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Lower school students crossing the road with teacher guidance

lower school students during reading time

`A Classroom Of One`

Lower School teachers genuinely care and understand what inspires each student through encouragement and joyful learning. As students master skills, their understanding of the curriculum deepens through creativity and exploration. MPA’s Lower School faculty carefully design learning to build year by year, keeping students engaged through meaningful challenges. This prepares them well for Middle School, with a strong foundation of belonging and purpose.

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Rooted In The Whole Child

The whole child is at the heart of the Lower School experience. Children are introduced to diverse experiences and perspectives, helping them understand the connectedness of all subjects and that everything they learn relates to them.

Through interdisciplinary learning with subject-matter specialists, students connect their learning to themselves and the world, gaining an appreciation for diverse cultures and developing skills for a more just society.

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`Begin Your MPA Story`

The admission process at Mounds Park Academy is designed to help families explore what makes the PreK–12 community so unique—and to give the school an opportunity to get to know each applicant. Families are encouraged to visit campus throughout the year for a variety of events, take a personal tour tailored to their interests, and connect with the people who make MPA such a special place.

Students entering grades two and above are also invited to participate in a shadow visit, where they are paired with a current student and experience a day at MPA.

Your Next Step

Dream Big. Do Right.

A PLACE TO SHARE IDEAS

An MPA third grader describes the joy in her day at MPA.

`Stir The Human Spirit, Stand For Justice, Shake The World`

BE INSPIRED

students participating in an arts and crafts activity

student sitting on a chair in a classroom

Portrait Of A `Graduate`

MPA students are critical thinkers who are skillful and well-prepared academically, leaders who move with curiosity, imagination, and persistence, and community shapers who have a sense of purpose and take responsibility.

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`Educational Journeys Only Happen Once`

MPA's Middle School for students in grades five through eight is a place where learning comes alive, where students are challenged and pushed to excel and succeed, and where it is cool to be smart, easy to shine, and okay to make mistakes. Every student needs a school they can call their own, a place where security and adventure thrive, and MPA Middle School is that place.

`Inquiry In Action`

Experiential learning is not always as linear or concrete as learning from discussions or textbooks, but we know it can be both impactful and transformative, especially when our learners are asked to reflect on what they did.

Instruction in the Middle School is inquiry-based and learner-centered. Students are active in their learning, participating in ways that acknowledge their contribution to the learning process. Most importantly, it is a safe place, socially, emotionally, and physically, and students are joyful learners.

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A Gentle Push

MPA students love being in the middle because it is here where they are encouraged to discover and chase their passions through increasingly complex, interdisciplinary courses.

They rise up to the occasion and expectations, responsible for their own academic journey in an inclusive environment that protects childhood and the joy of learning. Encouraged to take risks, think freely, and face challenges, they become ready to push their own limits.

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