“We all excel in different ways and have different strengths. When we do the best we can with our strengths, we’re revealing brilliance. Some of us are strong academically, in…
In February seven US students attended the Quaker Youth Leadership Conference at Lincoln and Moses Brown Schools in Providence, RI. The annual three-day conference brings together students from Friends schools…
by Kathleen Stack, Elementary Division Social Worker Every day at MMFS, we witness acts of kindness between our students. It’s often something small or subtle: a 5th floor student helping…
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, the MMFS community gathered together in silent meeting to reflect on the question, “How do you keep Martin Luther King Jr.’s beliefs alive…
by Amy Salomon-Kohn, Director of College Guidance There are many things that students look forward to about high school, including more independence and more choice. Choice plays an integral part of…
by Fran Yellen, Middle Division Administrator and Afterschool Coordinator The weather has been incredibly unpredictable this winter but one thing’s for certain, it is always busy at the middle school.…
Two years ago we challenged our middle and upper school students to memorize the Gettysburg Address as part of the national “Learn the Address” project to commemorate the 150th anniversary…
by Hannah Finn Wiltshire, Elementary Division Director As many of you know, social studies units in the elementary school typically begin with a study of geography. In our youngest classes,…
by Fran Yellen, Middle Division Administrator November was a busy month here at the middle school. We had basketball tryouts for our boys and girls Lighting teams. Our new squads…
by Samantha Bretton-Granatoor, Upper Division Social Worker Every day during lunch something is happening at the upper school! If you walk the halls you might hear a lively debate, an…
