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What five things do you need to know about MPA? MPA tenth grader Emily Baker is here to tell you. We’re so happy to see the campus pond and native gardens made her list!<\/p>\nWhat five things do you need to know about MPA? MPA tenth grader Emily Baker is here to tell you. We’re so happy to see the campus pond and native gardens made her list!<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t be afraid to join a team; MPA welcomes all skill levels! Whether you\u2019ve been playing for years or just starting out, there\u2019s a place for you. I\u2019ve made so many amazing friends on the soccer team and have grown so much as a player.<\/p>\n
As the Middle School representative on our student ambassador leadership team, I get to help welcome new students and make their transition to MPA as smooth and fun as possible. It\u2019s such a great way to connect with others and make everyone feel at home!<\/p>\n
MPA is all about lifting each other up. This photo captures the amazing turnout at our last Homecoming soccer game, an early morning match where the community\u2019s energy helped push us to a dub!<\/p>\n
At MPA, you can be involved in theatre no matter what else you\u2019re passionate about. I\u2019ve worked on three productions this year while managing other activities. I usually do crew, but last year, my friends encouraged me to try acting in our musical, and I made so many lasting memories!<\/p>\n
Our pond and prairie are easily some of the most beautiful parts of our campus. Maintained by students and our Upper School biology teacher, Mr. Thomsen, the pond and prairie are not only fabulous but also a great place for outdoor learning and research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What five things do you need to know about MPA? MPA tenth grader Emily Baker is here to tell you. We’re so happy to see the campus pond and native gardens made her list! 1. Athletic teams are no-cut. Don\u2019t be afraid to join a team; MPA welcomes all skill levels! Whether you\u2019ve been playing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":28013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,15,28,24,10,29,27,10025,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admission","category-athletics","category-current-families","category-featured-posts","category-fine-arts","category-homepage","category-my-mpa-experience","category-student-experience","category-upper-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28010","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28014,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28010\/revisions\/28014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}