Important Notice: Campus Traffic

The news of school violence in recent incidents has certainly prompted us to take a careful look at our own campus safety. Administrators have discussed proactive measures to safeguard all of our students and MPI employees in the event of an emergency. Foremost on our minds is a review of lockdown procedures. At yesterday’s preschool and elementary faculty meeting, we discussed procedures that we’ll be practicing with the children. The same review is currently being implemented on the middle and high school campus. We are consulting with other schools and safety experts to analyze all aspects of campus security. Thank you for your cooperation in the sign-in and sign-out procedures for all campus visitors.

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Dance brings pre-k & middle school together

MPI sixth graders and preschoolers participated in a Bon Dance activity Wednesday, Sept. 13.

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MPI ESLRs (2 of 7)

At MPI students are expected to learn to Communicate Effectively

In today’s post-modern society communication is not what it was in the last century or even the last decade. The home phone has been replaced not only by the cell, but by e-mail and text messaging as well. The TV has not only grown in in physical size, it has also added innumerable channels and with the option of digital recording, may now be commercial free and with no time restraints. Radios are seldom used in the home, but in the car they not only convey the news, they allow for satellite transmissions and also connect to iPods to relay “podcasts”. Pictures “speak(ing) a thousand words” communicate with ease via digitized internet transmission with a computer, a Blackberry or even a cell phone. Power-point and I-movies have often replaced and enhanced visual and oral presentations.

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