Category: All School

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…

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…

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…

Shining the Light on LD: ADHD

Hope Tarullo November 19, 2025 No Comments

Mary McDowell Friends School is designed to meet the unique needs of students diagnosed with learning disabilities like ADHD. We define a learning disability as a neurological condition that causes…

Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities: An MMFS Professional Development Day

Hope Tarullo November 10, 2025 No Comments

This year, for our annual Fall Professional Development Day, we did something different. Instead of inviting an outside expert to speak about teaching students with learning disabilities, we turned to…

Shining the Light on LD: Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Dysgraphia

Hope Tarullo October 1, 2025 No Comments

This article on dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia is reproduced from the upcoming publication Shining the Light on LD: MMFS Learning Disabilities Handbook. One of last year’s most popular newsletter articles…

Quakerism Is A Skill

randybrett September 17, 2025 No Comments

by Head of School André Del Valle A Reflection on Community I like to think of Quakerism as a skill—one that we continually learn, teach, and practice. The Quaker values…

MMFS at ALDS

Hope Tarullo August 18, 2025 No Comments

MMFS was well represented at this year’s ALDS Leadership Retreat. The Association for LD Schools held its annual Leadership Retreat in Seattle this summer. ALDS’s mission is to “connect and…

Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities: PD Day at MMFS

marcovescio March 13, 2025 No Comments

At February’s Professional Development Day, MMFS faculty and staff learned from the best—MMFS educators. During a full day of educational workshops, our teachers, specialists, and administrators presented valuable insights and…

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