{"id":23937,"date":"2023-07-17T13:32:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T18:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=23937"},"modified":"2023-07-24T08:15:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T13:15:07","slug":"welcome-to-mpa-louis-mclaughlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2023\/07\/17\/welcome-to-mpa-louis-mclaughlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to MPA, Louis McLaughlin!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"What position will you be holding at MPA?<\/strong>
\nUpper School English Teacher<\/p>\n

From what school\/organization are you coming?<\/strong>
\nVisitation School<\/p>\n

Tell us about your education and past experience.<\/strong>
\nBefore becoming a teacher, I worked in the front offices of two businesses. I was a freelance graphic designer and web programmer. I even co-founded a tech startup right out of college. I also lived in five states as an adult before I turned 30 (Missouri, Louisiana, Washington, New York, and finally Minnesota). That said, I was probably 15 years old when I realized I wanted to teach high school English. So all my degrees are in literature. I have a BA in English from Loyola University New Orleans; an MA in English from Western Washington University; and an MA in Medieval Studies from Cornell University.<\/p>\n

What did you find appealing about MPA?<\/strong>
\nMounds Park Academy has a special place in the landscape of independent schools in the metro area. Teenagers I’d taught elsewhere described MPA as a place where students could have healthy balance, a school known for rigor, but also for fostering relationship. Coming in as a new faculty member, it seems like a place where you not only receive a great education, but where your whole, unique, individual self is welcomed and celebrated, and where your personal journey is supported.<\/p>\n

What lasting impact do you plan to have on MPA?<\/strong>
\nI hope I can be an important force in my students’ lives. To help them grow in the subject I teach. But even more so, to be an adult who sees them, not just as the people they are, but the people they aspire to be.<\/p>\n

What’s your big dream?<\/strong>
\nTo find peace and to share it with others.<\/p>\n

What are you (and your family, if you so choose) passionate about?<\/strong>
\nIt’ll be no surprise to hear I’m passionate about education, especially about evolving what “English” class looks and feels like. Mindfulness plays a large role in my approach to teaching and to what we do each day in the classroom. My family and I are passionate about environmental education and grassroots political involvement.<\/p>\n

What’s a fun fact about you that our community would love to know?<\/strong>
\nIn graduate school, I studied three languages besides English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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