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WingTips by Dr. Tim Wiens

A Mount Paran Christian School Blog

Living Biblically: What's Your Word of the Year?

What is a Covenant School?

Seeing Through a New Lens: A Biblical Worldview

Faith and Intellect as One

ParentEd.: Helping Students Boost Their Brain Capacity for Success

How School Choice Programs Increase Educational Opportunities for Families

How to Keep Alumni Engaged with Your Mission

From the Teacher's Desk: Play is Learning Through the Arts

From the Teacher's Desk: 4 Tips to Capture the Minds of Your Students

5 Tips for Making the Middle to High School Transition

From the Teacher's Desk: What Families Should Expect

Innovation in Education: How to Teach Children to Love Learning

Annual Fund in 5: Modeling Best Practices for Community Engagement

Innovation in Education: Preparing Students for Careers in Music, Film, and Television

How to Prepare Today's Learners to be Tomorrow's Leaders

Prom with Purpose

ParentEd.: Teaching Children Fiscal Responsibility

ParentEd.: 9 Tips for Parents to Help Teens Avoid Drugs and Alcohol

ParentEd.: Excelling in the Midst of Adversity

ParentEd.: 3 Tips for Navigating the Hidden Dangers of Social Media

The 2 Most Important Things to Consider When Choosing a Preschool

4 Benefits of Choosing a K-12 Independent School for Life

3 Reasons Why I Believe in Christian Schools

Philosophy of Belonging - 4 Tips for Fostering a Diverse Culture

Giving Thanks in All Things

Breaking Barriers: Girls Sports Rise to the Top

Innovation in Education: The Show Must Go On

Innovation in Education: A New Class of Coffee

Innovation in Education: 4 Ways Technology is Transforming Instruction

Innovation in Education: Balancing Proven Curriculum with Out-of-the-box Instruction

7 Tips for Affording a Private School Education

Becoming a Thinking Christian

Innovation in Education: Best Practices in Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

Innovation in Education: Bluebird Trail Brings Science to Life

Finding the Right Fit - An Individualized Approach to College Counseling

Innovation in Education: Daffodil Project Teaches Empathy

4 Reasons Why We Chose Mount Paran Christian School

Strategically Planning to Elevate Our People, Programs, and Place

ParentEd.: The Blessing of a B Minus

Innovation in Education: Teaching Cultural Awareness

How to Imagine, Innovate, and Build for the Education of Tomorrow

ParentEd.: Real Talk for Moms

A Call to Brotherhood: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Wisdom For Today

Living Into Community: Hospitality

Living Into Community: Promise Keeping

Living Into Community: Gratitude

Living Into Community: Truth-Telling

A Faith-Filled Vote

How Does Faith Influence Politics?

Innovation Outside the Classroom

CommUNITY: How Do We Love One Another?

Campaign for CommUNITY

Understanding God: Why Does God Allow Evil?

Understanding God: What is Hell Like?

Understanding God: Do We Have Free Will?

Understanding God: Don't Mimic Culture

Understanding God: How to Practice Extreme Gratitude

Understanding God: Why Christianity?

CommUNITY: A Call for Justice and Reconciliation

Pathways: The Places MPCS Seniors Go

How To Raise Empathetic Children in Today's Culture

Exploring Heritage: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Portrait of a Graduate

ParentEd.: Raising Athletes: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

ParentEd.: Here's What You Need to Know About College Admissions

Middle School P.E.P. Talk for Parents

How to Choose the Best Private School for Your Family

7 Tips for Parents Working from Home

6 Tips For Making the Most of Virtual Learning

Why Are Schools Cursing Cursive?

Legal Eagles: A Mock Trial Primer

Imago Dei: Why Diversity Matters

The Sacrifice

Elementary School P.E.P. Talk for Parents

We Are One People

ParentEd.: How to Overcome the Pressures of the Teenage Years

Hope in What We Cannot See

High School P.E.P. Talk for Parents

School Strategy In The Pursuit of Excellence

Letter to My Alma Mater: Servant-Leadership

Letter to My Alma Mater: Athletics

MPCS Core Values

Letter to My Alma Mater: Arts

Letter to My Alma Mater: Academics

Robotics and the Body of Christ

One Language, 21 Cultures: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

A Lesson on Love

ParentEd.: A Generation of Screenagers

Developing Leaders: Student Perspectives on How to goLEAD

goLEAD Year 2: Experiential Leadership

15 Strong

ParentEd.: Redshirting - Do They Need That Extra Year?

Get There From Here: Military Academies

Get There From Here: Ivy League

Get There From Here: Collegiate Athletics

Get There From Here: Arts in College

Get There From Here: Christian Colleges

Commitment to Excellence the MPC Way

Get There From Here: UGA and Georgia Tech

Family Serve Day

ParentEd.: What parents learned from Dr. Tim Elmore

Women's History Month: Girls in STEAM

Our World Needs the Liberal Arts

Relentless Effort the MPC Way

ParentEd. – Let's Talk: The Scoop on Speech Therapy

Technology and the Liberal Arts

African-American History Month: The Impact of Children and Inspiring Them Today

Passion the MPC Way

An Introduction to the Liberal Arts

United In Christ

Resolute For the New Year

Parent.Ed: “Connect" with Kids' Tech Use

Remembering George H. W. Bush - A Presidential Visit to MPCS

Integrity the MPC Way

Truth About Native American Heritage

International Fair

AP Scholars Scoring and Soaring Higher

Humility the MPC Way

Civil Rights Collaboration

Partner in CommUNITY Education

Project Lead The Way

Connected for the Future

Murray Arts Center Ten-Year Anniversary

Who is Tim Wiens?

Vision for the Future

A Farewell Charge

Leaving a Legacy

College Scholarships Cheat Sheet

How to Build Your Best College Application

Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare for College

8 Tips for Choosing Your Ideal College

What Every Middle-Schooler Needs to Know About College

CommUNITY

ParentEd. – Teen Trends

To Save or Not to Save: 529 Plans are the Question

God-Honoring Imagination

Defining Directed Studies

#Love17Challenge

How to Prepare Preschoolers for a 21st-Century Kindergarten

Billy Graham and Black History Month

goLEAD

My Love (Hate) of Learning

Dream Killers

ParentEd. – Understanding Dyslexia

The Influence of Teens with a Pen

ParentEd. – Venom of Vaping

Stanley Club

Symbols of His Gift

ParentEd. – Five Tips for Studying Smarter, Not Harder

Beyond the Script

God's Perspective

For the Record

Service Through Sacrifice

You Say You Want Reformation

STEAM-Training Teachers

High School Fishing

Makerspace

Integration of Art, Technology, and Music

Worried About Children

The MPC Way

Connected Learning Program

#BeKind

On His Way to Harvard

Eclipse of the Heart

Uncovering the Eclipse

Innovators

Biblical Worldview

Pre-K Full STEAM Ahead

Gears in Motion

How to Build a Roller Coaster

Innovating for the Future

“Growing" in Project-Based Curriculum

The Eagles Have Landed

A Reflection of Christian Education

A Summer So Sweet

Digital Citizenship: Plugged-In Parents

Digital Citizenship: What is Cyberbullying?

Digital Citizenship: Digital Footprint

Digital Citizenship: Privacy is Paramount

Digital Citizenship: Getting Personal

Digital Citizenship: Social Media 101

Living the Great Commission - One Student at a Time

A Place for All Learners

The Creative Thinker

Student Mentoring Made Meaningful

Day Care vs. MPCS Preschool: What's the Difference?

Glowing for God

Why WHY Matters

Informed Faith: A Concrete Case for Christian Education

Retreat Daily with Sabbath

The Global Classroom

4 Benefits of the Daily Devotion

Why Independent School?

An Hour is Just the Beginning

Christian Cheerleading Boasts Different Kind of “Spirit”

What's so Christian about a Christian School?

Mission-Driven in Academics

Mission-Driven in Athletics

Mission-Driven in Christian Life

Mission-Driven in the Arts

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PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIMER:

How School Choice Programs Increase Educational Opportunities for Families
5 Tips for Making the Middle to High School Transition
What Families Should Expect
2 Most Important This to Consider When Choosing a Preschool
4 Benefits of Choosing a K-12 School for Life
3 Reasons Why I Believe in Christian Schools
7 Tips for Affording a Private School Education
4 Reasons We Chose Mount Paran Christian School
How to Choose the Best Private School for Your Family

PARENTEd. TALKS:

Helping Students Boost Their Brain Capacity for Success
Teaching Children Fiscal Responsibility
Tips for Parents to Help Teens Avoid Drugs and Alcohol
Excelling in the Midst of Adversity
3 Tips for Navigating the Hidden Dangers of Social Media
The Blessing of a B Minus
Real Talk for Moms

COLLEGE SERIES:

Finding the Right Fit - An Individualized Approach to College Counseling
ParentEd.: Here’s What You Need to Know About College Admissions
To Save or Not to Save: 529 Plans are the Question

FROM THE TEACHER’S DESK:

What Families Should Expect
Play is Learning Through the Arts
4 Tips to Capture the Minds of Your Students

CHRISTIAN LIFE:

What is a Covenant School?
Seeing Through a New Lens: A Biblical Worldview
Faith and Intellect as One
Philosophy of Belonging: 4 Tips for Fostering a Diverse Culture
Innovation in Education: Teaching Cultural Awareness
A Call to Brotherhood: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Wisdom for Today
CommUNITY: How Do We Love One Another?
Campaign for CommUNITY
How to Raise Empathetic Children in Today’s Culture
Imageo Dei: Why Diversity Matters

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