Marymount News

Record Breaking Day for Track & Field

The Marymount track & field team finished off their season in record-breaking fashion yesterday at the NYSAIS Championships. Elena H., Stefi M., Caitlin B., and Isabel M. set a new school record in the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 53.15 seconds. Senior Moira F. finished her high school career with a bronze medal [...]

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First Communion

Special blessings to the students in Class II who received the Sacrament of First Eucharist last Saturday at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola!

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Master Class With Brian Greene

Nearly fifty science educators from the New York Metro area including many of Marymount’s science department faculty joined Brian Greene for a master class on quantum mechanics at Marymount’s 97th Street Campus on Wednesday afternoon, May 15. The 75-minute master class challenged participants to consider a phenomenon called entanglement, which allows for actions at one [...]

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Making an M-Pact

Class X students are making an “M-PACT” on their local community in New York City! Formerly known as YPI, this Class X project has been renamed M-PACT (Marymount Philanthropy and Community Transformation) and is the culmination of the Social Justice curriculum. Each team chooses a local non-profit organization and conducts extensive research on their mission, [...]

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Class V Visits the Taylor Studios

Class V visited the Paul Taylor Dance Company Studios on Tuesday, April 30, where students participated in a master class and viewed a special performance by the Taylor 2 Company. The class was led by master teacher Ruth Andrien, a former Taylor dancer and current director of Taylor 2. Assisted by the Taylor 2 dancers [...]

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Sacrament of Confirmation

Best wishes to the Class VI and VII students who received the sacrament of Confirmation today at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. May you be blessed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit as you reaffirm your faith and become fully initiated into the Catholic community.

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Singers’ CDs now on iTunes

Check out the latest Marymount Singers’ CDs that are now available on iTunes. Buy your copy today!

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Celebrating Poem in Your Pocket Day

Kindergarten celebrated National Poem in Your Pocket Day on Thursday, April 18. The girls have been reading varied poems and writing their own in Reading and Writing Workshops. They each selected a favorite, whether written by themselves or by a more famous poet, to read to friends during a whole-class share. The Kindergarteners have loved [...]

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Magic Mary Comes to Class III

Class III busily made preparations for a very special visitor in their math class recently: Magic Mary from the land of Magnifopolis! In this land, every object is three times the size of objects on Earth. Class III received a postcard from Magic Mary informing them of her “arrival.” The postcard, of course, was three [...]

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Congratulations, Latin Scholars!

The results of the 2013 National Latin Exam are in! The National Latin Exam is offered under the joint sponsorship of the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League. More than 149,000 Latin students from all fifty states participated this year, as did students from thirteen foreign countries. Out of the thirty-six Marymount [...]

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Track & Field Team Ties School Record!

The Marymount Track & Field team had quite an impressive showing on Saturday at the Knight Time Invitational at Uniondale High School. The team placed ninth overall out of 35 teams. Marymount beat out several larger schools including Mount Vernon, Roosevelt, Yonkers, Brooklyn Tech, and St. Francis Prep. Senior Moira F. finished third in the [...]

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RSHM Sports Festival in London

Class VIII athletes travelled together to London for the RSHM Sports Festival. Every year, schools in the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary network gather at a different location to play matches, grow in friendship, and have fun. Our Class VIII students took that time to connect with Marymount athletes from around the world. [...]

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Marymount Team Thinks Big

Headmistress Concepcion Alvar, joined by a team of Marymount faculty and administrators, attended the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Annual Conference on February 27-March 1, 2013. The theme of the gathering, held in Philadelphia, was “Revolutionary Traditions: Think Big Think Great.” The event was both inspiring and practical, posing provocative questions, and calling for [...]

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2013 Winter Sports Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2013 Winter Sports Awards!   Class VII/VIII Basketball   Class VII/VIII Swimming   Class VII MVP: Francesca M.   Class VII MVP: Cathy S.   Class VIII MVP: Lily M.   Class VIII MVP: Terrell K.   MIP: Sea B.   MIP: Emma S.   JV Basketball Varsity Swimming   MVP: Quinn C.   [...]

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Adeus to our Brazilian Students!

The Marymount community sends a fond farewell to its four student ambassadors from Brazil: Fernanda D., Fernanda L., Teresa M., and Maria Clara R. They spent a month in Marymount’s Upper School and enjoyed every moment of it since the School officially welcomed them at Founders’ Day Mass. Fernanda reminisces about that day, saying, “When [...]

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Marymount Singers’ Spring Tour and NYC Concert

The Marymount Singers are traveling to California this spring for their concert tour! They fly to San Francisco and discover the Bay Area before they  wend their way down the coast to Los Angeles. Follow their progress on their blog. After spring break, be sure to hear them at their New York City concert: Thursday, [...]

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Class VII travels to France and Spain

Class VII departs Saturday, March 9, for the annual study tour to France and Spain. During their travels they will delight in the art and architecture of Barcelona including examining the presence of the Roman empire in the area and take a class in flamenco dancing; in Carcassone they will again feel the presence of [...]

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Third Place in ESU’s Shakespeare Competition

Congratulations to Marymount’s Desire H. for placing third in the English Speaking Union’s Shakespeare Competition! She performed Katherine’s monologue from The Taming of the Shrew, a sonnet, and a cold reading. From a field of twelve competitors, Desire was the only woman to make it into the top three. Kudos, Desire!

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Preliminary Calendar 2013-14

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 [...]

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Ms. Liang’s Earthwatch Expedition

Middle School math teacher, Linda Liang, has been named Marymount’s 2013 Earthwatch Fellow.  follow Ms. Liang’s blog here Since 2007 Marymount has partnered with the Earthwatch Institute, sending one or two teachers on Earthwatch expeditions each year. Read about past fellows here. In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released over 205 million gallons of crude oil [...]

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