Friday, May 4, 2012
The Quaker school dedicated its first new classroom building in 50 years Friday.
The way Neil Hartman sees it, he was afforded a rare honor Friday. Standing in front of the new Moorestown Friends' math building bearing his name, Hartman said, "I was of the opinion that you had to be dead or very wealthy (to have a building named after you)." Though he may be neither, the school saw fit to honor Hartman, one of its longest-tenured math teachers, by dedicating the building in his name. Andrew Searle Pang, one of Hartman's former students, said his old teacher exemplified many of the core Quaker values: "Simplicity, integrity, humility, pacifism, and a deep belief in human brotherhood." "He shaped the minds and touched the souls of thousands of Moorestown Friends students," Pang added. "Neil Hartman is a good teacher and …
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The school will dedicate its first new classroom building in a half-century.
Moorestown Friends School (MFS) will dedicate Hartman Hall, its new math classroom building on the former Greenleaf grounds, at 1:30 p.m. today. The building contains eight math classrooms, along with a choral music suite, technology lab, conference room, student lounge, faculty workroom, office space and student lockers. It is named after longtime math teacher Neil Hartman. Hartman will be in attendance at today's dedication, as will the entire student body, according to a release from the school. Work began on the building in July 2011—approximately three years after Greenleaf Retirement Community closed. It is the first new building at MFS in 50 years (the Lower School opened in the 1960s). The ceremony today will include a “cupola …
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
The Quaker school's new math building—expected to open in early April—will bear the name of iconic teacher Neil Hartman.
As one of the pillars of Moorestown Friends School’s (MFS) past, Neil Hartman’s name will soon prop up its future for many years to come. One of the Quaker institution’s longest-tenured math teachers—33 years—Hartman’s name will adorn the new math building under construction on the former Greenleaf property, up till now referred to as the “south annex.” Head of School Larry Van Meter, a former student of Hartman’s, said his old prof was a natural choice to name the building after. “Neil Hartman was one of the larger-than-life teachers who made MFS a very special place in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. He had a huge influence on me and on an entire generation of Moorestown Friends students,” said Van Meter. “Naming the new classroom building for …
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