Mounds Park Academy

Mounds Park Academy is an American independent preparatory pre-K-12 school in Maplewood, Minnesota with about 700 students who currently attend.

After years of research, hard work and a commitment to providing a college preparatory curriculum focused on educating the whole child, founders Bob Kreischer and Sandy Kreischer Smith witnessed their dream become a reality as the doors of Mounds Park Academy opened for the first time in the fall of 1982.

With a group of high parents, administrators, and teachers, slightly over 100 students hit the ground running that fall. Soon sports teams and extracurricular clubs were formed, friendships were cultivated, and students became active participants in classrooms.

The reputation of this school quickly spread and the student body steadily grew year after year. Four years later, MPA quadrupled its enrollment and celebrated its first graduating class of nine students! Today MPA has approximately students in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade, and graduates as many as students each year who then move on to well-respected colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Not only has the student body grown, but the campus facilities as well. To accommodate the fine arts curriculum which includes choirs, orchestras, bands, drama and a strong visual arts program, an auditorium, small theatre, art gallery and choir room were constructed after the school was founded.

More recently, MPA expanded its facilities with the addition of a four-court sports center, over a dozen new Upper School classrooms and science labs, and a student commons. Improvements also included a new Pre-Kindergarten, and many new throughout the 32-acre campus. This major renovation not only allowed for a wonderful new green space for student, but helped MPA classrooms, leading to more defined "homes" for each division within the school building.

Activities

Mounds Park Academy is known to have a great Tennis team and Contract Bridge team. They also participate in Minnesota High School Speech.

Other school related activities include -

• Soccer
• Golf
• Hockey (Combined with St. Paul Academy)
• Basketball
• Baseball
• Wrestling
• Volleyball
• Classic Debate
• Debate/Speech
• Football (Also in combination with St. Paul Academy)
• Cross-Country Running

State Championships
Boys' Tennis	2005	2006
Boys' Golf		2006 Trivia The school colors are white and blue. Their mascot is a panther. Their newspaper is called "The Voice". External links Mounds Park Academy official website