By Franziska Laskaris, Assistant Director of Elementary School We hope everyone had a restful and joyful holiday break and new year! We are back in full swing in the elementary…
The first MMFS Lightning Poetry Contest took place on December 12, 2014. Seventeen elementary school students, seventeen middle school students, and five upper school students participated. After weeks of practicing,…
By Franziska Laskaris, Assistant Director of Elementary School Reading groups in the elementary school are in full swing! Each morning at 9:15 students, reading folders in hand, excitedly travel to…
At the beginning of each school year, our entire student body and faculty participate in a two month mini-unit study of one of the testimonies. The project introduces students to…
“Teaching in Ghana; Experiencing a Different Learning Environment” is the title of an article written by Christine Ross, Teacher in the Elizabeth Fry Room. Her trip to Ghana was…
By Kirk Smothers, Upper Division Director The MMFS community joined the PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH on Sunday, September 21, 2014. Mary McDowell Friends School joined thousands of other organizations in sending community…
MMFS Elementary students’ Quaker Dinner Party is in the news. Our elementary students displayed an extraordinary artwork titled Quaker Dinner Party at our school’s annual Arts Night last May. Modeled…
Last month MMFS students received a special visit from Bayard Rustin’s partner, Walter Naegle. Walter was Bayard’s partner for ten years prior to his death in 1987 and accepted the…
Want to learn more about clubs at MMFS? Read on to find out how each division’s students and faculty collaborate on interests outside of the classroom. Elementary Division One of…
