Category: Lower School

New Video about Assistive Technology at MMFS

marcovescio November 8, 2016 No Comments

MMFS integrates educational and assistive technologies into curricula on all levels to create a dynamic learning environment for students. Hardware, such as whiteboards, sound amplifications systems, laptops, and tablets, and…

Learning Disabilities Mini-Unit Launches School-Wide Curriculum

marcovescio November 4, 2016 No Comments

Mary McDowell Friends School defines learning disabilities in the following way: A learning disability is a neurological condition that causes difficulties with the way the brain handles information. Information coming…

Learning Disabilities
Mini-Unit and Curriculum

marcovescio November 4, 2016 No Comments

Social Justice Education in the Elementary School

marcovescio November 4, 2016 No Comments

Students are learning about bias and inequality in a nine-week class on social justice. Taught by ES Assistant Director Franziska Laskaris, the class seeks to create an anti-bias environment by…

Elementary School PE Classes Emphasize Fun, Safety, and Community

marcovescio October 17, 2016 No Comments

Hello MMFS Friends, It has been an exciting and fun-filled first few weeks in the elementary school physical education classes! When planning our lessons we always keep in mind our…

“What Do You Want to Learn in School This Year?

marcovescio September 22, 2016 No Comments

Elementary Division Director Hannah Wiltshire led the division’s first silent meeting of the year with the query, “What do you want to learn in school this year?” Among the responses from our students were…

A Visit from
Dr. Marc Brackett

marcovescio May 18, 2016 No Comments

Dr. Marc Brackett is the rare university professor who gets rock star treatment when he visits MMFS. As the person who helped create classroom charters, the Mood Meter, and the…

An Interview with Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz, Adam’s Prize Honoree

marcovescio May 13, 2016 No Comments

On Friday, April 29th, former MMFS Director of Admissions and current trustee Deborah Edel interviewed 2016 Adam’s Prize Honoree Harold Koplewicz about recent changes in the field of learning disabilities,…

MMFS Students on Memorizing the Gettysburg Address

marcovescio April 13, 2016 No Comments

For the third year in a row MMFS sent two students to the National “Learn the Address” Competition at Eagle Hill School in Hardwick, MA. This annual contest challenges students with…

News from the ES Library

marcovescio March 3, 2016 No Comments

On February 5th the elementary school librarian Rebecca Beck and librarians from Brooklyn Friends School co-hosted a Friends Council on Education Librarians Peer Network Meeting. Thirty librarians from Quakers schools…