by General Admin | Oct 18, 2017 | Sharing, Student Work
Before the break, before Tropical Storm Nate, we were honored to have a visiting poet from Sudan. He shared some of his poetry, and also talked with students about the process of creating art. Inspired, two of our grade 10 students stood up and shared their own...
by General Admin | Aug 1, 2017 | Sharing
4 new teachers, all with years of teaching experience, oodles of qualifications, and (most importantly) the right spirit to join our team. Welcome to: Pam Holschuch – Grade 9-12 Humanities, 11/12 Homeroom Pam joins the MFS team after teaching for 4 years at the...
by General Admin | Mar 21, 2017 | Sharing
65 Years! With 30 out-of-town guests and hundreds of local alumni, parents and teachers (see familiar faces in the photos below), we celebrated non-stop for 4 days. Just some of the highlights included: Saturday celebration. In the middle of our annual Sports Day,...
by General Admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Sharing
On a cold February morning, it warms the heart to look back on our wildly successful summer camp last year – a bilingual, musical theater summer camp in Monteverde, Costa Rica, no less… Local and international kids ages 5-11 enjoyed exploring cultures...
by General Admin | Jan 6, 2017 | Sharing
At Monteverde Friends School, we are always on the look-out for creative ways to support our students’ spiritual growth and learning Quaker values. In a 6-week minicourse about podcasting, students partnered with the fabulous Mari Wadsworth at Monteverde FM...
by General Admin | Dec 1, 2016 | Sharing
December 1 is much more than the beginning of Christmas month (though we will be going to the annual Light Up parade, “Monteverde Brilla”, tonight) – it’s the day we celebrate perhaps THE pivotal moment in Costa Rican history. 68 years ago...