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Marielle Sallo – Chadwick School
This edition of Teacher Spotlight shines on Chadwick School's Mariello Sallo. Teachers often ask their students to take a step outside of their comfort zone and try something that will challenge them. That is what I've told many of my students, and this year, it was...
Aleyna Buyukaksakal ‘21 – Trinity Prep School
This edition of Student Spotlight shines on Trinity Prep's Aleyna Buyukaksakal. How were you prepared to make the transition online at Trinity Prep because of your MSON experience? The synchronous learning experience of MSON greatly prepared me for the transition of...
Daniel Braverman ‘20 – Manlius Pebble Hill School
This edition of Student Spotlight shines on Manlius Pebble High's Daniel Braverman. MSON classes have been some of my favorites throughout high school. They gave me the great opportunity to learn and explore topics not available in my school’s curriculum. More...
Tribute to Marjo Talbott from Malone Family Foundation Executive Director
In November 2010, at the National Association for Gifted Children conference, I sat with Ray Ravaglia, my initial Stanford colleague, listening to his latest innovative idea. Ray, for those who didn’t know him, was one of the two minds behind Stanford Online High...
Special Edition: Preparing for COVID-19
As some of you prepare for possible school closures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, we know that many of your administrative and IT teams are already laying plans and applying their expertise to this challenge. We hope to be a resource for you in that...
Wade Lanum – Brownell Talbot School
This edition of Teacher Spotlight shines on Brownell Talbot's Wade Lanum. Brownell Talbot College Preparatory School is the only independent preschool through grade 12 school in the state of Nebraska. With graduating classes usually in the mid-thirties and an Upper...
A Global Crisis Brings Our Community Together
Dear MSON Community, In just a few days, our work at MSON has grown to encompass a new project: helping our schools prepare for possible school closures related to the COVID-19 virus. So many across the network have reached out to help one another—a perfect example...
MSON Perspective: Ken Aldridge, Head, Wilmington Friends School and member of MSON’s Steering Committee
“I think I want to take Arabic,” was the statement our daughter made to us, as we were reviewing course offerings for her 11th grade year. After a family talk about enrolling in a MSON language course, our daughter applied and was accepted to MSON Arabic 1. After...
Happy New Year!
The spring semester in MSON is always exciting for me, and not only because our 191 students across 18 courses are embarking on new learning experiences—or because we release our Course Catalog with MSON’s offerings for the next year. It’s also because I’m thinking...
Dean Masullo – University School of Nashville
I’ve been teaching British, American, and World Literature at University School of Nashville for the past eleven years, as well as directing a number of Independent Studies on subjects that range from Queer Cinema to the history of American popular music. I’m also the...
Rob Dubinski ’20 – Severn School
This edition of Student Spotlight shines on Severn School's Rob Dubinski. One of the best academic decisions I have made throughout my high school career was deciding to take my two MSON courses, Data Structures and Design Patterns and Multivariable Calculus. Both of...
Joyce Lazier – Canterbury School
This edition of Teacher Spotlight shines on Canterbury School's Joyce Lazier. If a bag existed that could function as a portable uterus, would this be a good thing? This is a question I’d never considered even in my ethics class, but I got to wrap my brain around this...
From “What” to “Wow” in 3 Years, Joanne Infantino, Academic Liaison – Casady School
My school prides itself on tradition. Daily Chapel with the school hymn on Fridays. Family-style dining in the lunchroom. Latin in seventh and eighth grades. So when innovation presents itself, many of us “old-timers” can be skeptical at best and resistant at worst. I...
Our MSON Teachers Are a Special Breed
Writes one student: “The most valuable part of this class was the teacher…I could think of no better man to teach a course on this subject.” Comments another: “The teacher was always open to questions and encouraged us to act like we were in a real classroom, for...
Siyun (Nancy) Wang ’20 – The Prairie School
I have really enjoyed the three (soon to be four) MSON courses I’ve taken because they are definitely challenging and focus on things one wouldn’t normally learn in a regular high school setting; they’re more like college courses. Class discussions are fun, the...