From pre-school through fourth grade, students use computers in their classrooms to reinforce the skills that are important to building a strong foundation for their overall academic development. Computer classes begin in third grade and remain a requirement through ninth grade. Students focus on a particular area of computer use at each grade level. Among the skills taught are research, web page development, word processing, working with spreadsheets, presentations, database design and computer ethics. When possible, computer activities take advantage of opportunities to build on material presented in other courses, from language arts to health education.
Computer use is especially significant in teaching geometry and music theory.
Moorestown Friends also has ongoing extra-curricular computer activities for both Middle and Upper School students. Facilities Moorestown Friends School has Pentium class multimedia computers in nearly all classrooms. Most computers connect to our in-school network as well as to the Internet. Our five computer labs include two general use labs, two mathematics labs and a Macintosh MIDI Music lab. The library houses a word processing center for students to prepare and print written work.