Category: Faculty News

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…

MMFS Welcomes Tricina Stallings as the new Director of Human Resources

marcovescio January 9, 2024 No Comments

We are very pleased to welcome Tricina Stallings to the MMFS Senior Leadership team. Tricina joins the staff as Director of Human Resources. Tricina brings the benefit of more than…

MMFS Faculty Out and About

marcovescio December 7, 2023 No Comments

MMFS believes in sharing our collective wisdom with the academic community, so that other teachers and schools can benefit from the work we do here. When our faculty and staff…

MMFS names Tatesha Clark Assistant Head of School: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

marcovescio October 5, 2023 No Comments

We are delighted to announce that Tatesha Clark has been named MMFS Assistant Head of School: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The fact that we are creating this position at MMFS…

MMFS Presents: Teachers Teaching Teachers

marcovescio February 3, 2023 No Comments

MMFS teachers have so much brilliance to share. Last week, 12th Grade Dean of Students Mary DeLouise and Head Teachers Amanda Toomey and Vicki Muñoz-Lepore had the honor of presenting…

Head Teacher Presents at National Council of Teachers of English Conference

marcovescio December 2, 2022 No Comments

LS Head Teacher Allie Paddock presented at this year’s National Council of Teachers of English conference in Anaheim, California. The topic: How the practice of remixing visual media offers students…

Faculty and Staff Attend, Head English Teacher Gives Presentation at NAIS POCC Conference

marcovescio December 2, 2022 No Comments

Seven members of our faculty and staff traveled to San Antonio for the NAIS People of Color Conference (PoCC), the flagship of the National Association of Independent Schools’ commitment to…

MMFS Faculty in the News: Ciro Scala

marcovescio January 21, 2022 No Comments

MMFS faculty member Ciro Scala was recently profiled in The New York Times! Click here to read about his inspiring personal and academic journey: from graduating high school in 1959 to earning a master’s degree in…

Incorporating Social Emotional Learning in
Music Ensembles

marcovescio December 3, 2021 No Comments

By John Grimsley, Middle School Music and Drama Teacher Last year presented our community with a lot of challenges that required us to be flexible, understanding, and patient. While dealing…

Meet Ginny Perrin,
2021 Violet Longobardi Award Honoree

marcovescio May 27, 2021 No Comments

Ginny Perrin, MMFS Director of Operations and Outreach, has worn many hats in her 28 years with the school. First and foremost an educator, she has run Camp Marmac, served…