Category: Upper School

Commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. at MMFS

marcovescio February 6, 2015 No Comments

Every year, Mary McDowell Friends School commemorates Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday with all-school activities. This year, on Thursday, January 22nd, middle school students (who received permission) and upper school…

A Busy Fall for the MMFS College Guidance Office

marcovescio January 26, 2015 No Comments

It was a busy fall for the MMFS College Guidance office. Seniors worked on and submitted applications, brainstormed and wrote college essays, took SATs and ACTs, visited colleges, took tours,…

Innovative Course Offerings
in the Upper Division

marcovescio January 15, 2015 No Comments

By Kirk Smothers, Upper Division Director Temperatures may be dropping, but activity has been running at a steady boil in upper school classes. This month, the faculty members of the…

Upper Division Fall Production: The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney

marcovescio January 7, 2015 No Comments

Upper school students performed a stellar sold-out production of The Dining Room by A.R Gurney on December 10th and 11th. The Dining Room is one of A.R Gurney’s most eloquent…

Upper Division
Career Day at MMFS

marcovescio January 6, 2015 No Comments

Career Day is a wonderful opportunity for our students to learn first-hand about a profession that they may be interested in. Professionals from all walks of life came to our…

MMFS Lightning Poetry Contest

marcovescio December 19, 2014 No Comments

The first MMFS Lightning Poetry Contest took place on December 12, 2014. Seventeen elementary school students, seventeen middle school students, and five upper school students participated. After weeks of practicing,…

MMFS’s Timothy Vaughn and Liv Hoffman are YoungArts 2015 Winners!

marcovescio December 3, 2014 No Comments

By Sharon Counts, Upper School Theater Teacher MMFS upper school students are National YoungArts winners! I am so over the moon thrilled to share that the National YoungArts Foundation has…

Diversity Mini-unit

marcovescio November 10, 2014 No Comments

At the beginning of each school year, our entire student body and faculty participate in a two month mini-unit study of one of the testimonies. The project introduces students to…

Technology in the
Upper Division

marcovescio November 6, 2014 No Comments

By Caitlin Rosen, Upper Division Educational Technologist From the beginning, technology has been integrated into the design of the upper school curriculum, not as an add on or afterthought, but…

MMFS and the People’s Climate March

marcovescio October 1, 2014 No Comments

By Kirk Smothers, Upper Division Director The MMFS community joined the PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH on Sunday, September 21, 2014. Mary McDowell Friends School joined thousands of other organizations in sending community…