Navigating the Private School Waitlist - 03/23/2023
Parents, you’re faced with the decision to choose a school for your child. You’ve done your homework. You’ve perused countless school websites. You’ve toured your neighborhood...
From the Teacher's Desk: Let's Talk Testing - 03/09/2023
Many educators could say of assessments, “can’t live with them, can’t live without them,” but good assessment is incredibly valuable. Good assessment practices can accurately...
6 Tips for Hosting Community-Building Events - 02/23/2023
America is a melting pot, they say - a place where people from the world over have long sought refuge or a chance at the “American Dream”. Perhaps instead of the tired melting pot...
From the Teacher's Desk: The Importance of Play - 02/09/2023
On March 7, 2012, the face of technology was forever changed with the introduction of the Apple iPad. It’s hard to believe that more than a decade has passed since the invention...
Living Biblically: What's Your Word of the Year? - 01/26/2023
Each January, as we turn the page on the calendar to a new year, along comes New Year's resolutions - a promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop...
What is a Covenant School? - 01/12/2023
There is something really special about Mount Paran Christian School. Current families and students, as well as alumni and their parents know this well. It’s something you feel...
Seeing Through a New Lens: A Biblical Worldview - 12/14/2022
“For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of...
Faith and Intellect as One - 12/01/2022
The motto of Mount Paran Christian school is, “A place where faith and intellect grow as one.” In Latin, it translates to, Fides et intellectus simul unus. It is on our crest, but...
Executive Functions are a collection of processes or interrelated functions responsible for guiding, directing, managing cognition, emotions, and behavior, particularly in novel...
When it comes to choosing a school for their child, parents have many options: neighborhood public school, home school, charter school, online academy, independent school, or...
How to Keep Alumni Engaged with Your Mission - 10/12/2022
When a school takes its mission to heart, pouring into students and families with intention through the years, the results are graduating seniors who continue to live out the...
Many schools have great arts facilities, programming, performances, and faculty. The quality of arts in the metro Atlanta area is some of the best in the country. How, then, does...
Excellence as a measure of quality in education is difficult to quantify. But, one might recognize it when setting foot into Dr. Bonnie Stephens’ high school science classroom at...
While parents may shed a few tears when their kindergartener heads off to the first day of school, for students, the biggest transition in learning comes much later. Students...
From the Teacher's Desk: What Families Should Expect - 08/12/2022
Between preschool and their senior year of high school, children grow, learn, and develop at an astounding rate. When families entrust their children to schools to partner in...
Learning is exceedingly complex. It is both highly personal and highly social. For educators tasked with facilitating and supporting learning, doing it, not just well but with...