The Southern Poverty Law Center​ (SPLC) praised MMFS students' commitment to social justice in a wonderful article on their website. Students and other community members visited SPLC  on the MMFS C...
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 reflection and ...
By Orla Dunstan, Director of Communications Second language study “empowers our students to become ... contributing members of a global society,” as our mission states, by exposing students to ...
By Kira Kingren, Assistant Director of the Middle School This term, the middle school history students made some big decisions about survival, whether to hunt or gather and whether to follow the ma...
Upper School Student Life​ Cultivating a strong sense of self-advocacy in our upper division students Mary McDowell Friends School is more than a school, it is an empowering learning environment ...
By Rachel Awkward, Lower School CSE Coordinator Last year, I applied for and received an MMFS Parents Association grant to use for professional development in math instruction. Using this generous...
Lower School Student Life A comprehensive school experience, where every child is valued Daily Routine All lower school students arrive at their classrooms at 8:15 am and unpack their belongings. A...
Upper School Math Teacher John Wilson created a statistics curriculum for juniors and seniors with the support of a PA grant. Here is his report on the development and implementation of that curriculu...
Middle School Academics Literacy The middle school's innovative literacy curriculum combines reading and writing to strengthen learning in both disciplines. Small groups of three to six students at...