{"id":30080,"date":"2026-04-22T10:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=30080"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:44:51","slug":"five-things-to-know-about-mpa-from-rosie-bergh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2026\/04\/22\/five-things-to-know-about-mpa-from-rosie-bergh\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things To Know About MPA From Rosie Bergh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30082 alignright img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rosiewp.png\" alt=\"Two Upper School students working on a lab\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>Unique experiences, a warm and welcoming community, and support when needed have been Rosie Bergh&#8217;s experiences at Mounds Park Academy. Continue reading for Rosie&#8217;s top-five things to know at MPA!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blue\">1. It&#8217;s super easy to get involved.<\/h2>\n<p>Most students at MPA are in multiple clubs and activities; it\u2019s a good way to meet new people. I ran the Reading Buddies program this year, and I was able to connect with the younger kids in the building.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blue\">2. Classes are smaller and allow teachers to better engage with students.<\/h2>\n<p>My average class size is about eleven people, which allows us to have valuable discussions where everyone contributes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blue\">3. Homecoming is a unique experience.<\/h2>\n<p>Students go to the homecoming dance in costumes with their fall sports teams. What you dress up as is always a surprise to the other teams!<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blue\">4. College Counseling provides a lot of support.<\/h2>\n<p>Every year of high school, college counselors talk with students about higher education. I feel comfortable talking to my counselor about my future because we have built a strong relationship over the past few years.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"blue\">5. Senior year at MPA is great and memorable.<\/h2>\n<p>The class really comes together during senior year, and we all feel like family. We have multiple events where the class bonds and makes lasting memories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unique experiences, a warm and welcoming community, and support when needed have been Rosie Bergh&#8217;s experiences at Mounds Park Academy. Continue reading for Rosie&#8217;s top-five things to know at MPA! 1. It&#8217;s super easy to get involved. Most students at MPA are in multiple clubs and activities; it\u2019s a good way to meet new people. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":30081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,28,24,29,27,10025,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admission","category-current-families","category-featured-posts","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\/30080","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=30080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30083,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30080\/revisions\/30083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}