Category: PA Grant Reports

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…

PA Grant Report:<br>Counseling and the Classroom

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: <br> Generating Access to <br> “Own Voices” Texts

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: <br> Creating New Curriculum to Foster Inclusive Classrooms

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: <br> Inquiry-Based Science <br> and 21st Century Learning

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…

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