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PA Grant Report: Social Emotional Learning

Hope Tarullo March 12, 2026 No Comments

Middle school counselor Denielle Patterson used a PA Summer Grant to support her work on the development and implementation of the middle school Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum. She attended…

PA Grant Report: 7th Grade Digital Citizenship Curriculum

Hope Tarullo March 12, 2026 No Comments

Maddy Samson is an Ed Tech Integrator at the middle school. She used a PA Summer Grant to focus on building a Digital Citizenship curriculum specifically for the 7th grade.…

Shining the Light on LD: Occupational Therapy

Hope Tarullo March 9, 2026 No Comments

This article is excerpted from Shining the Light on LD: The MMFS Learning Disabilities Handbook. What is Occupational Therapy (OT)? What Does OT Look Like in School? Occupational therapy addresses a…

MMFS Teachers Present at NYSAIS Student Support Conference

Hope Tarullo March 5, 2026 No Comments

MMFS teachers were out in force at the recent NYSAIS Student Support Conference. Four of our brilliant faculty members were invited to give presentations to the sold-out gathering at the…

Head of School André Del Valle Speaks at School Professionals of Color Summit

Hope Tarullo February 19, 2026 No Comments

Last month, Head of School André Del Valle was invited to participate in a panel discussion with other Brooklyn Heads of Color at the School Professionals of Color Summit, hosted…

Shining the Light on LD: Executive Function

Hope Tarullo February 5, 2026 No Comments

This article is the third installment in our series on learning disabilities, excerpted from Shining the Light on LD: The MMFS Learning Disabilities Handbook. Executive Function is a constellation of brain…

Quaker Youth Leadership Conference: Creat(iv)e Change

Hope Tarullo February 4, 2026 No Comments

Every year, the Friends Council on Education hosts the Quaker Youth Leadership Conference for students to participate in discussions, workshops, and activities that promote leadership and community building, while also…

Lightning Basketball Competes in KSA Pre-Holiday Tournament

Hope Tarullo January 12, 2026 No Comments

In a first for MMFS Athletics, the Lightning Varsity Basketball team traveled out of state to compete in the KSA Pre Holiday Tournament in Orlando, Florida—a sign of the growth and…

Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?

Hope Tarullo December 17, 2025 No Comments

“Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?” This is the question posed by Brian Bannon, chief librarian at the New York Public Library in a thought-provoking essay in The New York…

Alumni Duncan McGillivray-Smith, Class of 2017, Receives Rave Art Review

Hope Tarullo December 4, 2025 No Comments

We first profiled alumni Duncan McGillivray-Smith (MMFS ‘17) in 2023, when he had just graduated from Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting. Fast forward to 2025: He…

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