By Bevin Daly, Lower School Language Therapist I am honored to be a faculty member at Mary McDowell Friends School, where professional growth is encouraged. I truly appreciate the opportunity…
Teaching our students to be good global citizens is central to the mission of MMFS. Many of our students are passionate about the issue of climate change, and today, some of…
Mary McDowell Friends School (MMFS) screened Far from the Tree, a compelling and thought-provoking film, based on Andrew Solomon’s award-winning book Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search…
By Rachel Awkward, Lower School CSE Coordinator Last year, I applied for and received an MMFS Parents Association grant to use for professional development in math instruction. Using this generous…
Film Screening: Far From the Tree November 15th, 6:00 pm, 23 Sidney Place MMFS is pleased to present Far from the Tree, a film by Rachel Dretsin. The film is…
Code.org has an extensive library of free resources that support teaching computer science to students of all ages (K-12). Last year, it was my go-to for creating the framework for…
By Orla Dunstan, Director of Communications Second language study “empowers our students to become … contributing members of a global society,” as our mission states, by exposing students to different…
By Orla Dunstan, Director of Communications MMFS empowers students to become more independent learners through its student-directed, project-based science program. In this age of information overload, students are building critical…
By Orla Dunstan, Director of Communications Quaker values and MMFS’s educational program are inextricably linked. The Quaker tenet of the inner light within every individual underlies our fundamental premise that…
