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Upper Division Fall Production: The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney

marcovescio January 7, 2015 No Comments

Upper school students performed a stellar sold-out production of The Dining Room by A.R Gurney on December 10th and 11th. The Dining Room is one of A.R Gurney’s most eloquent…

Upper Division
Career Day at MMFS

marcovescio January 6, 2015 No Comments

Career Day is a wonderful opportunity for our students to learn first-hand about a profession that they may be interested in. Professionals from all walks of life came to our…

MMFS Lightning Poetry Contest

marcovescio December 19, 2014 No Comments

The first MMFS Lightning Poetry Contest took place on December 12, 2014. Seventeen elementary school students, seventeen middle school students, and five upper school students participated. After weeks of practicing,…

News From the
Middle Division

marcovescio December 12, 2014 No Comments

It is a busy time of year in the middle school as traditions are celebrated and learning continues in lots of exciting ways. We spent the month of November preparing…

MMFS’s Timothy Vaughn and Liv Hoffman are YoungArts 2015 Winners!

marcovescio December 3, 2014 No Comments

By Sharon Counts, Upper School Theater Teacher MMFS upper school students are National YoungArts winners! I am so over the moon thrilled to share that the National YoungArts Foundation has…

Congratulations to the Middle Division Soccer Team Champions!

marcovescio November 20, 2014 No Comments

Congratulations to the MMFS Lightning middle division soccer team for winning their league championship! On November 18th in the frozen tundra know as Red Hook, Brooklyn, our middle division soccer…

Elementary Students
Write to Malala

marcovescio November 13, 2014 No Comments

By Franziska Laskaris, Assistant Director of Elementary School Reading groups in the elementary school are in full swing! Each morning at 9:15 students, reading folders in hand, excitedly travel to…

Diversity Mini-unit

marcovescio November 10, 2014 No Comments

At the beginning of each school year, our entire student body and faculty participate in a two month mini-unit study of one of the testimonies. The project introduces students to…

Technology in the
Upper Division

marcovescio November 6, 2014 No Comments

By Caitlin Rosen, Upper Division Educational Technologist From the beginning, technology has been integrated into the design of the upper school curriculum, not as an add on or afterthought, but…

Practicing Silence at the Middle Division

marcovescio October 29, 2014 No Comments

A new school year brings new opportunities to practice silence. Yes, practice. Silence can be a rewarding part of the school day but it takes some getting use to. We…