{"id":24198,"date":"2023-09-19T09:36:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=24198"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:37:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:37:51","slug":"message-from-alumni-board-member-and-mpa-third-grade-teacher-annie-stewart-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2023\/09\/19\/message-from-alumni-board-member-and-mpa-third-grade-teacher-annie-stewart-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from Alumni Board Member and MPA Third Grade Teacher, Annie Stewart \u201811"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As an educator in Minnesota, the month of September brings many transitions\u2014the end of the State Fair and, therefore, summer vacation, begrudgingly getting back into a school sleep schedule, cooler temperatures, and the joys of planning for a new year, and a new set of students. This September was no different, except that I would be officially teaching at MPA. If you had asked me when I graduated twelve years ago if I could see myself teaching, let alone teaching at the academy, I would have scoffed and said, \u201cThere is NO WAY I\u2019m doing what my parents do!\u201d Funny how life works out, right? Starting a new school year is always nerve-wracking no matter how long you\u2019ve been teaching, \u201cAre the kids going to like me? Have I done enough lesson planning? What if they hate the room? What if I mess up?\u201d What I\u2019m grateful for during this season of transition is how easy it was for me to handle those nerves, knowing I\u2019d be coming back home. Regardless of your experience at MPA, there is something inherently special about walking the halls of your alma mater. What struck me as I dragged box after box of classroom decorations and school supplies down the Lower School hallway was, \u201cOkay! I guess I\u2019m really doing this\u2026 and thank goodness I get to be doing it here.\u201d After spending four years teaching in public schools, I felt a literal weight taken off my shoulders when I walked through my classroom door. I knew that no matter what this school year would bring, I would be supported, cared for, and cheered on by everyone in the building.<\/p>\n

As you all go through your own transitions this fall, don\u2019t forget about all of the happenings going on back on campus. Homecoming is right around the corner on September 29 and 30 with the inaugural Hall of Fame induction dinner for outstanding Panther athletics, an all-alumni social gathering, the class of 1994 reunion, and lots of opportunities for you to cheer on Panther sports. You\u2019ll find me cheering on the girls volleyball team! The fall is a great time to reconnect with MPA, and I hope to see many of you on campus, whether you’re here for Homecoming or just for a tour. If you want to see me in action, come down to room #113 and hang out with some awesome 3rd graders!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As an educator in Minnesota, the month of September brings many transitions\u2014the end of the State Fair and, therefore, summer vacation, begrudgingly getting back into a school sleep schedule, cooler temperatures, and the joys of planning for a new year, and a new set of students. This September was no different, except that I would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":24199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,19,24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-school","category-alumni","category-featured-posts","category-lower-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24201,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24198\/revisions\/24201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}