WHAT'S NEW
MURRAY INNOVATION
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A PLACE FOR EXCELLENCE
MPCS offers families a holistic approach to education, focused on four core values: being Christ-Centered, Learning Focused, Community Oriented, Pursuers of Excellence. These core values are manifested in tangible form with the recent unveiling of the Murray Innovation Center (MIC) high school expansion, supported by the Stuart and Eulene Murray Foundation. The MIC has been thoughtfully designed to be a purposeful educational facility, housing radical spaces to learn, test, collaborate, grow, and “think outside the box.” With technology and STEAM-related industries booming, it has become clear that stu-
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BY AMBER IRIZARRY, COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
dents must be equipped to tackle real-world problems. Critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication are being nurtured within the new center, which opened January 2022. Through the architectural design process, Mount Paran Christian School thoughtfully evaluated the current buildings on campus, as well as the needs for future learners, resulting in new spaces that provide for enhanced programming and instruction. In a student-led design process, the final architectural plans for the MIC kept the four MPCS core values in mind.
