This year, 31 MMFS students crossed the stage to receive their high school diplomas. Looking back on the journey of these students, I am so moved to think of…
Each year around this time, if you walk around the lower school you will find students, teachers, and specialists working hard on class museums. Historically, class museums have been a…
Famed astrophysicist and author, Neil DeGrasse Tyson said, “Science is a cooperative enterprise, spanning the generations. It’s the passing of a torch from teacher, to student, to teacher. A community…
In keeping with our Quaker mission and our commitment to equity, this May the upper school had an immersive experience addressing systemic racism and white privilege. The experience was multi-purpose…
Jiana Eisenberg enrolled at MMFS in the 9th grade, and was part of the class of 2014 – the first class to graduate the upper school. She then went on to attend…
By Orla Dunstan, Director of Communications Students in sixth grade current events classes are immersed in a very dynamic curriculum that brings together history, geography, service learning, activism, and written…
Jacob has been a member of the MMFS community since 1997, attending when it was only an elementary school. He moved on to the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies for…
By Orla Dunstan, Director of Communications Teaching reading is the cornerstone of the MMFS elementary division program. Teachers are passionate about giving their students, most of whom struggle with reading,…
By Andrew Fileta, Upper Division Spanish Teacher, and Amy Levine, Upper Division Assistant Director Mary McDowell Friends School (MMFS) takes pride in its robust second language program. To highlight the…
Isabella (Bella) Schaefer attended MMFS for four years and was a member of the first upper school graduating class. She is now a senior at SUNY New Paltz, where she is majoring…
