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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…

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Faculty and Staff Attend, Head English Teacher Gives Presentation at NAIS POCC Conference

marcovescio December 2, 2022 No Comments

Seven members of our faculty and staff traveled to San Antonio for the NAIS People of Color Conference (PoCC), the flagship of the National Association of Independent Schools’ commitment to…

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Head Teacher Presents at National Council of Teachers of English Conference

marcovescio December 2, 2022 No Comments

LS Head Teacher Allie Paddock presented at this year’s National Council of Teachers of English conference in Anaheim, California. The topic: How the practice of remixing visual media offers students…

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The Importance of Quaker Education At MMFS

marcovescio November 14, 2022 No Comments

On Thursday, October 27th Head of School Debbie Zlotowitz spoke at the Friends Council on Education‘s annual Heads Gathering Dinner. Serving on a panel of five veteran heads of school,…

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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…

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Alumni Spotlight: Daniella Mizrahi

marcovescio November 4, 2022 No Comments

Daniella Mizrahi (‘17) began attending MMFS in 10th grade and credits her positive experience here for helping her come out of her shell and let her true self shine. Daniella…

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Question Everything: The Key to Scientific Learning

marcovescio November 4, 2022 No Comments

Up in the Maria Mitchell Science Room, the first half of this year is devoted to Earth Science. The Anderson Room is studying “Weather and the Atmosphere.” The Krisberg, Longobardi,…

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Hot Off the Press!

marcovescio November 4, 2022 No Comments

It’s here! The first edition of the 2022-23 McDowell Friends Gazette (All the News That We Can Find Within Our Own Four Walls and Beyond). This publication of the Friday Journalism Workshop…

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Seniors Debate Enduring Questions In Philosophy Class

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There’s a common perception that philosophy is the exclusive purview of old white men wearing tweed jackets. But if you stop by John Keenan’s philosophy elective, you’ll see teenagers discussing…

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Bergen Street Book Club

marcovescio October 21, 2022 No Comments

Over the last few weeks, all lower school students read I Am The Subway by Korean author Kim Hyo-eun (translated by Deborah Smith), a beautifully illustrated depiction of passengers on the Korean…

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