News

List of 10 news stories.

  • Welcome Incoming Families!

    Thank you to all the parents and caregivers who joined us for our reception last month and our Farm Outing Day on Saturday. We’re grateful and excited to have you all as part of our community!

    Dalia said she loved her first Farm Outing Day and that it made her family more excited to start at MCS in September. She called the food delicious, the grounds beautiful, and the community impressive.

    “It’s just been a really fun, welcoming day,” she said.

  • Audiences Cheer for Eighth-Grade Play

    We heard audiences laugh and cheer at performances of this year's eighth-grade play. We saw a few tears.
     
    “I think performing means trying something new even though you're really terrified,” Rhea said.
     
    The challenge of putting on this year’s play seemed big just like it might seem big for next year’s eighth graders, she said, but MCS students come together and get projects done.

  • Jay's 2024 Summer Reading Lists!

    So many books, so little time. This pretty much sums up a big part of my life. Try as I might, there seems to never be enough time to get to all of the books that I would like to read, to know and to love. Quite a few years ago, a parent came into the library and asked about summer reading and did I have any books that I could recommend for her son who only liked particular books. I shared some books with her in an email.

  • Seventh Graders Share Autobiographies

    Our seventh graders shared excerpts from their autobiographies today, some chapters about their passions, others slices of their lives. They showcased a wide variety of subjects, themes, and styles.

    Tom complimented our seventh graders for pushing themselves to write in a way that felt authentic to them.

    “I'm really interested in compelling, complicated characters and stories,” he said. “So, in my own work, I think that's what I'm always trying to think about, what makes a story feel messy and true and complicated, but also beautifully written.”

  • Parents and Caregivers Participate in Math Investigation

    At caregiver math night yesterday, we worked through an investigation designed by Anya for our sixth graders. Inspired on a farm trip, she spoke with our staff there and came up with the farm-based investigation to help students practice using ratios and tables.

    Alongside Andrew, Anya spoke about productive struggle and independence. Different strategies can be used to arrive at the right answer, and students learn through investigations which strategies are the most efficient.

  • Alumni Author Visits with New Book

    The writer of “The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements,” Kai Naima Williams ‘12, visited with our 9-10s, fifth and sixth graders today.

    Kai read us from her book, a biography about her Japanese-American freedom fighter great-grandmother, Yuri, who was incarcerated in prison camps during World War II and later became a Harlem activist during the civil rights movement. It was published last month.

  • Lower School Social Scientists Study School

    With Winnie and Aixa today, our 5-6s social scientists explored the fifth floor as part of their school study. Some mapped out Morgan’s room and others chose an office next to the fifth-grade classrooms.

    The project ties in a lot of things the class has learned in math and literacy. “And they're really becoming more independent writers,” Winnie said.

  • Fifth-Grade Writers Explore Hero's Journey Structure

    Our fifth-grade fiction writers celebrated their study and take on the classic hero’s journey story structure with a publishing party today.

    “The stories reflect what is most important to them or some of what their biggest concerns are or dreams are, which is really kind of special,” Bea said.

  • Lower School Researchers Meet with Make the Road New York

    Our 9-10s asked a lot of questions, many rooted in their thirst for data. They asked for numbers quantifying the impact of Make the Road New York and also refugee and asylum data broken down by region and country, for instance.

    A Manhattan Country School alumna from the class of 1992, Chloe is the associate development director at Make the Road New York and has been working with the organization for 11 years. Justice, equality, and inclusion are values that both MRNY and MCS share, she said.

  • Eighth Grader Spotlight: Phoebe

    We’re proud of our eighth graders for navigating the high school admissions process and we’re going to start sharing stories.

    Phoebe, who has been at MCS since the 4-5s, asked Nassim, our seventh- and eighth-grade history teacher, to stand next to her when she opened her high school match email. They found out together that she received an offer from Food and Finance High School.

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