Category: MMFS in the News

MMFS Lower School Students Support Monumental Women

marcovescio August 26, 2020 No Comments

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…

MMFS Head Spanish Teacher Quoted in
the New York Times

marcovescio March 8, 2020 No Comments

Read MMFS Upper School Head Spanish Teacher Victoria Muñoz-Lepore’s quote in the New York Times on how Covid-19 has affected the plans she had for her program.

Live at the Apollo
Tatesha Clark

marcovescio October 7, 2019 No Comments

On Wednesday, October 2, MMFS Director of Diversity and Equity Tatesha Clark took the stage at the storied Apollo Theater in Harlem. The Apollo’s Education Program presents workshops for educators…

MMFS Upper School Students WPIX Interview

marcovescio May 3, 2019 No Comments

Three MMFS upper school students were interviewed for a WPIX-TV piece about how backlash from the college admissions scandal could affect the testing and college admissions process for students with…

Southern Poverty Law Center Praises MMFS Students’ Commitment to Social Justice

marcovescio November 18, 2015 No Comments

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) praised MMFS students’ commitment to social justice in a wonderful article on their website. Students and other community members visited SPLC on the MMFS…

MMFS Student’s Letter to Presidential Candidate Clinton Goes Viral

marcovescio November 5, 2015 No Comments

This month, Mary McDowell Friends School (MMFS) got some welcome time in the media spotlight via one of its students. A plucky MMFS seventh grader took the initiative to reach…

MMFS Elementary Students’ Quaker Dinner Party
in the News

marcovescio September 17, 2014 No Comments

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…