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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…

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…

Alumni Spotlight: James Kagel, Class of 2019

marcovescio May 29, 2025 No Comments

James Kagel (He/Him, ‘19) attended MMFS as a lower, middle, and upper school student. Last month, we were thrilled to have James join us as at Illuminations: Benefit 2025 to…

MMFS Basketball Teams Play at Barclays Center

marcovescio February 24, 2025 No Comments

Imagine you’re on your school basketball team, working hard and dreaming of playing in the NBA or WNBA someday. Now imagine you find yourself playing on the court at the…

2025 Quaker Youth Leadership Conference

marcovescio February 6, 2025 No Comments

Six upper school students represented MMFS at the 2025 Quaker Youth Leadership Conference, an annual event that brings together students from Quaker schools across the country. Every year the Friends…

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