{"id":29416,"date":"2025-12-10T09:48:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=29416"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:19:17","slug":"welcome-to-mpa-ms-lauren-palumbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2025\/12\/10\/welcome-to-mpa-ms-lauren-palumbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome To MPA, Ms. Lauren Palumbo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29418 alignright img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LaurenPalumboWP.png\" alt=\"Photo of Lauren Palumbo, MPA's new business office assistant. \" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/em><\/strong><em>Welcome to MPA, Ms. Lauren Palumbo! Ms. Palumbo joined us on Wednesday, December 10, as a business office administrative assistant and transportation coordinator, and we are thrilled to introduce her to our community.<\/em><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From what school\/organization are you coming?<\/strong><br \/>\nI am coming from the Oklahoma State Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about your education and past experience.<\/strong><br \/>\nI have a bachelor\u2019s and a master\u2019s degree from Oklahoma universities. I studied at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where I earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, and then continued at East Central University to pursue a Master of Science in human resources. I come from a long history of working for the state of Oklahoma. I was an administrative assistant and business office manager when I was employed at the Oklahoma State Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you find appealing about MPA?<\/strong><br \/>\nI love the opportunity to work in a school setting, creating a safe and welcoming environment for all those who enter MPA.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>What lasting impact do you plan to have on MPA and its students?<\/strong><br \/>\nI plan on welcoming all who enter MPA\u2014students, staff, parents, and visitors. I plan on being a friendly and trusting face for all. I look forward to making a lasting impression and utilizing my experience to better serve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your big dream?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy big dream is working towards a promotion and staying with an organization until retirement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you passionate about?<\/strong><br \/>\nI am passionate about children. I really started working with children when I was employed with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. I am passionate about children feeling safe and supported while getting their education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s a fun fact about you that our community would love to know?<\/strong><br \/>\nI recently moved from Oklahoma for a better life for my family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to MPA, Ms. Lauren Palumbo! Ms. Palumbo joined us on Wednesday, December 10, as a business office administrative assistant and transportation coordinator, and we are thrilled to introduce her to our community. From what school\/organization are you coming? I am coming from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Tell us about your education and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":29417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,10027,29,9,12,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-families","category-faculty-and-staff-experience","category-homepage","category-lower-school","category-middle-school","category-my-mpa-experience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29416","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29416"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29432,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29416\/revisions\/29432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}