October 5, 2023
Faculty and Staff Appreciation
Tuesday, October 10-Friday, October 13
The Parents Association and MPA parents and families are continuing the tradition of donating snacks and treats to help our staff get through conferences and to show our appreciation to all MPA employees. Please consider donating a beverage or snack for Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week. Remember to adhere to MPA Peanut/Tree Nut Policy when choosing snacks. Suggestions can be found on Sign Up Genius. Thank you from the MPA Parents Association! (Contact Tara Lafferty tlaffertyPA@moundsparkacademy.org for questions).
We are also planning to have a friendship bracelet making station in the Family Commons on Thursday and Friday during Conferences. Stop by and make a teacher or staff member a Friendship Bracelet! Upper School students looking for service hours are welcome to help. Sign up here.
Volunteer in the MPA Garden!
We are looking for volunteers to help with the MPA garden before the weather gets too cold. No previous gardening experience is necessary. No long-term commitment is necessary either. We typically meet either Thursday or Friday mornings after drop off, but can also meet at other times as well. If interested, please contact Sara Carroll at smtanaka@gmail.com or Tenia Kalogeropoulou at tenia2@yahoo.com to coordinate.
Community Coffees are Back!
Saturday, October 28, 9-11 AM
The PA will be hosting Community Coffees all over the Twin Cities as a place for families to drop in and say hi and meet fellow MPAers from your neighborhood. More details coming soon but mark your calendars for Saturday, October 28. We are looking for one parent volunteer to host at each of these locations: South Minneapolis, St Paul-Mac/Groveland, North Oaks, Roseville, Mahtomedi, Lake Elmo/Stillwater, Woodbury and Eagan. Please contact Julie Bixby at jbixbyPA@moundsparkacademy.org by October 13 if you are interested in hosting or with questions.
MPA Book Club with Dr. Hudson
Tuesday, November 7, 6 PM in the MPA Library
Please join Dr. Hudson and fellow MPA parents for a great discussion of David Grann’s bestseller, “Killers of the Flower Moon.” This non-fiction page-turner that reads like a novel.
“In the 1920’s, the newly created FBI took up an investigation into a string of unexplained deaths in Osage County, OK. Young FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.” Sign-Up for the Book Club
