burnham House, 3rd floor The “You Can Draw Anything Challenge!”

From faces to animals to still life and architectural perspective…I will show (in 20 minutes) how easy and fun it is to break on through to the other side! Gain control of your pencil and conquer your fear of being an “artist!”

Teacher Feature

George Tsakraklides Upper school physics

Two sessions: 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m.

Burnham House, B203 11:30 12:00

Blame it on El Niño Drawing on physics, chemistry, and environmental science, George Tsakraklides – physics teacher and our resident meteorologist – explains what El Niño actually is and what its effects are for our world.

I love to teach because it keeps me young!

Teacher Feature

Laurie Center

Director of STEM Education Two sessions: 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m.

Burnham House, B204 Coding with Arduino Come build and program a traffic light with the open-source Arduino microcontroller, the C language, and a simple three-color LED circuit board.

Consider what changes are necessary for a pedestrian “walk� button. Learn about the power of programming through this hands-on workshop.

Beginners welcome!

I enjoy teaching students about technology, not necessarily how to use specific tools, but rather how to understand the strength and limitation of a specific technology. For me, computer science and programming, in particular, has always been about solving problems, designing solutions, and empowering students.

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Teacher Feature

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Ruffin Powell and Michael Himelfarb Upper school librarian Upper school English

Two sessions: 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m.

Burnham House, B202 Eye Have the Power Explore the application of Bentham’s Panopticon and Foucault’s theory of power with English teacher Michael Himelfarb and Upper School Librarian Ruffin Powell, who co-teach a senior elective analyzing the philosophical roots of and critical approaches to Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games and Shakespeare’s 1 Henry IV. How does surveillance lead to inner surveillance?

Who watches the watchers? And why don’t we pick our noses (in public)?

Information is empowering.We relish giving students the tools to access the info they need to be activists. – Ruffin At MB I have learned to step back and listen, and to encourage my students to do the same. Every class, they reset the goal line and make discoveries I have never considered. – Michael

Teacher Feature

Galen McNemar Hamann Director of Friends Education

Two sessions: 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m.

East Wing, EW213 Global Medical Ethics Modern science and technology have introduced new ethical dilemmas that impact us all. Last year a young woman had an aneurysm and was pronounced brain dead–but she was 14 weeks pregnant. Should she be taken off a ventilator? Who should decide?

The hospital? Her husband? Her parents?

Global Medical Ethics helps our students develop the skills to analyze a case such as this.

In this sample class, you will engage in a hands-on activity to determine who will receive a scarce life-saving resource. We’ll talk about the historical context for such decisions and the ethical considerations that need to be applied.

Friends education provides children with vehicles to reflect upon and explore their places in the world. Sitting in a centered meeting for worship with 11-, 12-, and 13-year-old kids is an amazing experience.

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MB Believes A CAMPAIGN FOR LEARNING, PEOPLE, AND PLACE

Here’s a preview of what’s happening at Moses Brown now and in the years ahead:

Expert Thinking Model In a world where knowledge is growing at a rapid pace, tomorrow’s leaders need to be experts at using available information rather than merely memorizing facts. Through programs like Engineering and Design Learning, the Expert Thinking Model teaches children to integrate skills, apply knowledge, and work in teams to solve real-world problems.

TRIPs TRIPs – Travel, Research, and Immersion Programs – foster a rising generation of civic-minded, multilingual, and ethical global citizens. New courses and a broad array of travel opportunities help students explore cultures, life experiences, and worldviews different from their own, while a marine education program allows students to investigate the ecology and resources of Narragansett Bay.

World-Class Teaching World-Class Teaching is the essential ingredient for educational excellence. To build on our legacy of inspired and inspiring teachers, MB is developing a rigorous model for supporting faculty, from hiring to evaluation and ongoing professional development.

Open Access Moses Brown has put increased scholarship funding at the center of its vision so that we can continue to attract the most talented and diverse students. We believe that enhancing access to MB will allow us to enroll the best minds and expose our students to the broadest range of perspectives, thereby strengthening the educational experience for our entire community.

Woodman Family Center Located at the center of our 33-acre campus, this 34,000-square-foot multifunctional facility is designed to be the physical heart of Moses Brown. Sitting at the crossroads of all three divisions, it connects to a fully-renovated Walter Jones Library and will become the new social, artistic, intellectual, and spiritual hub of campus.

Y-Lab As a home base for the Expert Thinking Model, the Y-Lab will be an incubator where ideas can move from theory to practice, allowing students to make their own discoveries and experience the joy of learning in a space where it’s OK to fail, start again, and make a mess.

Young Learners Center The Young Learners Center is a 13,000-square-foot expansion to MB’s lower school designed to support the way children learn in the 21st century. By clustering together the more ‘hands-on’ disciplines – science, art, music, library, and a children’s Innovation Lab (i-Lab) – the new wing will promote experiential learning, integrative thinking, and group collaboration.

Sailing & Marine Education Center The Sailing & Marine Education Center will provide a waterfront classroom for marine and maritime education, a home for the school’s championship sailing team, and consistent support for the MB TRIPs initiative.

Hugh Madden ’84 Director of Admissions and Financial Aid hmadden@mosesbrown.org (401) 831-7350 x117

Becky Biggs Dean of Lower School Admissions bbiggs@mosesbrown.org (401) 831-7350 x118

Moses Brown School 250 Lloyd Avenue, Providence RI 02906 www.mosesbrown.org (401) 831-7350 x197

Next Steps

Apply online: mosesbrown.org/admissions

Schedule a Visit

Discover how a Moses Brown education could develop your child’s inner promise.

Call the Admissions Office to schedule a campus visit: (401) 831-7350 x197

Attend an Event

Please register online at: mosesbrown.org/admissionsevents

Class Day for Parents

Come discover how we foster creativity and innovation to build confidence and character. At this parents-only event, you’ll spend 25 minutes in two different classes, followed by a question and answer period with administrators and faculty.

Upper School 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Thursday, November 5, 2015 Thursday, December 10, 2015 Thursday, February 11, 2016

Middle School 8:30–10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Lower School 8:45–11:00 a.m.

Monday, November 9, 2015 Thursday, December 3, 2015 Thursday, January 14, 2016

Winter Open House

Experience MB at our Admissions Open House Saturday, January 23, 2016 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.