An integrated approach to meeting our students' needs Fine and gross motor sensory therapy at MMFS focuses on strengthening skills for academic learning. Fine and gross motor sensory support is integ...
Welcome! We thank you for your interest in our school. Mary McDowell Friends School is a K–12 college preparatory school for students with learning disabilities. Information about students who...
Upper School Overview Cultivating a strong sense of self-advocacy We encourage our students to be independent learners, critical thinkers, and problem solvers. We support them in their academic jou...
The MMFS Upper School Performing Arts Night on April 17th was a wonderful celebration of the performing arts at our upper school. Theater teacher Sharon Counts, dance teacher Stephanie Lazzara, and mu...
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 of Lincoln...
We have officially begun the “end of year wind down”….although winding down is the opposite of what is happening here at the middle division. Our 6th and 7th grade students had an educational an...
On October 11th MMFS middle and upper school faculty members presented two workshops at the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Special Education Conference. MS head teacher Ros...
Mary McDowell Friends School defines learning disabilities in the following way: A learning disability is a neurological condition that causes difficulties with the way the brain handles information....
Mary McDowell Friends School defines learning disabilities in the following way: A learning disability is a neurological condition that causes difficulties with the way the brain handles information....