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Moses Brown is a Quaker school. Quakerism holds that there is an Inner Light in each of us. This belief yields a deep commitment to equality and community, and people of all faiths find resonance in the core human values at the center of Friends (Quaker) education and practice.
Quaker Education
At Moses Brown, we create an academic culture of deep reflection, expansive curiosity, and spirited inquiry by applying Quaker values every day.
Learning in Community
Learning at Moses Brown is a shared enterprise. We ask and listen respectfully, grant grace in the process of learning, and delight in the growth of others.
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Ambition for Greater Good
Every day, our students become people who are ambitious not only for themselves, but also for their neighbors and those they have yet to meet.
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Fast Facts
27%
BIPOC Students
33
Acres in Providence, RI
41%
Students Receiving Need-Based Financial Aid
17
Musical and Performance Groups
50
Clubs and Activities
67
Athletic Teams Competing in 17 different Sports
![David I. '27]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1692901505/mosesbrownorg/donkzj75xkoizfuornnq/DavidI.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1692901505/mosesbrownorg/donkzj75xkoizfuornnq/DavidI.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1692901505/mosesbrownorg/donkzj75xkoizfuornnq/DavidI.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1692901505/mosesbrownorg/donkzj75xkoizfuornnq/DavidI.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1692901505/mosesbrownorg/donkzj75xkoizfuornnq/DavidI.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1692901505/mosesbrownorg/donkzj75xkoizfuornnq/DavidI.jpg","width":1967}])
David I. '27
“I have been taught to be creative, think critically, and forge opinions based on my personal beliefs while being mindful of the world around me.”
![Charlotte Logel '23]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1692899732/mosesbrownorg/qopndhdjvaukoyajnkvz/CharlotteL-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1692899732/mosesbrownorg/qopndhdjvaukoyajnkvz/CharlotteL-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1692899732/mosesbrownorg/qopndhdjvaukoyajnkvz/CharlotteL-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1692899732/mosesbrownorg/qopndhdjvaukoyajnkvz/CharlotteL-1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1692899732/mosesbrownorg/qopndhdjvaukoyajnkvz/CharlotteL-1.jpg","width":1241}])
“What we’ve been taught here at Moses Brown has prepared us to extend our goodness far beyond Lloyd Avenue."
“What we’ve learned, what we’ve been taught here at Moses Brown has prepared us to extend our goodness far beyond Lloyd Avenue."
![Hannah Pearson '09]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694536098/mosesbrownorg/rmmbgdakbwctfhypist2/HannahPearson2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694536098/mosesbrownorg/rmmbgdakbwctfhypist2/HannahPearson2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1694536098/mosesbrownorg/rmmbgdakbwctfhypist2/HannahPearson2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1694536098/mosesbrownorg/rmmbgdakbwctfhypist2/HannahPearson2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1694536098/mosesbrownorg/rmmbgdakbwctfhypist2/HannahPearson2.jpg","width":1280}])
"My advisor was a great mentor... she cared about me getting what I wanted out of school. She helped me choose the right classes and really had an impact on my MB experience."
"My advisor was a great mentor... she cared about me getting what I wanted out of school. She helped me choose the right classes and really had an impact on my MB experience."
![Dr. Peter Asante '03]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695826148/mosesbrownorg/chmkrckkpmyugqbysmgf/peter.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695826148/mosesbrownorg/chmkrckkpmyugqbysmgf/peter.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695826148/mosesbrownorg/chmkrckkpmyugqbysmgf/peter.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695826148/mosesbrownorg/chmkrckkpmyugqbysmgf/peter.jpg","width":900}])
"It’s important to listen to the needs of your community. If you listen and ask questions, people tell you what they need. And then you build that, and do it in service."
It’s important to listen to the needs of your community. If you listen and ask questions, people tell you what they need. And then you build that, and do it in service.
Upcoming Events
We hope you'll join us!
All School Art Show
January 17-31
Sinclair Room
We are thrilled to invite all students, teachers, staff, and families to our eagerly anticipated First Semester showcase.
Visiting MB
We invite you to visit our campus and learn how Moses Brown School's academic challenge and Quaker values might be a good fit for your family.
News From Our Community
![Moses Brown School Receives Anonymous Gift to Enhance Waughtel-Howe Field House]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736176233/mosesbrownorg/pflg5by53h5310ujeihb/FieldHouse-010625-a.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1736176233/mosesbrownorg/pflg5by53h5310ujeihb/FieldHouse-010625-a.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1736176233/mosesbrownorg/pflg5by53h5310ujeihb/FieldHouse-010625-a.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1736176233/mosesbrownorg/pflg5by53h5310ujeihb/FieldHouse-010625-a.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1736176233/mosesbrownorg/pflg5by53h5310ujeihb/FieldHouse-010625-a.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1736176233/mosesbrownorg/pflg5by53h5310ujeihb/FieldHouse-010625-a.jpg","width":2200}])
![A Whale of a Quest: Moby-Dick Class Visits the New Bedford Whaling Museum]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1733497475/mosesbrownorg/hr97tvqfff35kfku9bg8/WhaleMuseum-ship.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1733497475/mosesbrownorg/hr97tvqfff35kfku9bg8/WhaleMuseum-ship.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1733497475/mosesbrownorg/hr97tvqfff35kfku9bg8/WhaleMuseum-ship.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1733497475/mosesbrownorg/hr97tvqfff35kfku9bg8/WhaleMuseum-ship.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1733497475/mosesbrownorg/hr97tvqfff35kfku9bg8/WhaleMuseum-ship.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1733497475/mosesbrownorg/hr97tvqfff35kfku9bg8/WhaleMuseum-ship.jpg","width":2200}])
The upper school class “Moby-Dick Today” spends a semester immersed in the study of Herman Melville’s 1851 encyclopedic masterpiece, Moby-Dick.
![Young Environmentalists Dive Deep: 7th Graders Explore Rhode Island's Coastal Ecosystem]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1734026462/mosesbrownorg/o298sqpi7xtiy1bvjn8y/CoastalRIUnit-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1734026462/mosesbrownorg/o298sqpi7xtiy1bvjn8y/CoastalRIUnit-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1734026462/mosesbrownorg/o298sqpi7xtiy1bvjn8y/CoastalRIUnit-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1734026462/mosesbrownorg/o298sqpi7xtiy1bvjn8y/CoastalRIUnit-1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1734026462/mosesbrownorg/o298sqpi7xtiy1bvjn8y/CoastalRIUnit-1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1734026462/mosesbrownorg/o298sqpi7xtiy1bvjn8y/CoastalRIUnit-1.jpg","width":2200}])
Seventh graders this fall engaged in a sweeping interdisciplinary unit that bridged English and science, asking students to deeply explore this question: “How does the complex web of stakeholders in Rhode Island's quahogging and fishing industries impact the state's coastal communities and the fragile marine ecosystem?"
Since 1784
For nearly 240 years, Moses Brown School has had a proven tradition of academic excellence and a dedication to fostering character and confidence in young people. A Moses Brown education is one that is time-tested, fully immersive, and ever more relevant to today’s world.
Accessible From All Directions
Students come from 35 towns in Massachusetts and 42 towns in Rhode Island.
Getting To Campus
Many students arrive by local and regional bus transportation or in carpools, others drive or walk to campus.
Our 33-Acre Campus
Situated on the East Side of Providence, RI - it all happens right here!
Middle House
MB’s original building is where Moses met with students and faculty. Today, it’s where the Head of School leads MB and Admissions welcomes visitors.
Woodman Center
Home to multi-purpose Glendinning Hall and MB’s performing arts, the center includes a lobby cafe, gallery space, and seating for studying or relaxing with friends
Walter Jones Library
Beyond its volumes and databases, the library contains classrooms, quiet study rooms, reading pods, and spaces for teaching, research, and presentation.
Friends Meeting House
Home of Providence Friends Meeting, lower and middle school students gather here for weekly Meeting for Worship, following Quaker traditions.
Lower School
The place where we educate our youngest students includes not only classrooms but also dedicated spaces for music and science as well as its own library.
Hoffman House
The home base for middle school includes classrooms, science labs, gathering spaces for collaborative learning, and faculty meeting rooms.
Friends Hall
The hub of the upper school contains classrooms, quiet study space, faculty and staff offices, grab-and-go dining, and a front deck for social gathering.
What’s Next
We look forward to helping you explore enrollment at Moses Brown School. Take the next steps in your school search and application journey.