September 26, 2025
This message is from MPA’s Office of Admission from the September 27, 2025 issue of Inside MPA. Click here to get in touch with Admission and learn more!
MPA nurtures dreamers, doers, and right-makers with academic knowledge that will propel them forward as change agents in the world. Our students embrace the responsibility of being global citizens by advocating for social justice, caring for the welfare of others, and promoting human equality, among other pillars rooted in respect.
“Right-making is a seed that is planted in each student and cultivated as they journey through MPA. Not only do we teach character traits like inclusiveness and integrity, we promote a do-right attitude through our actions and words while we learn and grow together. This inspires us to dream big and impact others positively at home and in the world,” Kristine Petersen, MPA Kindergarten teacher, says about global citizenship.
Through rigorous curriculum with meaning and purpose, and an educational blueprint with character education at its heart, MPA pushes students to realize that their identities in the world should never be measured by a test score, but rather by the depth and decency of their impact on the world. Hear world language faculty member Kari Kunze-Hoeg elaborate on this.
Global citizenship at MPA is all about students discovering how to make a positive difference in our world, helping one another, and feeling connected. We put an emphasis on character education. We require the completion of service projects prior to graduation. We support student-led clubs with cause-based initiatives. We partner with global organizations The Red Cross and Seeds of Change, for example, for our students as young as first grade to realize their responsibility to positively impact our world. This is what truly makes a global citizen—and cultivating a service-based mindset in students is key to unlocking a larger worldview, while also preparing them for all that lies ahead.
If this matters to you and your family, you’ve found the right school!
