A wonderful place that takes great care of students, but which struggles to really live the values it professes. Judgmental and unforgiving culture that tacitly enforces an orthodoxy of thought. Yes There are 2 helpful reviews 2 No. My duties included watching children and coming up with new and fun activities for the to play.
I had to make sure that they were safe and having fun. Pros Fun work environment. Cons Had to continuously think of new activities. Care to share? Help people considering your employer. Share your experience. I love the school and the kids that are a big part of it. Really enjoyed my supervisor and had a lot of fun collaborating and working with her.
This educational community is one of the highest-level that includes academic achievement and social responsibility. Jobs at Moses Brown School. Maintenance Grounds Person. Extended Day Teacher. Claim this company page. Want to know more about working here? Ninth grade Ninth graders typically study biology regular or Honors.
In addition to course content, students are coached in effective and efficient study skills. Tenth grade Sophomores generally study inorganic and physical chemistry, chemical nomenclature, stoichiometry, and some organic chemistry. Students in Honors Chemistry also explore nuclear and electrochemistry, organic chemistry, and the mathematical underpinnings of chemical interactions.
Eleventh grade Juniors take Physics conceptual, regular, or AP , and explore the forces and mathematical relationships that govern the movements of everything from atomic particles to supernovae, and phenomena like waves, electricity, and magnetism. Advanced courses are mathematically rigorous and require instructor approval. Twelfth grade Seniors are able to curate their own advancement in science through a diverse menu of interesting and challenging electives.
Advanced courses are not limited to AP courses, with offerings in meteorology, astronomy, ornithology, genetics, marine biology, and more. Students interested in the applied sciences can take programming, robotics, engineering, and other electives. How can we turn garbage into energy? What if we could design and build our own desks with a 3D printer?
Moses Brown science is Young authored over 60 articles for the Encyclopedia Britannica, derived a mathematical constant that is still used by modern engineers, and diagnosed the true cause of astigmatism. Using the now-famous double slit experiment— in which light refracting through two parallel slits casts a wave pattern on a screen—he showed that light behaves like a wave and a particle.
With leading-edge technology like 3D printers, laser cutters, and digital prototyping software—and low-tech modeling materials like sticky notes, cardboard, and glue guns—the Y-Lab is a place where inventors, tinkerers, and creators of all ages can engineer solutions for the questions we have yet to ask.
Nothing may be more relevant to success in the 21st century than fluency in the language of computers—code. By practicing algorithmic thinking in math class and deductive reasoning and problem-finding in science, students are constantly honing the skills that support strong work in the applied sciences. With math and science electives, open access to the Y-Lab, and an everevolving selection of student clubs, students have as much structure and freedom as they would like to explore, tinker, and invent.
In Discrete Math through Python Programming, students learn about social decision making, matrix applications, graph theory, counting techniques, set theory, and fractals. Python Programming and Programming for the ArduinoTM give students experience using common software and firmware platforms,. Additionally, the regular reinforcement of Quaker values helps students learn to be thoughtful, responsible digital citizens.
The Art of Science dives into the fascinating intersection of two disciplines. With a VEX robotics team, chess club, and more, students have ample opportunities to stretch their abilities with interested faculty and likeminded friends. And in addition to. Students will analyze problems, create algorithms, and program in RobotC, combining imagination and passion to explore how robots can help solve meaningful problems and improve life for people around the world.
Students will learn to look at mathematical structures and computations that are discrete or finite countable sets rather than continuous functions, through the lens of Python Programming. Topics include simple and complicated probability calculations; special probability models for binary data; social decision making through election theory and fair division; matrix applications; graph theory with traveling salesman or shortest route algorithms; and counting techniques of permutations and combinations.
Python programming structures introduced include variables and expressions, procedures and functions, conditions and recursion, and string vectors. Students will get hands-on experience writing programs to solve specific challenges. They need to be able to work in teams; write sophisticated objectoriented code; design, test, and revise working robots; and know how to navigate the rewarding and hazardous waters of the internet.
Ninth grade Ninth graders can take Computer Programming in Python, which introduces the Python language and concepts like variables, expressions, procedures and functions, conditions and recursion, and string vectors.
They can also take Programming with ArduinoTM , a one-semester elective that introduces principles of digital design, Boolean algebra, and electronic circuitry through hands-on experimentation with sensors, motors, lights, and the ArduinoTM programming language.
Tenth grade Sophomores are invited to study Python, computer programming with the ArduinoTM , introductory robotics, engineering and design, and more. Students with demonstrated ability in computer science can enroll in AP Computer Science Principles, opening the way to specialized advanced study in computer science. Eleventh grade Juniors with a passion for technology and computers have a tremendous variety of electives available to them.
Twelfth grade Seniors with a love of computers and technology can explore as far as their aptitude will take them. Many do their senior project in a technical field. To prepare them, Moses Brown asks students to use these skills constantly—in and outside technology classes—so that they become second nature. These concepts are reinforced in many disciplines. By the time they graduate, Moses Brown students have prototyped, iterated, innovated, and designcycled. After that An avid history student, Brannen was intrigued by Cuba after studying the Cold War.
Brannen was also struck by the economic disparity. Buy this to bring back home to your family! Bien trabajo, Brannen! World Languages Language is the lifeblood of culture.
Of course, it also opens myriad travel opportunities and ways of connecting with other people and cultures. Students at Moses Brown go beyond conjugation to understand the idioms and cultural referents that animate languages. They listen, speak, read, and write to find their own natural relationship with a language. And with local field trips to world-language communities and illuminating in-class visitors, they get ample practice putting their skills to work. All language instruction at Moses Brown sits upon a foundation of Quaker values that asserts that all people are equally deserving of respect.
And thus, by learning to pronounce another language well and master its grammar, we honor other cultures and step outside our own perspectives. French and Spanish students learn to converse like natives, practicing the expressions and inflections that help a language sit naturally on the tongue, and which mark them as speakers with understanding and ability.
Students of Latin develop a facility with the grammar and syntax of Latin that lets them read and discuss the classics with insight. Mandarin Chinese students learn to speak and listen with correct pronunciation and intonation, and to understand the social structures that guide proper use of the language.
They learn characters at a pace that, in upper years, approaches college-level study, and inform their study of the language with a rigorous examination of culture. With three years of required language instruction, every Moses Brown student has more than one way of communicating with other people, and an in-depth understanding of other cultural viewpoints around the world.
Latin Students lay a foundation in grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, and practice them with readings and composition exercises, studying the etymology of English words, and by learning about ancient Roman civilization. They translate texts, practicing declensions, conjugations, and tenses, and compare the world they live in with the ancient world. In addition to learning the mechanics of Latin, students gain an understanding of Caesar as a general, Roman society, and the Roman quest for land and power.
Ultimately, they study Catullus, Horace, and Ovid as literature, social and political commentary, and entertainment, and master literary devices such as anaphora, chiasmus, synchesis, and alliteration. French Students learn to read, write, and speak in real-world situations. Those students who already have a strong foundation spend even more time speaking and listening and expand their vocabulary to be able to convey medical information, get around an unfamiliar city, and use idiomatic expressions.
They read French fiction and watch French films with confidence and understanding. Students focus on writing and speaking like a native with proper use of idiomatic expressions and a natural sense of how and when to shift modes and tenses. They discuss current events, watch and review French cinema, and put their own abilities on display as they write, shoot, and produce a short film of their own.
AP French students can choose to culminate their year with the Advanced Placement exam. Spanish Classes are conducted mainly in Spanish, and students practice in the Whitford Language Lab to hone their listening and speaking skills. Advanced students build a foundation for success with the AP curriculum, finding joy in the process of gaining fluency, learning to think in Spanish rather than simply translating their thoughts. In advanced classes, each student is required to teach a full class on a topic of their choosing, entirely in Spanish.
This demanding and exhilarating experience requires students to prepare thoroughly and be able to think on their feet. Mandarin Students learn the building blocks of Chinese through interactive conversations, tonal pronunciation, the structural components of simplified Chinese characters, basic vocabulary and sentence structures, and how to write Chinese characters, as well as pinyin, the official phonetic transcription system for Mandarin.
Students practice real-world activities like shopping, bargaining, and exchanging items at a Chinese store in Mandarin. They also practice the customary speech patterns that build relationships in the Chinese-speaking world. Continually building their vocabularies, they discover they can converse comfortably about school life, transportation, travel, weather, and more.
Students communicate exclusively in Chinese during class, and practice discussing medical information with a Chinese-speaking doctor, negotiating a lease, writing advertisements, and booking travel arrangements. Ultimately, they learn characters and expressions at a pace approaching that of a college-level course, and enjoy material created for native speakers—chapter books, newspaper articles, poems, songs, TV shows, and movies.
Language TRIPs Upper school language classes are dynamic and immersive, but nothing matches the educational value of throwing yourself into an environment where you have to speak the language to navigate the day. Who am I? Is life real, or just something inside my head? What happens after we die? Does life just go by, or does it have lasting meaning? These are questions no teacher can answer. But they can teach you to find the echoes of the answers in the song you sing, in the way a curve of paint dries upon its canvas.
The arts are an essential academic subject at Moses Brown because of the ways they integrate skills learned in other disciplines, and bring students back, over and over again, to the essential humanity in all people—the central tenet of Quaker values. Whether students are already highly accomplished or are trying something for the first time, Moses Brown offers an extensive range of opportunities for visual, musical, and performing artists to develop their craft and artistry.
In studio art, students work with everything from charcoal to paint to ceramics and found-object art. Students who want to go further have ample after-school activities to follow their interests into deeper territory.
In the performing arts, they have access to chorus, strings, wind ensemble, jazz band, and plays, musicals, and improv ensembles that offer opportunities to act, sing, dance, and learn the ropes of technical production. No matter which arts offerings they choose to pursue, every student gets an introduction—and maybe discovers some answers within. Trial and error is not a process that is comfortable for many of our students. We try to encourage them to embrace failure as valuable, even a requirement for success.
Street, US Visual Arts. Some students are destined for a career in the arts. Other students may not choose a career in the arts. For those students, it is still essential to know how art is made, how to appreciate it with knowledge and respect, and to know that every person is capable of making an artistic contribution. No matter their path, every student has ample opportunities to explore new disciplines and nurture their natural talents.
Music In a classical education, Music is part of the Quadrivium—the four essential subjects. In addition to profoundly mathematical thinking, music builds self-discipline, attentive listening skills, and the ability to function selflessly as part of a larger group. With a wide range of instrumental and choral ensembles, students can try a new instrument or hone their abilities in an environment that is both supportive and challenging.
Drama Whether taking the stage or learning to control the professional-grade systems in the Woodman Center, students enjoy a richlysupported drama program at Moses Brown. While this training is formative for future actors, the critical listening, empathizing, and performative skills in drama help in every endeavor: doctors empathize with patients, entrepreneurs connect with investors, and professionals learn how to make their ideas come alive for colleagues.
Visual Arts Student artists explore a wide variety of media in a student-centered, process-based approach to artmaking. Whether drawing, painting, sculpting, or making found-object transformations, they are constantly challenged to adapt media to their own sense of expression.
As they hone their technical abilities, they also learn to analyze and express aesthetic and artistic choices to critique and improve their work. This axiom is borne out by decades of peer-reviewed research that has found that the metabolic boost provided by regular exercise supercharges the brain, enhancing both cognitive and executive functions.
In short, exercise makes you smarter and helps you focus. For students who are passionate about sports, Moses Brown offers 28 teams in 16 sports across three seasons. These teams are exciting and competitive, but always put good sportsmanship first, with results on the scoreboard close behind. Students are coached by a mix of specialized skill-building professionals and the classroom teachers and advisors with whom they have close relationships.
These connections often help teachers support students off the field, both academically and socially. In addition to providing neurocognitive benefits, sports are just fun. Students form lasting friendships with their teammates, learning to trust and rely on one another both on the field and off as they navigate the exciting and complex challenges of adolescence. And with a constant reinforcement of the Quaker values that animate MB, they learn to be the kinds of competitors that other teams respect.
For those students with extraordinary gifts, Moses Brown is a nurturing and competitive environment that consistently turns competitors into champions. Moses Brown has a long tradition of athletic excellence. Our sports program emphasizes cooperation, sportsmanship, and teamwork, and in learning to be part of a team, kids find they are part of something bigger than themselves. They learn perseverance, sharpen skills, develop self-discipline, and foster their own healthy physical development.
Varsity and J. Our focus is squarely on training and competing as hard as we can with integrity and honor. One nice byproduct of this approach is that it builds great teams.
With hundreds of state, league, and conference championships in our year history, students often discover their hard work pays dividends in the postseason. Quakerism holds that we all have an Inner Light and are equally deserving of dignity and respect. Since the 17th century, this has afforded a genuine welcome to people of all faiths. Other positive tenets emerge from the central premise of Quakerism—that we have a duty to care for each other and the Earth, that we bear a responsibility to use our gifts for the greater good of all, and that we must always think and act with integrity.
In addition to weekly silent reflection, students bring moral thinking into their classrooms, studios, and playing fields, with a focus on social justice, service learning, integrity, and sportsmanship. Whether discussing the complex nuances of medical ethics, the dynamic politics of the Middle East, or systemic social problems here in America, students develop an authentic appreciation for the benefit of multiple viewpoints.
In doing so, they listen carefully, think deeply, and speak with confidence. Because Quakerism holds that we each have an Inner Light, there is no need for dogma or intermediation with the spiritual self.
This means that people of all faiths—including nonbelievers—have an authentic place of welcome and respect in the Quaker community. Visitors are welcome, and there is no better way to understand the moving power of Meeting than to experience it for oneself.
The central practice of Friends is meeting for worship, an extended period of shared silence and reflection. Open to all, Meeting invites participants to reflect inwardly and, if so moved, to share a message with the community.
Meeting is part of the school week for every child, from nursery through twelfth grade, and is an essential touchstone for students. Upon returning to Moses Brown, many alumni cite it as one of the most cherished aspects of their MB experience, and long for this ingrained cultural respect for reflection and introspection.
Students learn to respect themselves and others, and demonstrate that respect by doing good work and serving other people. While most students at Quaker schools come from many different religious traditions, or none at all, the values of Quakerism encourage and guide them every day to do and be their best. In addition to these weekly practices, the central values of Quakerism—simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship—are woven into every subject and every class.
Ninth grade Ninth graders begin their upper school journey with a three-day retreat to Friends Camp in South China, Maine. They study the role of Quakers in world history, from the antiwar humanitarian activity that won a Nobel Peace Prize in to their involvement in the Civil Rights movement including nominating Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. They help and challenge one another in Harkness discussions in which they bear collective responsibility for the discourse, and teach conflict-resolution techniques to lower schoolers. Tenth grade In Religious Studies, tenth graders study the major religions of the world and the conflicts that arise when one asserts a unique claim to the truth.
They discuss personal integrity and the nature of moral compromise as they peel back the layers in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and consider the moral calculus of Harry S. In Modern World History, they examine 20th century moral phenomena including world war, genocide, nationalism, and fascism. Studying modernist authors brings them face-to-face with questions of economic equality and injustice, and the responsible and irresponsible ways that people respond to these intransigent problems.
Juniors also have access to a broadening array of electives, including religious education classes, Psychology, and Medical Ethics. Twelfth grade Seniors discuss race, the legal system, and sexuality in the context of civil rights, and the role of government in prescribing morality.
Students who join the Literature of War trip to Washington, D. With access to the widest complement of electives, seniors are challenged to consider complex problems using the tenets of Quaker beliefs as a compass. Modern science and technology have brought with them a whole new set of ethical dilemmas that impact us all. An integral part of this course will be learning from community members - doctors, nurses, chaplains, lawyers, and social workers - who share with us their experience with medical ethics, and present dilemmas they have encountered.
Civics In Action: Empowering Students to Shape Public Policy Civic engagement is at the heart of our mission at Moses Brown as we seek to prepare students to be active citizens in the world into which they graduate. In the Humanities in particular, we educate our students about the history of the United States and the expansion and contraction of democracy—which is still taking place today.
This course provides students with the opportunity to work in teams to identify, research and draft public policy initiatives for a local, state or national issue. The course also follows local, state and national politics in order for students to see basic civic principles in action and become informed and engaged citizens. Take a virtual tour of MB! We are excited to share our vibrant learning community with you and to show you how a Moses Brown education lasts a lifetime.
Please make note of our admission process checklists on the Process Page to learn more about each step along the way. Our application for the school year is now live, and we welcome you to begin the process once you submit an inquiry. Applications received by January 31, will receive admission decisions including financial aid, if applicable on February 25, We begin a rolling admission process in grades where space is available beginning on March 1, We welcome the opportunity to connect with you, learn more about you and your child, and give you an overview of all the great opportunities available at Moses Brown School.
We ask that you please submit an application before calling our office to schedule your tour and interview. The school seeks to enroll a student body that is balanced between genders and enriched by the presence of Quakers and children of diverse racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. Children of alumni, employees, trustees, and current MB families are also a priority.
You took the first step toward applying to Moses Brown by visiting this page and learning what you should consider doing next. First and foremost, we are happy to answer any questions you have about MB or the process in general.
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Please contact our office to inquire about visit opportunities through the summer. Middle and Upper School: Jennifer Maloof , ext. Please visit this page for information about our financial aid process. Admissions decisions are based on a combination of factors, which may include an interview with the student and a parent or guardian, academic records, admissions tests, recommendations from teachers, and other appropriate information e. Academic readiness or achievement, social and behavioral maturity, motivation, special talents, and affiliation with the school will also be considered.
Children of alumni, employees, trustees and current MB families are also a priority. This support is rooted in our Quaker values and our belief that a community works best when it includes a diversity of talents and attributes, including socio-economic, gender, cultural, and racial diversity.
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