Every day at MMFS, we witness acts of kindness between our students. It’s often something small or subtle: a 5th floor student helping a younger student off the bus and…
For the past few years MMFS lower school students in the Emily and Mott rooms have studied and supported the work of Monumental Women, a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to…
Dear Friends, Sometimes a burden is so great it must be shared. The recent reporting of racist acts across the country has moved us to reach out to our community to express…
By Amy St. Louis, Lower School Music Teacher Thanks to the generous support of the MMFS Parents Association, I was able to continue working toward a Masters of Music Education from…
By Alexander Burr, Lower School Head Teacher In the spring of 2019 I received a grant from the MMFS Parents Association to create a series of lessons based on the Social…
By Luis Betancourt and Alexis Henin “What was the Trans-Saharan network and what was traded? What caused the fall of Ghana? Who was Sundiata Keita? What is Islam and what…
By Lower School Head Teacher, Alyssa Postman Putzel Last summer I researched and developed a Black History Month mini-unit for the kindergarten-3rd grade age classes in the lower school. I…
Please enjoy the Fall 2019 issue of Community Light. You can flip through the digital pages below, or click the arrow in the top left corner to download a pdf.…