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$2 Million Gift Will Help Fund an MPA Education for Gifted Students with Need

Mounds Park Academy has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Malone Family Foundation. The grant will fund scholarships for gifted students whose families are not able to afford the full cost of a Mounds Park Academy education....

MN FoodShare Program Honors MPA Kindergarteners

Did you know there are real-life superheroes roaming (or, more often, skipping down) the hallways of Mounds Park Academy? There are twenty-four of them to be exact.MPA's 24 kindergarteners were honored recently by Minnesota FoodShare at an awards ceremony...

MPA Earns Jostens National Yearbook Design Recognition

MPA's yearbook, Gnomon, has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2012 Gotcha Covered Look Book, Volume 10, celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and creation. Jostens' Look Book is a collection of spreads and photos from outstanding yearbooks...

Students Will Sell "Hotdogs for Habitat" on May 9

MPA Community, here's your chance to cheer on MPA spring sports teams, enjoy great food, and help our students support an important cause!For their Senior Service Project, Class of 2013 students Sarah Anderson, Cameron Meyer-Mueller, and Charlotte Colantti will...

We Want Your Opinion! Attend an MPA Marketing Focus Group Session

Mounds Park Academy's marketing department is working on updating admission materials and advertisements. We now have several themes identified and will present these themes and mock-ups of admission materials and ads in several MPA Community focus groups. All MPA parents,...

MPA Math Club Achieves Gold Level Status

Mounds Park Academy was recently named one of only 266 school nationwide to achieve Gold Level Status in the 2012 MATHCOUNTS Club Program. The MATHCOUNTS Club Program is a middle school math enrichment program designed to "inspire excellence, confidence, and...

MS Quiz Bowl Teams Compete at Nationals

Two Middle School Quiz Bowl Teams, coached by Wade Peterson, represented Mounds Park Academy at the National Middle School Quiz Bowl Championships held April 21-22 in Chicago. Congratulations to the Middle School teams for an amazing season! Here are...

MPA Students Shine at State Speech Tourney

Congratulations to all of the Mounds Park Academy Upper School students who competed in the Minnesota State High School League 2012 State Speech Tournament on Saturday, April 21. Below are the MPA students who placed in the tournament. For...

Grants Available for Summer@MPA Classes

MPA students who are planning to take Summer@MPA classes may be eligible for a grant of up to $1,000 to assist with class fees. The grants are available through the Minnesota Office of Higher Education 2012 Summer Academic Enrichment...

MPA's Robotics Team Wins "Rookie Inspiration Award"

Minneapolis, March 30, 2012 - On day one of their rookie FIRST Robotics Regionals competition at Mariucci Arena, the MPArors were awarded the "Rookie Inspiration Award". According to FIRST, this award "celebrates a rookie team for outstanding effort as a FIRST...