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
Upper School Students Look to the Future at Career Day
Eleventh and twelfth grade students took advantage of the opportunity to network and learn much more about the professional world at the annual MFS Career Day yesterday. Alumni, parents, alumni parents, and friends of the school provided sessions in their areas of...
ABC News Anchor Linsey Davis ’95 Visits MFS for Book Signing
Linsey Davis ’95, ABC World News Tonight Anchor and five-time children’s book author, returned to campus on November 3 to share her most recent book, The Smallest Spot of the Dot, with the MFS community. The day included: an assembly with Lower School students,...
Foxes Alumni Student-Athletes Making Impact in Fall College Seasons
As the Fall sports season winds down at MFS, a number of alumni student-athletes are also in the thick of their NCAA seasons: Ava Carlson ’22 is the starting goalie for the Dartmouth Field Hockey team. She was recently named DartmouthSports.com Athlete of the Week...
