Category: PA Grant Reports

PA Grant Report: Landmark College Summer Institute for Educators

Hope Tarullo November 20, 2025 No Comments

Upper School English teacher Candace Carr attended a day of workshops and presentations at Landmark College in Vermont. Landmark is one of the only accredited colleges in the U.S. designed…

PA Grant Report: Promoting Basic Functional Emotional Development Capacities

Hope Tarullo November 20, 2025 No Comments

Lower school occupational therapist Anjali Patel, MS, OTR/L took a course on understanding and supporting the social-emotional development of children through a developmental, relationship-based approach, part of the DIR® Floortime™…

PA Grant Report: Understanding Elections: Empowering Future Voters

marcovescio May 29, 2025 No Comments

Upper school teacher Stephanie Shore used a Parents Association grant to develop an election curriculum, to help students become more informed and more engaged voters—critical skills for students on the…

PA Grant Report: Conservation Ecology with the American Museum of Natural History

marcovescio May 29, 2025 No Comments

In preparation for her new role as a science teacher, lower school teacher Sunny Lawrence took a class on Conservation Ecology with the American Museum of Natural History. The course…

Developing a Film-Based Writing Curriculum for Students Who Struggle with Reading

marcovescio March 6, 2025 No Comments

Middle school teacher Jamie Steiner created a writing curriculum based on movies for students who struggle with reading-heavy classes. This curriculum leverages the power of film to engage students with…

PA Grant Report: Middle School Music Teachers Catherine Leto-Carboy and John Grimsley

marcovescio March 6, 2025 No Comments

After attending conferences and workshops sponsored by the organization Music Will (formerly Little Kids Rock) in 2017 and 2019, middle school music teachers Catherine Leto-Carboy and John Grimsley attended the…

PA Grant Report: Upper School Art Teacher Joseph Wilcox

marcovescio March 6, 2025 No Comments

Upper school art teacher Joseph Wilcox studied 35mm filmmaking, hoping to bring the hands-on experience and knowledge he acquired into the classroom, either by developing an analog filmmaking curriculum or…

PA Grant Report: Gregg Bonti, LS Head Teacher

marcovescio November 21, 2024 No Comments

In May 2024, I began working toward an Advanced Certificate in Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Through the generosity of the MMFS Parents Association, I received…

PA Grant Report: Cordelia Larsen, Ceramic Artist

marcovescio November 20, 2024 No Comments

I am deeply grateful to the Parents Association for sponsoring my participation in a class at Greenwich House Pottery. The six-week course, Mixed Level Mold Making and Slipcasting, covered techniques…

PA Grant Report: CSE Development in the Middle School

marcovescio May 30, 2024 No Comments

by Carly Guiterman, Middle School CSE Coordinator When I became the CSE Coordinator at the middle school in the fall of 2021, I was fortunate to inherit the procedures and…

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