As the Spring sports seasons come to a close, Marymount’s Upper School teams will be competing in league tournaments. Please check the schedule below and go out and support your favorite Lions! Varsity Badminton: Doubles Tournament–Friday, May 18, 3:30 p.m. @ the Brearley Field House Singles Tournament–Monday, May 23, 3:30 p.m. @ the Brearley Field [...]
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Independent Voices and Independent Visions
May 16, 2012
Marymount Upper School students took part in two inter-school collaborations this spring. Marymount’s Marella G., Gabby L., Grace M., and Hopewell R. all contributed poetry to Independent Voices, a literary collection organized and published by Joint Schools Activities. Photographers Sarina C., Ally F., Serena H., Koni M., Chiara M., Lauren M., and Angela S. all had [...]
read moreStudents Attend Celebrating Women Breakfast
May 14, 2012
Several Upper School students attended the 25th Celebrating Women Breakfast sponsored by The New York Women’s Foundation on May 10. Receiving the Century Award was Hillary Rodham Clinton, the current Secretary of State, who spoke about the importance of resiliency. To emphasize the point, Secretary Clinton provided elements of her own upbringing and the positive [...]
read moreInvention Convention at 97th Street
May 3, 2012
Class II students shared their innovative thinking at this year’s Invention Convention, held at Marymount’s 97th Street Campus. Leading up to this culminating event, students worked in pairs or small groups to generate ideas in order to solve problems in their world. While the Invention Convention is an annual tradition at Marymount, Lower School science [...]
read moreThe Marymount Open: Tickets
May 3, 2012
The Marymount Open: A Day of Golf and Tennis Monday, June 4, 2012 The Brynwood Golf and Country Club 568 Bedford Road Armonk, New York Please Purchase your tickets for the Marymount Open: A Day of Golf and Tennis below Tickets Single Golfer$350.00 USD Golf Foursome$1,400.00 USD Fundamentals of Golf Two-Hour Clinic$225.00 USD Single [...]
read moreForensics Team in State Championship
May 1, 2012
Four students–Aliza M. (XII), Kathleen D. (XI), Desire H. (X), Gabriella W. (X)—traveled with Mr. DiFolco to Albany to compete at the 2012 New York State Forensics League Championship. They qualified by placing well throughout the year in city-wide competitions. All four students advanced to the semi-final rounds in their respective speech categories, placing them [...]
read moreMock Trial Advances to Semifinals!
April 26, 2012
The Marymount Mock Trial Prosecution defeated Holy Cross School Wednesday evening. The win has earned the group an opportunity to try a case in the Semifinals. Of the original 96 teams in the city-wide competition, Marymount’s team is one of only four teams remaining. The semifinal trial against Townsend Harris High School takes place on Wednesday, [...]
read moreStudents Create Videos to Highlight 97th Street Campus
April 24, 2012
Two Class XI students, Veronica J. and Emilie W. collaborated to create a newscast to inform the Marymount community about student projects at the new 97th Street Campus. Since the vision of the new space centered around the three “A”s (arts, athletics, and academics), Veronica and Emilie decided to create three parts to mirror those [...]
read moreJoritan Earns Top Spot in Nation-Wide Competition
April 23, 2012
Marymount’s monthly newspaper, the Joritan, won a First Place award from the American Scholastic Press Association’s Scholastic Newspaper Awards competition in the Private/Parochial Schools (enrollment under 500) division. Several issues from the fall term were reviewed and compared to hundreds of papers nation-wide. The Joritan received a perfect score in the following three categories: Creativity; [...]
read moreLS Invites Author to Assembly
April 17, 2012
Kelly Kasouf, author of The Super Adventures of Sophie and the City, was invited to a recent Lower School assembly for students in Kindergarten and Class I. She delighted the students by reading her book and discussing her journey as an author from generating a narrative idea to creating a published book. Ms. Kasouf told [...]
read moreStudents Honored for Work in Race Relations
April 13, 2012
Two Class XII students, Brittany M. and Michelle C., were recognized with Certificates of Accomplishment as a result of their entries to the Princeton Prize in Race Relations. The Prize was created to “To promote harmony, understanding, and respect among people of different races by identifying and recognizing high school age students whose efforts have [...]
read moreMarymount Makers
April 12, 2012
The Fab Lab at our 97th Street Campus has been buzzing with activity this year. Its administrator, Jaymes Dec, came to Marymount with a vision that schools should have spaces where students can tinker, experiment, design, create and iterate; in short, a place where students can make things. He envisions conversations between parents and students [...]
read moreMS Digital Photography Club Gains Perspective
March 5, 2012
Under the direction of Ms. Treleaven, the Class IV students in the Digital Photography Club studied how to make impressive images with their digital cameras. They began by exploring the art of perspective. Students learned to take photos from a variety of angles, showing their subjects in new and interesting ways. They moved on to [...]
read moreNational Shakespeare Competition: Update
March 2, 2012
On January 18, Marymount held its annual English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition assembly. The competition was open to any interested students in Class IX through Class XII. Participants analyzed, memorized, and performed Shakespearean monologues before the entire Upper School. Desiré H. (Class X) was selected to represent Marymount in the New York City branch competition [...]
read moreMarymount’s School of Rock Appears with The Fray
March 1, 2012
Mr. Etcheverry’s School of Rock class was featured in a webisode for Baeble Music’s “A Day in the Life” series. Take a look at the video below! If you have trouble viewing the film, please click here to watch it at Baeblemusic.com. Video works best when viewed with Firefox or Chrome browsers.
read morePreliminary Calendar 2012-13
February 17, 2012
It is important that all Marymount families adhere to the vacation schedule below. By being absent on days preceding and following vacations and long weekends, your daughters are missing important classes and school events, which are essential to their academic experience. Except for reasons of health or family emergencies, students are not excused from school [...]
read moreClass VIII Sports Festival in Portugal
February 1, 2012
The RSHM sports festival is being hosted this year by Colegio de Nossa Senhora do Rosario, Oporto, Portugal. Class VIII students from each of the network schools is invited to attend (along with faculty chaperones). The group will depart on Tuesday evening, March 13 and will return on Sunday, March 18. For detailed information click [...]
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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 six 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 moreSpring Pre-Season Sports Training
January 30, 2012
Spring pre-season sports training sessions are offered for student-athletes from Monday through Thursday, March 26-29, 2012 in the following spring sports: Lacrosse and Softball Track and Field Tennis and Badminton For Upper School students planning to participate in a spring sport, attendance is strongly encouraged. For further information, click the links above.
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Summer Service Opportunity
January 24, 2012
Upper School students: Join us in local summer service at POTS, working in their community dining room, food pantry, clothing program, justice center, social/legal services, or events/special projects.
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