On a rainy Saturday we officially welcomed Head of School André Del Valle to the MMFS community at Convocation. Held at the beautiful Theater at City Tech, all lit up…
In honor of our 40th anniversary, MMFS is embarking on the development of a Strategic Plan for the next 5 to 7 years. That work got underway in earnest in…
On Friday, June 7th at the Brooklyn Museum, Mary McDowell Friends School held it’s 11th Commencement Exercises, conferring 43 high school diplomas on the Class of 2024. Congratulations to our…
by Carly Guiterman, Middle School CSE Coordinator When I became the CSE Coordinator at the middle school in the fall of 2021, I was fortunate to inherit the procedures and…
We caught up with recent alum Derrick Barnes, a rising sophomore at American University in Washington, DC, to ask about his first year of college. What was the next step…
What a night! More than 200 members of the MMFS community attended Illuminations: Benefit 2024 on May 16. Thank you to everyone who came out for the evening, made a…
Poetry Month at the lower school culminated with an epic Lightning Poetry Contest. More than 60 students—the largest group ever!—signed up to learn and recite a poem before a panel…
The reviews are in and it’s a hit! Congratulations to everyone involved in creating the “Big, Bright Beautiful World” of the middle school’s production of Shrek, The Musical Jr., based on…
Tuesday was the annual Senior Art Show, celebrating the work, talent, and dedication of the student artists who took an art class during their senior year. Some students exhibited a…
by Head of School André Del Valle MMFS is widely recognized for making travel one of the foundations of its curriculum for students with learning disabilities. It opens the door…
