be challenged. become prepared.
UPPER SCHOOL Mounds Park Academy’s Upper School challenges students to learn and grow to their fullest potential and prepares
them for success in life beyond high school. What sets Upper School at MPA apart are the opportunities students have to discover their passions and pursue their interests as they engage in a flexible and challenging academic program. Whether studying biological processes, constitutional law, or multiple languages, connecting things to the bigger picture gives students a broader perspective—which is an essential prerequisite for college and life. Through honors courses, Advanced Placement courses, electives, and community service requirements, motivated MPA students take their abilities and ideas even further. Whether a student has been at Mounds Park Academy since Kindergarten or joins the MPA community in Upper School, the ninth-through twelfth-grade experience provides opportunities to use acquired knowledge to form and express opinions. MPA graduates respect human dignity and are concerned about the welfare of others, are able to combine individual interests with responsibilities to others, demonstrate integrity and ethical decision making, and resolve conflicts peacefully.