Category: PA Grant Reports

PA Grant Report: Identity, Storytelling, and Culture in Washington, DC

marcovescio January 18, 2024 No Comments

In March, ASL teachers Amanda Toomey and Rick Caceres are taking a group of ASL students on a four-day trip to Washington DC, where they’ll visit Gallaudet University, the global…

PA Grant Report: The Art of Black & White Printing

marcovescio January 18, 2024 No Comments

Middle School Administrative Assistant Carlos Corona is a gifted photographer, and his photos regularly appear in this newsletter and on social media. A grant from the MMFS Parents Association allowed…

PA Grant: NAIS School Leadership Institute

marcovescio November 16, 2023 No Comments

by Twan Claiborne, Dean of Students – 10th Grade The NAIS School Leadership Institute is a four day institute in Leesburg, VA. The goal of the institute is to examine…

PA Grant Report: Touch Math

marcovescio November 16, 2023 No Comments

by Emily McCurrach, Lower School Head Teacher, Fry Room With the support of a PA Summer Grant, I was able to develop a comprehensive Touch Math resource folder for MMFS…

PA Grant Report: Assistant Director of Educational Technology Isabelle Pisini

marcovescio May 4, 2023 No Comments

Last summer I took on the exciting task of creating a computer science curriculum geared toward students with learning disabilities. There is currently no computer science curriculum designed specifically for…

PA Grant Report: US Head Teacher Peter Tinaglia

marcovescio April 14, 2023 No Comments

Last summer, the MMFS Parents Association generously supported my participation in an AVID Summer Institute in Seattle. AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a college- and career-readiness program that focuses…

PA Grant Report: Upper School Language Therapists on 360 Thinking

marcovescio March 3, 2023 No Comments

The upper school language therapists stumbled upon Sarah Ward (M.S, CCC/SLP), Co-Director of Cognitive Connections, in November 2018, when we attended a presentation on executive functioning skills during ASHA (the…

PA Grant Report: Lower School Head Teacher Paula Myers

marcovescio February 3, 2023 No Comments

I am beyond grateful for the MMFS PA’s support to further my studies so that I am better equipped to support our students. Although I have been a teacher for…

PA Grant Report: Designing a Mindfulness and Yoga Based Curriculum by Divya Seshadri

marcovescio December 2, 2022 No Comments

Divya Seshadri is Head Teacher in the lower school’s Dunbar Room. I started at Mary McDowell Friends School in 2019, thrilled to be working in an institution that had a…

PA Grant Report: Revising el Itinerario by Vicki Muñoz-Lepore

marcovescio November 4, 2022 No Comments

Every year, the MMFS Parents Association awards grants to faculty and staff members to pursue summer coursework, training, fellowships, and other professional development activities, including expenses for related travel. This…