On January 27, all three Kindergarten sections met in the Alumnae Parlor for an afternoon of sharing. In small groups, the girls had the opportunity to read the fairy tales they had written and illustrated themselves.
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Knitting Brigade: Sharing Time and Talents
January 30, 2012
The Knitting Brigade started out the year with huge hopes and a small membership. Though comprised of only three members and a faculty moderator, the girls instantly clicked and bonded over big dreams for the club, quickly making new patterns, new records, and new friends. Some even spread the Brigade’s message to their peers, and [...]
read moreClass VI Performs Updated Canterbury Tales
December 10, 2011
On the mornings of December 7, 8, and 9, Class VI gave three wonderful performances of vignettes from The Canterbury Tales. Rather than perform the stories in their fourteenth-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer’s voice, Class VI imbued the stories with new life by adapting them to reflect a more modern vernacular. After introducing the performance [...]
read moreArchitect Visits Class VIII Art
December 1, 2011
Paul Regan, of Paul Regan Architect Inc., gave a presentation to Class VIII focused on architectural model building. The class is digitally designing dream homes using Google SketchUp and will soon be building their own scale models. Mr. Regan covered the basics of scale paper model building and then met with each student individually to discuss their [...]
read moreAP Art History Visits the Cloisters
December 1, 2011
A unit on medieval art and architecture was the inspiration for an AP Art History class field trip to the Cloisters Museum. The visit gave Ms. Carcaterra’s class the opportunity to explore 600 year-old chapels without ever leaving Manhattan. The museum incorporates elements from five medieval cloisters and other monastic sites in southern France to [...]
read moreTeen Press Conference 2011
November 16, 2011
Middle and Upper School students who attended the National Book Awards 2011 Teen Press Conference at the Scholastic headquarters in SoHo were enthusiastic about their experience. Each Marymount student who attended the conference was asked to read one of five books in advance of the trip. The five authors, whose books were chosen as finalists [...]
read moreUpper School Girls Solve International Design Problems
November 11, 2011
Carol Gretter, an educator from the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design, gave a presentation to art students from Classes VIII and X. The presentation centered around the concept that most of the world around us is designed: from the mundane, such as a toothbrushes or potato peeler, to the elaborate, like electric cars and [...]
read moreClass II Builds Boats in Brooklyn
November 4, 2011
As a part of their unit on liquids, boats, and buoyancy, Class II took a field trip to Constructionkids, a Brooklyn-based program that offers classes in carpentry to children and adults. The students were briefed in safety and proper techniques for handling and hammering nails before embarking on building their own boats. Under the supervision [...]
read moreRoof Top Possibilities
October 31, 2011
Recently, Class X geometry students explored the possibilities of the rooftop of the 97th Street Campus. Students and their teachers, Itir Arkan and Fiona O’Doherty, traveled to the building, measured the roof, and began to work fleshing out their own design ideas using Google SketchUp.
In reflecting on the experience, Eleanor S. wrote, “The 97th Street [...]
Pushcart Players Perform for Lower School
October 25, 2011
The magic of storytelling brought folk tales from around the world to life for Classes Kindergarten through III at a recent assembly. The award-winning professional theater and arts-in-education company for young audiences, the Pushcart Players, performed “Stone Soup and Other Stories” for Marymount students. The stories originated from places as far flung as Appalachia, eastern [...]
read moreStorm King Enchants Class VIII
October 6, 2011
Surrounded by magical hills, maple allées, sculpture, and fog, Class VIII students observed the juxtaposition and resultant balance of the made-made and the natural worlds. Bold industrial sculpture stood in conversation with the ageless mountains, while low-lying clouds joined the sky. Guided by their art teachers, Lesa Wang and David Valdini, students explored and experienced [...]
read moreCaptain of the Mayflower Washed Ashore at the Middle School
October 4, 2011
Captain Christopher Jones, the “Captain” of the Mayflower, paid a special visit to the Middle School on Tuesday, October 4. A resident of Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts, the Captain spoke with both Classes IV and VII. He presented the students with background information about pirates and how dangerous it was to sail in his time. [...]
read moreChez Nous: Spring 2011
September 30, 2011
Chez Nous, the Marymount School Middle School literary journal, began as a print publication and went online in 2007. Now designed by the students in Pages, the journal contains prose and poetry created by Middle School students in the Spring term of 2011. This issue is available as a PDF.
read moreMarymount Study Tour Blog
June 10, 2011
Marymount students travel to Scotland and England in a study tour that connects Science and English. Follow their adventures as they post daily study tour summaries and pictures.
read moreUpper School Service Trip Blog
June 10, 2011
Upper School students from Marymount School of New York are partnering with students from Marymount High School (Los Angeles) to assist in the St. Bernard Project in New Orleans, Louisiana. Follow the blog here.
read moreClass III Takes Carnegie Hall
May 31, 2011
As the finale to a semester-long musical odyssey, Class III performed at a concert on one of the world’s biggest stages, Carnegie Hall. The concert, titled “The Orchestra Sings,” marked the culmination of Class III’s participation in the Link Up music education program. Integrated into the Class III music curriculum, students studied the parts of [...]
read moreClearwater Sail: Class VII
May 16, 2011
On a beautiful May afternoon, Class VII students sailed the lower Hudson River on the sloop “Clearwater.” The boat built to “save the river” by a group of citizens led by Pete Seeger, the “Clearwater” provides an educational experience to introduce students to the rich heritage of the river and its wildlife. Arranged by Middle [...]
read moreClass II Inventors
May 9, 2011
“Coat-ella,” “Easy Paste,” and “Cold Pillows” were only a few of the inventions unveiled at the Class II Invention Convention that took place on May 5. Parents and friends were invited to examine and discuss the students’ inventions created in response to problems that the girls identified in the world. Throughout the auditorium, the energy [...]
read moreClass VI Students View and Create Illuminated Manuscripts
May 3, 2011
Class VI students benefited from two visits to the Morgan Library and Museum to culminate their study of medieval Europe. On their first visit, students observed the Museum’s collection, primarily western manuscripts assembled to illustrate the history of manuscript illumination. Students were able to see significant masterpieces from the ninth to the sixteenth century.
The second [...]
Finite Math Students Study Game Theory
May 3, 2011
As a final project in their Finite Math class, seniors created games to showcase what they learned about game theory. In creating their own games of chance, students modeled strategic situations where players have the ability to make choices that impact the other players of the game. Students investigated how casinos play on the interests [...]
read moreClass XII Computer Programmers
April 27, 2011
Class XII students in Computer Programming, an elective taught by Peter Aronoff, have teamed up to create a web application akin to Twitter. To create “MMTweets” students used a framework called Ruby on Rails, the same technology used by sites like Groupon, Twitter, and Shopify, to develop their own customized app. The experience simulated a [...]
read moreUsing iPads to Create Self-Portraits
April 4, 2011
Exploring a new digital medium, students in Class VIII Studio Art were asked to draw self-portraits using the iPad. Students began the assignment by exploring the virtual galleries of Art Authority, an app with more than 40,000 works of art, using its vast collection as a portrait resource. To create their own self-portraits, students used [...]
read moreWorld Civilization Festival Brings History Alive
March 10, 2011
Class IX catapulted through history in late February during the annual World Civilization Festival. The festival is a centerpiece of the Class IX program and allows students to actively highlight their learning and share it with their peers.
With the advice and support of faculty mentors from two of the Integrated Humanities disciplines (English, History, Art [...]
Kindergarten Writers
March 4, 2011
Kindergartners have been busy drafting, editing, and presenting their own writing. As a culmination of their poetry writing, Kindergarten students recently gave a reading of their original work in the Alumnae Parlor. Stepping up to a little red microphone, they exercised their confidence and read aloud to a receptive audience.
In writing their own poems, students [...]
Class I Creates Kente Cloth Designs
February 15, 2011
Class I studied kente cloth from Ghana, Africa with art teacher Jennifer Croson and learned that each tribe identifies with a significant pattern. The students then designed their own patterns with a partner, using the iPad. They used the RSHM goal this year, to awaken a consciousness of social justice, for inspiration. [...]
read moreClass VII Students Visit Fraunces Tavern
February 10, 2011
Class VII students spent the afternoon at Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan imagining life during the colonial period as well as the Revolutionary War period in America’s history. [...]
read moreHands On Math in Kindergarten
February 1, 2011
Kindergarten students use a variety of manipulatives to discover number sense, numerical operations, estimation, and spatial reasoning. Students form numbers using sand, glitter and glue, “floam”, and play-dough, making tangible examples of the numbers they know.
Among their math activities, they have itemized and recorded objects in mystery bags, making a special note of groups of [...]
No Name Calling Week & Bias Awareness Day
January 26, 2011
Examining Privilege through Different Lenses
This year’s Bias Awareness Day occurred during National No Name Calling Week (January 24-28). Every other year Marymount takes the opportunity to encourage students (and adults!) to uncover unconscious bias in attitudes and actions in an effort to make positive change in our classrooms, school, community, and world. The guiding principle [...]
Class V Discovers King Tut
January 21, 2011
Class V students recently visited the exhibit “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs” at the Discovery Center in Times Square just before its final engagement there. The exhibit contained an array of possessions unearthed from the tomb, as well as antiquities representing his family and his contemporaries. Class V teacher, Anne Townsend remarked, [...]
read moreClass VI Visits U.N.
January 19, 2011
While the annual Class VI trip to the U.N. began as a way to participate in the International Day of Peace (in September), it has since evolved into a January trip where the girls meet with Sr. Rita Arthur, RSHM, and one of her colleagues at the U.N. This year students met with Winifred Doherty [...]
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Class VII Films “Fractured” Fairy Tales
December 15, 2010
As part of their short story unit this year, Class VII students incorporated technology into the creation of their own “fractured” fairy tales. After reading several short stories and discovering the literary elements contained within, students read an updated Princess tale entitled “The Princess Who Stood on Her Own Two Feet” whose protagonist gives up [...]
read moreChaucer Comes Alive With Class VI
December 3, 2010
As part of their study of the Middle Ages, Class VI students read adaptations of several of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, wrote scripts from them, and then performed the skits for their classmates, family, and friends. Craig DiFolco, who coordinates the speech and drama program in the Middle School, expressed his delight at the girls’ performances, “It’s [...]
read moreClass V Math Students Visit “Canstruction”
November 29, 2010
As a real-life extension of mathematics, Middle School math faculty, Anna Berezkina, Linda Liang, Anne Townsend, and Coco Yang along with Class I head teacher, Eileen Burke, recently accompanied Class V to the 18th Annual “Canstruction” competition at the World Financial Center. In a unique charity and community service project that takes place in over [...]
read moreSeniors Explore Weather Forecasting
November 22, 2010
On Wednesday, November 17, students in the senior Atmospheric Science elective visited with Fox News Meteorologist Rick Reichmuth at the main studios of the Fox News Channel in Manhattan. During the visit, students got an inside peek at the world of broadcast meteorology, learning how Mr. Reichmuth develops his forecast and produces weather segments, how [...]
read moreGreat American Smoke Out
November 18, 2010
Students in Class X Health participated in the annual Great American Smoke Out on November 18. The students created informational flyers, public service videos, and keynote presentations addressing the dangers of smoking, with a focus on teenage smoking. Starting first thing in the morning, the students, along with school nurse and Health X teacher, Barbara [...]
read moreMiddle School Service Trips to Kateri
November 18, 2010
So far this year, Classes VI and VII have visited Kateri Residence on the Upper West Side bringing activities, smiles, and conversations to those who live there. In October, Class VII arrived with materials to make tissue flowers as well as Halloween cards, to the delight of the residents. One resident, a native French speaker, [...]
read moreCooperative Class VIII Painting Project
November 5, 2010
To foster cooperation among students while simultaneously stimulating their imaginations, Barbara Ledig-Sheehan’s Class VIII art students created a colorful mural whose theme was “Under the Sea.” Students began the project by researching specific fish and underwater life and then drawing those of particular interest on a piece of canvas. They added coral, plants, and shells, [...]
read moreDiwali Lights Up Class I
November 5, 2010
Adding to their understanding of religious diversity, Class I learned about the Indian festival of lights, known as Diwali, thanks to the Rajpal family. As part of the holiday, the girls learned that people light diyas (oil lamps usually made of clay) and electric lights to celebrate the strength of light over darkness. This year [...]
read moreUncovering Earthworms in Class II
November 5, 2010
Class II has been investigating earthworms this fall. First they generated a list of questions about earthworms like, “Can worms bite?,” “Do worms have brains?,” “Why do worms need to stay moist?,” and “How do worms have babies?” During science class, the girls observed live worms and referred to nonfiction worm books to research the [...]
read moreClass V Students Become Sumerian Scribes
October 29, 2010
Using stylus and clay at the Met, the girls in Brittany O’Neill’s social studies class created cuneiform tablets. Imagining they were Sumerian scribes, Class V students crafted messages about kings, trade, and historical events. They created pictographs to represent the words and sounds in their messages and simplified their pictographs into cuneiform.
The Class V social studies [...]
AP Chemistry lab experiments
October 26, 2010
Class XII students in AP® chemistry spend many class periods completing lab experiments (in their colorful lab coats). Recently they performed an oxidation-reduction titration to determine the concentration of sodium hypochlorite (the active ingredient) in commercial bleach. Utilizing information they are learning or have learned in math they then calculated the standard and average deviation.
In [...]
Lighting Up Minds in the Middle School
October 25, 2010
Minds were energized in the Middle School on Friday, October 22 as parents joined their daughters in the annual “Light Up Your Mind” event. The two-part afternoon included a design challenge in Middle School classrooms along with an inspiring discussion by Frank Migliorelli of ESI Design in the Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall of the [...]
read moreSkype Across the Atlantic
October 20, 2010
Students from Christine Tesson’s AP French class reached across the Atlantic by way of Skype to converse with seventeen-year-old Lucas Eldin. The dialogue, ranging from inquiries about sports and high school choice to protests and diversity, gave students the chance to have an authentic conversation in their target language. The girls noticed a poster behind Lucas’ [...]
read moreClass VI Mystically Inclined
October 20, 2010
Class VI enjoyed an overnight together in Mystic, Connecticut on October 14, accompanied by members of the Middle School faculty. According to their homeroom teacher, Linda Liang, the girls traveled to “investigate the ecology of Long Island Sound, explore colonial and aquatic life in New England, and perform skits at ‘The Dragon’s Egg,’ a dance [...]
read moreBotanical Gardens Welcome Class I
October 19, 2010
This fall, Class I has been studying seeds and plants in science. Lower School science teacher Margaret Siciliano explained, “They grew small gardens with different types of seeds, compared seed types, dissected seeds, and learned about seed dispersal.”
Recently the students took their knowledge to the New York Botanical Gardens, exploring the Children’s Garden, looking for [...]
Class X at YSOP
October 18, 2010
On October 7-8 and 8-9, Marymount’s Class X took part in an overnight event run by YSOP (Youth Services Opportunity Project) as part of their social justice curriculum. The program is designed to personalize the face of hunger and homelessness in New York City for the students, to challenge some of their assumptions about homelessness, and [...]
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Upper School Students Attend Dodge Poetry Festival
October 14, 2010
October 8, thirteen Marymount students from grades VIII through XII, along with two English teachers, attended the Dodge Poetry Festival. The group traveled to Newark, New Jersey’s Performing Arts Center and surrounding venues, to listen [...]
read moreFirst Big/Little Sisters Event of the Year
October 8, 2010
The much-anticipated Big Sister/Little Sister event that occurred on Wednesday, October 6 was a rousing success. Students from the Lower, Middle, and Upper schools partnered for an hour of friendship, snacks, and discovery. In an effort to get to know one another, students interviewed each other, went on scavenger hunts, made collages, shared their schoolwork, [...]
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Class II Walks and Observes the Neighborhood
September 23, 2010
To kick off their year-long social studies unit of New York, Class II took a neighborhood walk. The girls were asked to pay close attention to city scenes and activities that surround them everyday. After making a lengthy list of what they saw, heard, and smelled, the students chose a scene to write about and [...]
read moreiPads Energize Class I
September 16, 2010
With squeals of delight and “sparkle” fingers, Class I students explored the possibilities of iPads with teacher Alyce Brookfield on September 13. The focus of their first lesson was discovery. After an iPad was placed on her desk, each girl experimented with how to turn it on, scroll through apps, choose an app to open [...]
read moreClass V: Greek Mythology
June 3, 2010
Where do spiders come from? Where did the peacock get its beautiful tail? Why do the seasons change? Class V students explored the answers that people invented for these questions over two thousand years ago in a delightful rendering of Greek mythological tales on May 25-26. From Hermes, the messenger for Mt. Olympus, to creepy [...]
read moreTechnology in English, or English 2.0
June 3, 2010
In a Marymount English classroom, a student is equally likely to annotate the margin of her Jane Eyre paperback or to expand on a remark made by another student in the class’s online forum. She might collaborate with classmates to invent a wiki encyclopedia exploring Toni Morrison’s Bluest Eye or handwrite notes detailing a group [...]
read moreFinal Competition – Youth and Philanthropy Initiative
May 25, 2010
May 21 witnessed the final competition of the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) at Marymount. The program, created by entrepreneur Julie Toskan-Casale, is currently implemented in over 250 schools in the UK and Canada. Marymount is the pilot school for the program in the United States, thanks to generous funding from Marymount parent Stephen Hanson. [...]
read moreSemi-Finals of Marymount’s Youth and Philanthropy Initiative
May 11, 2010
On May 7, Class X students participated in the semi-finals of the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative, a program currently in place in over 250 schools in the UK and Canada, which Marymount is implementing as the pilot school in the United States. Integrating with Marymount’s current social justice and financial literacy curricula, YPI is a [...]
read moreArts Week 2010
April 28, 2010
Arts Week at Marymount, this year taking place from April 19 to 23, is a dazzling event. All over the School, walls and tables are adorned with art by students in all classes, from Nursery to the Class XII Advanced Placement art students. The variety is stunning, the talent unmistakable. From detailed charcoal drawings to [...]
read moreClass II’s Invention Convention
April 27, 2010
Every year, Marymount’s Class II hosts an Invention Convention displaying their most ingenious ideas for solving everyday problems, and this year’s Class II carried out the tradition in a flood of creativity and resourcefulness! Parents, teachers, and fellow students were astounded on the morning of April 27 by the variety and presentation of the students’ [...]
read moreMarymount’s Robo Expos!
April 26, 2010
On April 22, Marymount’s Class III proved their technological know-how, as well as their creative, designing, and public-speaking talents, in the annual Robotics Showcase. The show gave the students a chance to demonstrate to their delighted parents the programs they had created for small robots. Taking it in turns, each pair of girls described the [...]
read moreMarymount Singers in Spain
March 30, 2010
The Marymount Singers’ annual concert tour this spring took the choir to Spain. After arriving in Madrid on March 22, the students, accompanied by Music Department Chair, Mario Dell’Olio, and other faculty, traveled to Seville where they spent a few days exploring this vibrant city known for flamenco dancing, bull fighting, and its rich history [...]
read moreClass VII Tour France and Spain
March 19, 2010
Class VII students, led by divisional head Jane Bell, French teacher Raymonde Kavanagh, and world languages department chair Christine Tesson, departed on March 14 for the annual week-long study tour to France and Spain. Visiting museums, churches, and famous landmarks, the students are studying the history and culture of the regions they visit.
The tour began [...]
World Civilization Performances
March 16, 2010
Each year for Integrated Humanities, each Class IX student must choose an aspect of an ancient world culture and present it in creative form to the Class as a whole. Each presentation must be ten minutes long and offer an introduction to a significant tradition, ritual, person, or event in ancient history. The students may [...]
read moreClass II Celebrates Dutch Day!
March 10, 2010
Class II concluded their unit on New Amsterdam with Dutch Day on March 5. The girls went back in time to New Amsterdam in the 1600s. Wearing period costumes, they learned what it was like to not have electricity and to work by (battery-operated) candlelight. The students took their weekly spelling test in horn books [...]
read moreClass IX Writes Islamic Travel Narratives
March 10, 2010
The Humanities course for Class IX, required of all students, is an innovative course combining the disciplines of history, English, and art history. Exploring the rich field of ancient civilizations, the course introduces students to the literature, art, history, economies, religions, and political systems of many different cultures. This term, the students were given a [...]
read moreThe Lower School Gets Jazzed!
March 10, 2010
On March 4, the Lower School had a very special treat: a jazz band gave a performance in an assembly! Jazz singer Jesse Palter, accompanied by the other three members of the Jesse Palter Quartet—Marion Felder on drums, Ben Williams on bass, and Mike Jellick on piano—filled the auditorium with music to the delight of [...]
read moreClass IV: Revolutionary Voices
March 5, 2010
The American war for independence came to life on March 2 and 3 at Marymount’s Middle School, when Class IV students presented their “Revolutionary Voices” to a delighted audience. Representing historical characters from George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and Abigail Adams to Betsy Ross, Phyllis Wheatley, and even King George III, the girls read speeches they [...]
read moreField Trip to a DNA Lab
February 22, 2010
On February 19, Marymount’s AP Biology class traveled to the Dolan DNA Learning Center West, in Lake Success, NY. Students completed a bacterial transformation laboratory in which a harmless strain of E. Coli was manipulated and engineered to have additional DNA (genes). Students inserted a plasmid with the ampicillin resistance and green fluorescent protein (GFP) [...]
read moreClass VII: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
February 22, 2010
The talented actresses in Class VII wowed audiences with their performances of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on February 18 and 19, the culmination of the Middle’s School’s four-year speech and drama curriculum. With crystal-clear diction and enough expression to convey the full meaning of Shakespeare’s complex language, the students offered captivating interpretations of Bottom’s [...]
read moreClass II and Georgia O’Keeffe
February 1, 2010
In the past month, Class II has enjoyed a very special extended project designed by their art teacher, Jennifer Croson. After learning about the life and artwork of painter Georgia O’Keeffe, renowned especially for her studies of flowers, skeletons, and the scenery of the American southwest, Class II students went to the Whitney Museum of [...]
read moreReading from A to Zimbabwe
January 14, 2010
This week marks the beginning of one of the Lower School’s most beloved winter traditions: the A-to-Zimbabwe Reading project. Running through March 12, the project encourages students to read books with their families by giving them the extra incentive of raising money for children in Zimbabwe. Families can decide how much they would like to [...]
read moreClass VI Trip to the UN
January 14, 2010
Every year, Marymount’s Class VI takes a trip to the United Nations to learn firsthand about the invaluable work being done there. The current Class VI made the trip on Wednesday, January 13. They began the day at the Holy Family Church across the street from the UN, at the International Catholic Organizations Information Center. [...]
read moreExperience Designers Speak to Upper School
January 12, 2010
In the first Upper School assembly of the new semester, students heard a presentation from two members of ESI Design, an experiential design firm that uses technology, space, communication, and educational theory to design everything from websites to museum exhibits, in such wide-ranging locations as Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Times Square, New York City. Frank [...]
read moreAfrican Travels in a Lower School Assembly
January 8, 2010
On Wednesday, January 6, the Lower School ushered in the new term with an assembly presentation from Allie Michels, daughter of Robyn Lipman, the Lower School administrative assistant. Ms. Michels, now a freshman at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, told the students about her trip to Kenya in the summer of 2007 with the [...]
read moreClass I Visits the Archives
December 17, 2009
On Friday, December 11, Class I went on a special expedition—to the Marymount Archives, guided by Mrs. Susana Acosta, the School’s archivist, who gave the girls a fascinating tour among the artifacts, yearbooks, and even old graduation dresses carefully preserved as evidence of Marymount’s rich and varied history. The girls were enthralled by a collection [...]
read moreClass II Curates Algonquian Museum
December 16, 2009
On the morning of Wednesday, December 16, Class II proudly opened their Algonquian Museum, the grand finale to their in-depth study of Algonquian history and culture. The Algonquians, one of the most numerous of North American peoples, included in pre-colonial times tribes ranging throughout New England and the eastern regions of Canada. They also populated [...]
read moreFrench Poetry at the Metropolitan Museum
December 9, 2009
On November 7, French teacher Virginie Mahou attended a workshop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art about the current exhibition on Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), “Art, Music, and Theater,” in which attendees discussed the connections between these different arts. Afterwards, she had the Class XII students in her French Advanced Readings Class study French poetry inspired [...]
read moreClass III Dissects Cow Eyes
December 9, 2009
As the culmination of their fall term, Marymount’s Class III had the opportunity to watch cow eyes being dissected on Tuesday, December 8. After studying light and color for much of the term and learning about the anatomy of the eye, the students were well equipped to identify the different parts of the eyeball. On [...]
read moreClass VI: Canterbury Tales
December 4, 2009
On the mornings of December 1 and 2, Class VI gave two extraordinary performances of scenes from The Canterbury Tales, filling these stories from fourteenth-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer with new life in adaptations that were written and acted by the students themselves. On each morning, after a recitation of the Prologue in the poem’s original Middle [...]
read moreLower School Musicians at Carnegie Hall
November 23, 2009
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? As music teacher Sarah Mehaffey tells her students, you have to practice, practice, practice! And that’s exactly what the girls in Classes I and II have done: since September they have been exploring Cuban, Chinese, and American Folk music through the Musical Explorers program sponsored by Carnegie Hall. [...]
read moreSpeakers for Social Justice
November 23, 2009
This fall, as part of its social justice curriculum, Marymount’s Upper School has welcomed three distinguished sets of speakers, who spoke to classes on the importance of taking concrete action to resolve social issues.
On October 26, a volunteer group from Invisible Children came to Marymount to share their story with Classes X and XI: Invisible Children is a [...]
Lower School Science: Indoors and Out!
November 18, 2009
In the Lower School, students learn about science all over the place; they discover that science affects every aspect of their lives, from the food they eat to the sounds they hear to the way they see. Science teacher Margaret Siciliano introduces the girls to the world of scientific ideas by exploring familiar places and [...]
read moreMarymount: Pilot School for Youth and Philanthropy Initiative
November 18, 2009
Class X students at Marymount have the opportunity to be the first students in the United States to participate in the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) currently implemented in over 250 schools in Canada and the UK. Founded by entrepreneur Julie Toskan Casale, Marymount’s 2010 Commencement speaker, YPI allows students to learn about the theory [...]
read moreExploring Religion in New York’s Museums
November 18, 2009
Religious Studies in the Middle School emphasizes the importance of exploring our own spirituality—and also of exploring the resources around us, in particular New York’s many museums. Recently, spiritual life coordinator Alice Kearney Alwin has led two field trips for Classes V-VII to museums: first the Metroplitan Museum of Art, and second the Museum of [...]
read moreClass IV Takes a Trip to the Sun!
November 9, 2009
On November 5, Class IV walked from Marymount through Central Park to the American Museum of Natural History where they explored the Rose Center for Earth and Space and attended the planetarium show “Journey to the Stars.” [...]
read moreMobile Computing Initiative
November 9, 2009
The Mobile Computing Initiative (MCI) is a pilot program to introduce mobile computing into the high school classroom. At Marymount, this program is in place in two advanced courses: AP Physics C and AP French Language where the students received an iPod Touch to use as a learning tool. [...]
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Latin: Scary Stories
November 5, 2009
Students in Class VII Latin during the Halloween season worked on writing their own “scary stories” and presenting them in comic-book format. Click on the images below for a sample of this frighteningly delightful work. [...]
read moreLiterary Lottery: Chinua Achebe
November 2, 2009
Marymount’s Literary Lottery gives Upper School students the chance to see some of the world’s finest authors and poets in person at events in New York City, primarily at the 92nd Street Y. The lottery, run by writer-in-residence Cathy Blackburn, is made possible through the Maggie Murray Fund and has allowed students to see such [...]
read moreMiddle School STEM Event for Parents and Daughters
October 28, 2009
STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics—was celebrated and explored by Middle School students and their parents on Friday, October 23.
read moreAfrican Studies Class Visited by Hararghe Catholic Secretariat from Ethiopia
October 27, 2009
The Upper School African Studies class received a visit on Tuesday, October 27, from four members of the Hararghe Catholic Secretariat of Ethiopia, brought to Marymount by Mr. Jerry Stanton, parent of Amelia ’09, through his work for Catholic Relief Services. Ms. Caroline Brennan, who also works for Catholic Relief Services, accompanied the Secretariat members [...]
read morePilgrim’s Progress through the Middle School
October 7, 2009
Marymount’s Middle School had an unusual visitor on Tuesday, October 6: a pilgrim from Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts, acting and speaking in every respect as a man hailing from the year 1627. Francis Cook—or “Goodman Cook,” as he taught the students to say—visited first Class IV and then Class VII, taking both grades on a [...]
read moreConnecting with New York’s Resources
September 30, 2009
This year Marymount has gained memberships to two New York institutions that will allow the School to increase yet further its use of the resources surrounding us in Manhattan.
The first institution is the Rubin Museum of Art, located on West 17th Street, which houses an incomparable collection of art and artifacts from the Himalayas. The [...]
Lower School Irish Assembly
September 28, 2009
Every Wednesday the Lower School gathers for their weekly assembly. It is a time to come together as a division, to celebrate special occasions, to hear from guest speakers, and to share important information about the life of the Lower School.
On Wednesday, September 23, the Lower School had the treat of an assembly on Irish [...]
New Classrooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
September 23, 2009
One of the most treasured resources at Marymount has always been its close relationship with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located just across Fifth Avenue from the School. The Museum’s proximity has meant that students have unparalleled access to artwork from all over the world. Now, thanks to a special agreement between Marymount and the [...]
read moreDepartmental Summer Reading
September 22, 2009
It is no surprise that Marymount’s English department assigns summer reading to its students each year. What is more unusual is the School’s departmental summer reading program, in place since 2002. To emphasize the importance of reading for students and teachers of every subject, each department in Marymount’s Upper School chooses one book that explores [...]
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Class V Greek Mythology
May 21, 2009
As part of the four year Middle School integrated speech curriculum, Class V presented Greek Mythology, acting out scripts and narrations based on their studies of ancient Greek culture and the Gods and Goddesses. The presentation represented a final project for Class V based on the culmination of work in Language Arts, Social Studies, Art, [...]
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Class II Science – Insect Study
May 8, 2009
After learning all about insects during their science unit, Class II students were able to experience what it would be like to become an insect predator. The lesson, titled “I’m Stuck on You,” featured three different habitats – the ground for grasshoppers, the wall (tree) for beetles, and the air for flies. The girls [...]
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Class III – Robotics Showcase
May 7, 2009
On May 7, Class III students presented their programmed robot cars to their parents in the gym. Each girl worked with a partner to program a choreographed routine for their car. Part of the showcase included students teaching their parents about NXT bricks and how they built their cars.
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Middle School History Day
May 6, 2009
In keeping with our RSHM goal for this year, the Middle School Student Council sponsored a Dress as an Historical Character Day on Friday, May 8. After choosing an historical figure who has made a significant difference in the life of others, students became well versed in their chosen character and shared relevant information with [...]
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Class II – Invention Convention
April 22, 2009
Class II presented a wide variety of unique and creative ideas in its annual “Invention Convention,” part of the Science curriculum. The inventors’ parents and other Lower School students were invited to observe as the inventions were demonstrated.
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Animated Collage Project
April 20, 2009
Class VIII art students explored collage and computer animation through on-table projects that were transformed into digital format. Collages were scanned and the images were animated with Adobe Photoshop CS3. Note: media may take a few moments to load.
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Class VII Study Tour
March 23, 2009
One of the culminating activities of the Middle School curriculum is the Class VII Study Tour in Europe. This year, for the first time, students travelled to Spain as well as France to enrich their understanding the language and culture of these countries. The girls prepared in their French, Spanish and Latin classes. The girls [...]
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Class IV Revolutionary Voices
March 5, 2009
The interdisciplinary presentation of “Revolutionary Voices” integates social studies, language arts, speech, drama and art. Each student researches, writes and performs a monologue based on a character from the American Revolution.
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The Elements Multimedia Project
March 2, 2009
Class V science students explored the elements and the periodic table. Each student researched and illustrated an element, and reported on it's "vital statistics." Click on the control bar under each image to learn about the element. Note: media may take a few moments to load.
AF Lithium
AH Chlorine
AM Sulfur
AM Tungsten
AR Platinum
ASA Copper
AV Flourine
BSM Iodine
CC Magnesium
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Class IX World Civlizations Festival
February 23, 2009
The World Civilization Festival is a celebration of the cultures of the ancient world (prior to 1300 CE) in which Class IX Humanities students choose a person, event, document, artwork, or other historical feature to present to their classmates in a five-minute creative performance on stage. Students worked with two faculty mentors in literature, history, [...]
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Earthwatch Expedition: Live from the Field and Into the Classroom
February 19, 2009
For ten days in February 2009, Dr. Stefan Cornelis, an Upper School history teacher, joined a team of conservation scientists in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada as part of the Earthwatch expedition, Climate Change at the Arctic’s Edge. He kept the community engaged and informed through daily blog entries, and on two occasions he was able to [...]
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Class VIIA – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
February 18, 2009
The Class VII productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream integrated language arts, speech, drama and art.
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Class VIIB – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
February 16, 2009
The Class VII productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream integrated language arts, speech, drama and art.
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Class III Cow Eye Dissection
February 9, 2009
Class III recently concluded a comprehensive study of light, lenses and color by dissecting a cow’s eye. Teachers from different divisions and departments participated in this activity with the girls. The scientists were able to see the anatomy they had studied as they examined each complex layer of the cow’s eye. They were also able [...]
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Upper School ESU Shakespeare Competition
February 2, 2009
At an assembly on February 12, nine Upper School students participated in the ESU (English Speaking Union) Shakespeare competition, open to students in grades 9-12. The Competition encourages students’ “appreciation of literature as they explore the beauty of the language and the timeless themes in Shakespeare’s works.” Participants interpret Shakespeare’s works in their own way [...]
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Lower School International Week Highlights
January 29, 2009
Lower School celebrated the Chinese New Year and family heritage.
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International Week Lower School Assembly Aboriginal Culture
January 17, 2009
Australian Aborigine Cultural Presenter, Cameron McCarthy, a member of the KuKu-Yalanji tribe, gave a wonderful performance for the Lower School as part of International Week. He played a didgeridoo, displayed artwork and demonstrated a variety of artificats including boomerangs and a bullroarer, which was implemented as a means of communicating over extended distances. He also [...]
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International Week Middle School Heritage Project
January 15, 2009
Middle School students and teachers contributed artifacts reflecting their family heritage to the Heritage Day “Museum.” Students also wore the colors or clothing from their family’s original country of origin.
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Upper School International Week Flamenco Latino
January 14, 2009
As part of International Week at Marymount, Flamenco Latino performed for Upper School Students. The troupe demonstrated various Flamenco rhythms created by clapping, foot work, voice, music and the use of castenets. The multicultural influences on Flamenco dancing were described and demonstrated through the dances performed.
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