Category: PA Grant Reports

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…

PA Grant Report:
Counseling and the Classroom

marcovescio March 4, 2022 No Comments

By Katie Hicks, Middle School Teacher For several years I have wanted to further my education by pursuing a master’s degree, and the pandemic presented me with time to explore…

PA Grant Report:
Generating Access to
“Own Voices” Texts

marcovescio February 4, 2022 No Comments

By Middle School Head Teachers Margot Stein and Nicole Watson As educators who possess multiple identities and perspectives, we know that our students also fall along this spectrum—whether those identities…

PA Grant Report:
Creating New Curriculum to Foster Inclusive Classrooms

marcovescio November 5, 2021 No Comments

by Emma Jaye Shoots, Lower School Teacher My deepest thanks to the MMFS Parents Association for providing me with the opportunity to pursue professional development and create new curriculum for…

PA Grant Report:
Inquiry-Based Science
and 21st Century Learning

marcovescio February 5, 2021 No Comments

By Sophie Glassman Golob, Head Science & Math Teacher and Nicole Watson, Head Science and Math Teacher Science is everywhere. This is what we tell our students each year to…

Language, Literacy,
and the Brain

marcovescio January 8, 2021 No Comments

By Leah Wasserman, Middle School Language Therapist In the spring of 2020, as it became apparent that my summer was going to be much slower than usual, I started thinking…

Culture in Context: Diverse Voices and Iconic Novels

marcovescio December 4, 2020 No Comments

By Cara Shaw, Upper School Head Teacher I am grateful for the opportunity to pursue professional development over the summer by taking a course funded by a grant from the…

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