Khalid Sena attended MMFS from 2002 to 2007 (before we had an upper school). After high school, Khalid went to the University of Pittsburgh in Titusville, but found that he wasn’t getting the suppor...
Gabrielle Fox-Denizé attended MMFS from ages 8-17, and was a member of the first graduating class. After graduation, Gabrielle attended Wheaton College for two years. Coincidentally, as she was consi...
Ramsey Haddad was enrolled at MMFS from the age of six through his eighth grade year. As the upper school had not yet been established at the time, he transferred to Xavier High School and then went o...
All lower and middle school classrooms at Mary McDowell Friends School are identified by Quaker names. We are very proud that each classroom is named for either a Quaker who made important contribu...
Code.org has an extensive library of free resources that support teaching computer science to students of all ages (K-12). Last year, it was my go-to for creating the framework for the upper school’...
6th Grade History came to life in the last week of April as middle school students explored the Metropolitan Museum of Art, visited Philadelphia, and met with honored guests – survivors of the Hiro...
Language therapy support services for our students Language therapy support is critical at all levels of education. Our language therapy professionals help every student strengthen important language...
Middle School Counselor Gaby Barro and Middle School Teacher Denielle Patterson used a PA grant to attend the “Reimagining Education: Teaching, Learning and Leading for a Racially Just Society Summe...
By Orla Dunstan, Director of Communications MMFS empowers students to become more independent learners through its student-directed, project-based science program. In this age of information overlo...