Category: PA Grant Reports

Teaching Spanish to Students with Learning Disabilities

Hope Tarullo May 14, 2026 No Comments

by Middle School Spanish Teacher Michelle Navarrete Thanks to a PA Summer Grant, I was able to take the graduate-level course “Teaching Spanish to Students with Learning Disabilities (Grades 1-6).”…

Multisensory Decoding and Encoding at the Middle School

Hope Tarullo May 14, 2026 No Comments

By Carly Guiterman, Middle School CSE Coordinator; Jessica Schanker, Middle School Speech Language Pathologist; and Leah Wasserman, Middle School Speech Language Pathologist We would like to thank the MMFS Parents Association…

PA Grant Report: Social Emotional Learning

Hope Tarullo March 12, 2026 No Comments

Middle school counselor Denielle Patterson used a PA Summer Grant to support her work on the development and implementation of the middle school Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum. She attended…

PA Grant Report: 7th Grade Digital Citizenship Curriculum

Hope Tarullo March 12, 2026 No Comments

Maddy Samson is an Ed Tech Integrator at the middle school. She used a PA Summer Grant to focus on building a Digital Citizenship curriculum specifically for the 7th grade.…

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…

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