By Annie Gruenwald, Upper School Head Social Studies Teacher This past summer I was honored to receive a PA grant to attend my second professional development seminar with the Gilder…
By Bevin Daly, Lower School Language Therapist I am honored to be a faculty member at Mary McDowell Friends School, where professional growth is encouraged. I truly appreciate the opportunity…
By John Grimsley, Middle School Associate Music Teacher In November of 2017, my co-teacher Catherine Leto-Carboy and I received training from a corporation called Little Kids Rock. This program has reached…
By Taylor Watson, Upper School Head Music Teacher – August 2018 Last summer I was generously awarded a MMFS Parents Association Grant to study Cuban rhythms in Havana, Cuba. The goal was not…
By Jenny Armstrong, Middle School Head Teacher; John Denton, Middle School Educational Technology Integrator; and Finlay Logan, Middle School Head Teacher How do we know what we know? What tools…
By Ben Kaplan, Upper School Head English Teacher When I was in ninth grade, I read To Kill a Mockingbird for the first time. It was a shattering and inspiring…
By Rachel Awkward, Lower School CSE Coordinator Last year, I applied for and received an MMFS Parents Association grant to use for professional development in math instruction. Using this generous…
By Tricia Blumenfeld and Sarenne Sutton, Upper School Language Therapists Last summer, we collaborated to brainstorm and create lessons, mini-lessons, and graphic organizers to be used as supports during advisory…
By Caitlin Clifford, Upper School Head Visual Arts Teacher As a practicing artist, I find that my own artwork and artistic pursuits inform the way I teach. My work is…
by Keith Gauger, MMFS Upper Division Head English Teacher Thanks to a generous grant from the Mary McDowell Friends School Parents’ Association, I was able to attend the first of…
