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Introduction
Welcome to the web site of the Mercer Free School (MFS). This is a "school," where people in/near Mercer County, NJ share their self-motivated learning experience without monetary exchange. We do this through various activities [classes/courses, workshops, group activities, etc.] run by facilitators [teachers, coordinators, or fellow learners], joined by participants [students, group members, or supporters], and coordinated by the organizers [administrators or helpers].
New Activities:- Open Forum: Optimism, Mindfulness, and Well-Being, Tue., Mar. 20, 7:00-8:30pm, Ewing Lib
- Leadership, Thu., April 12, 26, May 3, 10, and 24, 7:00-8:30pm, Ewing Lib
Requested activity: Bridge (group, possibly with a refresher course)
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Basic Information
- Anyone can participate in any activity, as long as there is no space or other safety/regulatory issues are involved.
- Anyone can be a facilitator; no qualification is required, as long as no other safety/regulatory issues are involved.
- No money is involved (except for some material and other cost for certain activities). Activity participation is free. Facilitators do not get paid. No monetary donation is accepted. The school has no budget.
- The school has no physical space. Some facilitators may use rooms at the Lawrence Community Center (run by HomeFront) or the Mercer County Library System (MCLS). In other cases, facilitators may use a public space elsewhere, their own space, or even cyberspace (i.e., on-line).
- This school is new (starting this year, 2010) and you may not yet find many activities. In fact, the notion of "free school" has not yet settled in the minds of many people (but for a very successful case, check out Free Skool Santa Cruz). However, since no operating cost is involved, we can still continue to exist as long as we are committed to it. Please consider taking part now and spread the word!
Interested?
- For more information about the school, also visit this page about us.
- To see the list of activities, visit our activities page and calendar page. Further information for activity participants and potential facilitators is available on our participants page and our facilitators page, respectively.
- If you are interested in free local activities, free schools (and "free skools") in other areas, local businesses/organizations, and other relevant information, visit our links page.
- To receive occasional announcements in a timely manner, please sign up for our mail list. For event photos, please visit our Facebook page. Relevant short essays of ours can be found on our blog site.
- Help wanted: You can help us in many ways. For example, it would be great if someone can print and post our flyers at libraries and other places (publicity materials are in the subfolder called "tools2") and/or distribute a few copies of our newsletters. You can also help us organize the school and/or improve our web site (e.g., editing).
- If you have a question, comment, and/or suggestion, please contact us.