What an INCREDIBLE year for the MMFS athletics program! The US girls volleyball team finished the season undefeated and won the ISAL league championship The MS basketball team won their…
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…
Dr. Marc Brackett is the rare university professor who gets rock star treatment when he visits MMFS. As the person who helped create classroom charters, the Mood Meter, and the…
This month ninth grade students and some upper school staff members traveled to Austria and Germany to experience history, look at world-class art first-hand, and explore ancient cities. The week-long…
On Friday, April 29th, former MMFS Director of Admissions and current trustee Deborah Edel interviewed 2016 Adam’s Prize Honoree Harold Koplewicz about recent changes in the field of learning disabilities,…
For the third year in a row MMFS sent two students to the National “Learn the Address” Competition at Eagle Hill School in Hardwick, MA. This annual contest challenges students with…
A unique feature of the upper school is our Field Studies program. The Field Studies program provides an opportunity to immerse students in a world of social, historical and cultural…
“As I think about what types of brilliance we should foster in young people to prepare for the future, I am reminded of the importance of the diversity work at…
“There is something unique about MMFS that helps students reveal themselves and the brilliance they have. At the middle school, one of the things we focus on is revealing…
“When I think of brilliance I think of the silent drawing Jamie Hernandez has been doing in her art classes as part of the mini-unit on silence. Students come in…
