{"id":8186,"date":"2017-09-14T15:06:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=8186"},"modified":"2017-09-14T15:06:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T20:06:15","slug":"hello-rex-hendrickson-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2017\/09\/14\/hello-rex-hendrickson-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello From Rex Hendrickson &#8217;11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignright wp-image-8187 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/RexWP-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Former student in gym\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>After my many years at MPA, I went to the University of Denver (DU). I attended for two years before studying abroad at Semester at Sea for the fall of 2013\u2014my junior year. At DU, I focused on business\/economic classes as well as a blend of writing, French and music (thanks to MPA).<\/p>\n<p>Semester at Sea was an excellent study abroad program that I would recommend it to every student researcher\u2014it is a semester aboard a ship, traveling from port to port, learning about the global communication system, vastly diverse cultures and applying hands on experience you wouldn&#8217;t normally receive in a classroom setting. My semester circumnavigated the Atlantic Ocean, traveling south across Europe and Africa, moving west to South America and finally landing north in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A whopping 15 countries and 4 continents in a semester&#8217;s time made it truly a once in a lifetime study abroad opportunity\u2014something I hold dear to my heart.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I was not convinced of a dedicated major at DU and after my return from Semester at Sea, I decided to take time away from school and pursue other interests. I started working random jobs before pursuing a Yoga Teacher Training course, which led to a Pilates Training course. As I found myself in the health and wellness field, I started to integrate skills of athleticism, intellect and giving back through my teaching of Pilates and promoting healthy living and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>As I reflect on my fondest memories of MPA, they were split between my time as a Varsity Soccer player and Choir. Our soccer team went to state twice, which was one of my favorite memories with my tight-knit group of friends, especially my senior year. Choir was the other major interest of mine having been to All-State both my junior and senior year. I cherish those opportunities to excel in athletics and in the arts\u2014two opposite worlds that gave me a sense of balance and centeredness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my many years at MPA, I went to the University of Denver (DU). I attended for two years before studying abroad at Semester at Sea for the fall of 2013\u2014my junior year. At DU, I focused on business\/economic classes as well as a blend of writing, French and music (thanks to MPA). Semester at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-school","category-alumni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8186","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=8186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8189,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8186\/revisions\/8189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}