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Beyond the Classroom
This month, Assistant Upper School Director Randy Comfort shares his thoughts about how the Sophomore Deep Portage trip and the Senior service project connect to this year's ecommunication theme of experiential learning. MPA students do connect what they learn in...
The Future is Here
Three years ago, in a January 2009 ecommunication, I shared with you a twenty-first century definition of academic rigor generated by former teacher and principal Tony Wagner of Harvard University. He identified seven skills critical to bridging what he called...
Athletics and Physical Education
As with last month's article by Drama teacher Barb Bradley, this month's ecommunication by Physical Education teacher and coach Dan Haase reveals more than the obvious fact that athletics and physical education engender learning by doing. Both articles reveal how...
Experiential Learning in Theatre
This month, longtime drama teacher Barb Bradley joins the conversation about experiential learning in the Upper School. She speaks in particular to a student-centered classroom when she describes the production of Winter Show. Once again, enjoy!- Scott Peeler Upper School...
Experiential Learning in the English Classroom
Please enjoy this next installment in our yearlong elaboration of what experiential learning means in the Upper School at Mounds Park Academy. This month, English Faculty member Beth Slocum shares her thoughts about the ways a student at Mounds Park...
Science Education and Experiential Learning
In the MPA Upper School, Mr. Thomsen needs no introduction, as he has captivated Ninth Grade students for over twenty years, inspiring in each one of them an appreciation for what science offers every one of us. Mr. Thomsen describes...
Experiental Education and Public Policy
Experiential education is an adventure for both teacher and student. By this I mean it is quite like standing on a mountain at the edge of a sheer cliff and pushing your kids off, hoping they can fly. It...
Experiential Learning through Peer Leadership
Last month I opened a year long series of articles about experiential learning at MPA with some brief introductory remarks whose purpose was to show that, in fact, experiential learning has been around for a long time and has...
Experiential Education
This year I'd like to share with you what experiential education looks like in the Upper School at Mounds Park Academy. Since its birth 30 years ago, one hallmark of an MPA education has been active, hands-on learning. On the...
MPA Robotics Team Party
Mounds Park Academy Robotics Students & Families,Please join the MPA Robotics Team on Friday, July 22 at 5:00 p.m. for a chance to see branding concepts that have been developed by the students and vote on your favorite name for...
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