{"id":11294,"date":"2018-10-11T12:41:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=11294"},"modified":"2018-11-05T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:02:50","slug":"joyful-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2018\/10\/11\/joyful-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Purpose of Mounds Park Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"by Dr. Bill Hudson, Head of School<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDo you know the purpose of Mounds Park Academy?\u201d asked Mr. Kevin Breen, chair of our ISACS accreditation visiting team, of several seniors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of the school is to develop the whole child so that we can be fully formed adults,\u201d said the first.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when we are more fully formed, we have the self-confidence to respect each other and value inclusivity,\u201d added a friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, so in a way, the most important word in the motto is \u2018do,\u2019 as in do things; do right,\u201d said the third. And then, after a pause, he added this: \u201cAnd our teachers facilitate that. They make it easy to do right. They make volunteerism easy. They make civic engagement easy. They bring opportunities to \u2018do right\u2019 right to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vibrant and powerful mission of Mounds Park Academy, delivered by talented and caring teachers, is having a tremendous impact on the lives of our students each day. You share in that impact by the value you place on learning, the investment you are making in the education of your children, and your commitment to and support of Mounds Park Academy.<\/p>\n

Monday will mark the beginning of our fall campaign, \u201cJoyful Learning, Joyful Giving.\u201d For the next five weeks, the MPA community will band together to raise the funds necessary to extend the impact and joy of an MPA education. Culminating with Give To The Max Day and the Faculty and Staff Lip Sync Assembly on November 15, our goal is to raise $300,000 to ensure joyful learning continues at MPA.<\/p>\n

One could say that the joy of learning at MPA is dependent upon the joyful giving of parents, alumni, grandparents, friends, and alumni families. Mounds Park Academy, like all independent schools, relies on three principle sources of revenue to support its day-to-day operations: tuition, endowment, and annual gifts made by members of our community. Tuition does not cover the total cost of educating a student at Mounds Park Academy and the gap is bridged by annual giving.<\/p>\n

Gifts made to the MPA fund during the \u201cJoyful Learning, Joyful Giving\u201d campaign are used exclusively to fund joyful learning:<\/p>\n