The New York Times recently published Head of School Debbie Zlotowitz’s Letter to the Editor on the value of workplace friendships. The full text is below or, click here to…
The Friends Council on Education (FCE) recently honored MMFS head of school Debbie Zlotowitz, who is retiring this summer from their Board of Directors. Kirk Smothers – FCE Board member,…
For many of us, COVID provided an opportunity for reflection and reassessment of our goals and our passions. For MMFS alumnus Levitt Yaffe (‘17), the pandemic brought forth an unexpected…
June is Pride Month, and the lower school is showing its true (rainbow) colors. The Longobardi, Emily, and Mott Rooms have been studying activism in social studies, and they are…
This Wednesday, under the direction of music teachers Catherine Leto-Carboy and John Grimsley, second semester middle school music students strutted their stuff for Spring Music Day (first semester music students performed in…
If you wanted to learn about aquaponics, epigenetics, pollution in the New York area, or the future of the commercial fishing industry, you should have been in the upper school…
The classic advice to novice writers is “Write what you know.” The Fox Room is building on this bit of wisdom by writing about one of its favorite things: Hot…
Middle School Dean of Students Jim Signorelli knows how to get students excited about math. “Suzanne (director of the middle school musical The Wizard of Oz: Young Performer’s Edition) needed a…
Students in ASL 3, ASL 4, and Spanish 3 classes have been working diligently all year in preparation for Language Night. “These events are such a big part of what…
Lower School Counselor Sarah Ní Mháirtín launched a pilot program for Cohort 2 students, in collaboration with the Counseling and Cohort 2 teams, on building self-confidence. The Confidence Group is an…