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Penn Room Name Changed to Benezet Room

Dear Friends, As you know, our lower school classrooms are named for prominent Quakers. Every year, the classes spend time researching the Quaker for whom their room is named. This…
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Art Meets Life

By Suzanne Leake, Assistant Middle School Dean and Theatre Director We began this rather unusual school year with many unknowns ahead of us, but one thing was certain—the show must…
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Alumni Spotlight:
Anna Edelman

Meet Anna Edelman, who attended MMFS in the early 2000s. She recently reconnected with her former teacher Michelle Carfagna over Facebook. Anna shared warm and happy memories of MMFS, and…
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MMFS Represents
at the 2021 QYLC

Last month, a group of MMFS upper school students participated in the annual Quaker Youth Leadership Conference (QYLC), hosted virtually by Friends Select School in Philadelphia. Students attended discussion panels…
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Alumni Spotlight:
Lola Lemarquis

In her senior year at MMFS, Lola Lemarquis (‘17) was asked by her advisor and Spanish teacher, Vicki Muñoz-Lepore, what she thought the world needed more of. A deeply observant…
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