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Janet Hinds Pivalis ’71 Honored by University of Findlay

Janet Hinds Pivalis was one of eight people honored at the University of Findlay’s Homecoming and Family Weekend. Janet is a retired educator who taught for 34 years in what she calls her “dream job” in Delran Public Schools. After retiring from Delran in  2009, she was an adjunct professor for seven years at Rowan College Burlington County, teaching intensive reading and composition.

Janet earned numerous teaching awards throughout her career including the New Jersey Governor’s Teacher of the Year Recognition in 1988 and 2006. In 2007, she was named the Special Education Outstanding Educator by the National Association of  Special Education Teachers. Janet has also dedicated time and energy to helping various nonprofit organizations over the years. She served as a 211 telephone crisis counselor for Contact of Burlington County, and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, food pantries and food kitchens, and EARS Animal Rescue Thrift Shop in Englewood, FL, where she and Frank, her husband of 43 years, reside during some of New Jersey’s cold months.

Alumni News

30 Under 30: Erin Chen ’16

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The Spring 2021 Among Friends Magazine featured 30 alumni from the Classes of 2008 to 2017, who are a representative sample of the nearly 900 graduates of the school during those years. Their ages range from 30 and just over to as young as 22. As the featured profiles...

1993 MFS Time Capsule Opened

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Alumni Panel Guides New Graduates

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