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Next Executive Director Announced

Next Executive Director Announced

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Reanna Ursin will join our community as MSON’s next Executive Director, beginning July 1, 2022. An educator, scholar, and diversity, equity, and inclusion practitioner, Reanna comes to MSON from the Westminster Schools in...

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Waynflete School Shares the Unique Value of MSON

Waynflete School Shares the Unique Value of MSON

The following article appears on p.12 of the March edition of Waynflete Magazine. It is titled, "Smart Technology" and was written by Rand Ardell.Download a PDF version of the magazine.Given the prevalence of online classes today—with teachers and students...

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The Curtain Rises on Spring!

The Curtain Rises on Spring!

This fall, my daughter had her theater debut, acting, singing, and dancing in The Sound of Music. Her joy on stage—palpable even with a mask—reminded me of the years I spent in high school and college in the theater. Ultimately, I fell in love with technical theater,...

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Abby Wagner — Prairie School, Racine, WI

Abby Wagner — Prairie School, Racine, WI

This edition of Student Spotlight shines on Prairie School’s Abby Wagner. Abby connected with the professor of her textbook during “the most difficult course” of her high school career, one that got her excited about Constitutional Law. Tell me about yourself! What...

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The Questions That Drive Us

The Questions That Drive Us

As a child, well before Google (and even before Netscape—remember that?), I would go straight from the dinner table to our family encyclopedia. My head was filled with questions. Some came from school assignments (“What was the historical context of Jane Eyre?”) and...

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Qiya Zhang – Mounds Park Academy

Qiya Zhang – Mounds Park Academy

This edition of Student Spotlight shines on Mounds Park Academy’s Qiya Zhang. Qiya (right) at Mounds Park Academy homecoming with a friend.“I am so sad this class is ending,” Mounds Park Academy sophomore Qiya Zhang wrote to her MSON teacher, Ben Taylor, this winter....

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Freya Haque – Maret School

Freya Haque – Maret School

This edition of Student Spotlight shines on Maret School’s Freya Haque. Freya shares her experiences in two MSON classes authentically and poingantly in the video below. Freya also describes her experience as making her feel more “confident” about classes in...

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MSON Sends a Message of Hope in Yale-China Association Poetry Reading

MSON Sends a Message of Hope in Yale-China Association Poetry Reading

Watch the video below of 16 students from the MSON Chinese V course reciting “You are the April of This World” by Lin Huiyin (你是人间的四月天-林徽因 ). Our Chinese V course involves students across the country—from Connecticut to Minnesota to D.C.—who are passionate about...

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MSON Welcomes Charlotte Latin School

MSON Welcomes Charlotte Latin School

MSON is thrilled to welcome Charlotte Latin as our 27th Malone School member. A Malone School since 2006, Charlotte Latin serves over 1,400 students in grades TK-12. 

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Hybrid Perspectives & Tips

Hybrid Perspectives & Tips

MSON has continued to expand our professional development activities. As schools across the country move from remote to hybrid, we have worked with the Bay Area BlendEd consortium to compile resources on hybrid teaching. This living document will continue to evolve. A...

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Political Identity and the Magic of MSON

Political Identity and the Magic of MSON

When I tell the story of the Malone Schools Online Network, I often recount how, on the morning after the 2016 election, students gathered in one of our classes with tears in their eyes, dismayed at the election results. Students from another part of the country then...

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