Welcome to the Middle School at Mounds Park Academy! We are a dynamic and welcoming place where students are appreciated for who they are while also being challenged to take risks in a safe environment. The Middle School faculty understand that some of the most dramatic social, physical, emotional, and intellectual changes of a person’s life take place during these adolescent years, and we approach our students with empathy and sound teaching practices to meet the developmental needs of all learners. We help students figure out who they are as they seek independence and reassurance by pushing them to think critically and abstractly, collaborate with peers, and learn from mistakes. Lifelong skills including resiliency, time management, curiosity, creativity, teamwork, ethics, empathy, and conflict resolution are interwoven throughout the curriculum.

Academics in the Middle School are rigorous and engaging, and our comprehensive curriculum empowers students to discover and express their learning through many avenues. Teachers utilize interdisciplinary collaboration and programming to connect and reinforce skills, and continuously engage students through hands-on work. All Middle School students have their own school-issued MacBook Air laptop that allows them to collaborate, explore, give and receive feedback, and create in unique ways. Students receive individualized support through a comprehensive advisory system, small class sizes, academic, social, and counseling services, and skills-building Seminar courses.

Finally, a hallmark feature of the MPA Middle School is the sense of family and community that permeates everything we do. Students want to be here; they love to learn, they seek to do well, and they celebrate one another’s accomplishments. Kindness and support are normal, and at the core of what our students expect and give to each other. Students form lifelong friendships while doing service to the school and broader community, embarking on field trips, and participating in athletics, clubs, and activities. Further, students make connections with both Lower School and Upper School students throughout the year.

The Middle School faculty cares deeply about their students, serving as mentors, confidants, and advocates, and communicate regularly with parents so that they serve as active partners in their student’s education.

We welcome you to come for a visit to see all of this for yourself.

Paul Errickson
Middle School Director
email | 651-748-5565