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To maintain relationships with students who have reached alumni status, many schools build out alumni relations programs that continually keep the mission of the school at the forefront of the minds of the alumni community. But, just how can schools build a robust program that extends beyond the norm? At Mount Paran Christian School, through service opportunities and various partnerships, alumni are invited to keep living as servant-leaders to honor God, love others, and walk in Truth.   ![Goshen Valley Family Serve Day alumni](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Goshen%20Valley%20Family%20Serve%20Day%20alumni.jpg?width=844&name=Goshen%20Valley%20Family%20Serve%20Day%20alumni.jpg) [![From the Teacher's Desk: Play is Learning Through the Arts](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/MS%20drama%20class%20girls.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/play-is-learning-through-the-arts) ## [From the Teacher's Desk: Play is Learning Through the Arts](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/play-is-learning-through-the-arts) September 21, 2022 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 a school separate itself uniquely from the rest? The answer for Mount Paran Christian School lies in the mission of the school and how it is lived out through the arts program. While most schools focus on students developing their skills to serve their personal performance goals, MPCS goes a step further, infusing the idea that God gives us gifts to be used to glorify Him. Faculty make all the difference in helping students understand that we bring glory to God when we love others as He loves us and to act as servant-leaders through the use of artistic gifts and skills.   ![MS drama class girls](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MS%20drama%20class%20girls.jpg?width=844&name=MS%20drama%20class%20girls.jpg) [![From the Teacher's Desk: 4 Tips to Capture the Minds of Your Students](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/AP%20biology%20students%20working.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/4-tips-to-capture-students-attention) ## [From the Teacher's Desk: 4 Tips to Capture the Minds of Your Students](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/4-tips-to-capture-students-attention) September 07, 2022 *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 Mount Paran Christian School. Dr. Stephens, who received a B.S. in Applied Biology from Georgia Tech and a Ph.D. in Biology from Georgia State University, is known to enliven content for her classes. Here, she shares how she brings learning to life for her students.   ![AP biology students working](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AP%20biology%20students%20working.jpg?width=844&name=AP%20biology%20students%20working.jpg) [![5 Tips for Making the Middle to High School Transition](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/Middle%20school%20students%20group.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/5-tips-for-middle-to-high-school-transition) ## [5 Tips for Making the Middle to High School Transition](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/5-tips-for-middle-to-high-school-transition) August 24, 2022 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 often find that the move from middle school to high school is especially daunting. These rising freshmen are full of hopes and dreams, as well as fears and freedom. Here are five tips that can help any rising freshman make for a smooth transition into the high school years.   ![Middle school students group](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Middle%20school%20students%20group.jpg?width=844&name=Middle%20school%20students%20group.jpg) [![From the Teacher's Desk: What Families Should Expect](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/IMGL6247.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/from-the-teachers-desk-what-families-should-expect) ## [From the Teacher's Desk: What Families Should Expect](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/from-the-teachers-desk-what-families-should-expect) August 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 shaping the worldview of these future citizens, it is essential that the relationship between home and school be one of open communication and true partnership.    We all enter relationships with our own set of expectations, based on our personal experiences and values. The learning process requires effort from both the teacher and the student. What follows is a guide from the leaders at Mount Paran Christian School to help families navigate expectations from teachers, and vice versa, all with the ultimate aim to ensure the best possible outcomes for students.   ![IMGL6247](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMGL6247.jpg?width=844&name=IMGL6247.jpg) [![Innovation in Education: How to Teach Children to Love Learning](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/HS%20robotics%20girls.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/how-to-teach-children-to-love-learning) ## [Innovation in Education: How to Teach Children to Love Learning](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/how-to-teach-children-to-love-learning) July 27, 2022 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 excellence, requires a healthy dose of both art and science. And, while much is understood about the conditions and practices that support learning, facilitating learning that is durable, adaptive, inspiring, and innovative is a daily challenge for educators and schools. Moreover, creating school learning environments where students develop robust knowledge and skills is only the beginning. If students leave school today without the dispositions and skills to support lifelong, self-directed learning, they will not be equipped to tackle the challenges thrust upon them by an ever-changing world.    So, while learning is complex, let’s take a moment to examine one of the key drivers of school-based learning – the teacher’s ability to create learning cultures of excellence in which students and educators are highly engaged with one another, with rich ideas and robust thinking and creating. Blessed with highly-skilled faculty, examples of high-engagement learning cultures at Mount Paran Christian School abound across all school grade divisions.    ![HS robotics girls](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HS%20robotics%20girls.jpg?width=881&name=HS%20robotics%20girls.jpg) [![How to Prepare Today's Learners to be Tomorrow's Leaders](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/senior%20college%20day%20closeup%20crowd.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/prepare-todays-learners-to-be-tomorrows-leaders) ## [How to Prepare Today's Learners to be Tomorrow's Leaders](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/prepare-todays-learners-to-be-tomorrows-leaders) June 09, 2022 “...\[I\]f education is to succeed in its tasks, curriculum as its core should be restructured or repacked around the four pillars of learning: learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together, and learning to be.” *-Zhou Nanzhao, Ph.D., Director, International Center of Teacher Education, East-China Normal University, and Advisor to the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO* Globalization. A 24/7 news cycle. The growing influence of social media. Ever-changing technological advances. These are but a few of the challenges facing today’s teachers and their students. While the field of education may find it challenging to keep pace with the rapid changes in communication and technology, all is not lost in equipping 21st-Century learners for future success. In addition to providing a strong educational foundation - to include learning important facts, reading, writing, and arithmetic - it is crucial, according to the UNESCO International Commission on Education, that education today needs to teach students to be lifelong learners.   ![Classof22 MPCS5766 for WW](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Classof22%20MPCS5766%20for%20WW.jpg?width=844&name=Classof22%20MPCS5766%20for%20WW.jpg) [![ParentEd.: Excelling in the Midst of Adversity](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/Inky%20baseball%20team%20jersey.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/excelling-in-midst-of-adversity) ## [ParentEd.: Excelling in the Midst of Adversity](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/excelling-in-midst-of-adversity) March 10, 2022 *Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?* -Job 2:10 When everything’s going our way, life feels easy. We know what to do when all goes well. So, what happens when we’re faced with adversity - a loss, a health scare, financial strain, a pandemic? Most often, our initial reaction is panic. We revert back to what we know - worry, anger, tight-gripped control. Without practice and planning, we cannot expect that we will rise to the occasion when faced with a challenge. Yet, with a combination of faith and mental conditioning, we can learn to not only survive in the face of an obstacle, but to thrive.    ![Inky baseball team jersey](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Inky%20baseball%20team%20jersey.jpg?width=844&name=Inky%20baseball%20team%20jersey.jpg) [![4 Benefits of Choosing a K-12 Independent School for Life](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/MOJO8895.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/4-benefits-choosing-k12-independent-school) ## [4 Benefits of Choosing a K-12 Independent School for Life](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/4-benefits-choosing-k12-independent-school) January 26, 2022 For families who have decided on an independent school education for their children, the private school choices seem endless. Options range from religious to secular, co-ed to single sex, day or boarding. One especially important consideration for families is the school’s organization – the grades/school levels offered. Schools vary from solely primary or secondary offerings to a combination of preschool through high school. For families choosing one school for their children’s entire academic experience, the benefits are many.   ![MOJO8895](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MOJO8895.jpg?width=844&name=MOJO8895.jpg) [![3 Reasons Why I Believe in Christian Schools](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/preschooler%20praying.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/3-reasons-why-i-believe-in-christian-schools) ## [3 Reasons Why I Believe in Christian Schools](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/3-reasons-why-i-believe-in-christian-schools) January 06, 2022 Why do I believe so strongly in Christian education, and particularly in independent Christian schooling? There are numerous reasons, starting with my perspective on education in general, specifically, K-12 education. Beyond that, the benefits of an independent Christian education for today’s learners are eternal.   ![Preschool worship](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Preschool%20worship.jpg?width=845&name=Preschool%20worship.jpg)  [![Breaking Barriers: Girls Sports Rise to the Top](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/volleyball%20girls%20winning.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/breaking-barriers-girls-sports-rise-to-the-top) ## [Breaking Barriers: Girls Sports Rise to the Top](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/breaking-barriers-girls-sports-rise-to-the-top) November 03, 2021 While the number of students participating in organized sports may be on a downward trend, no doubt thanks in part to the increase of time spent in front of screens and devices, some high school athletics programs are seeing extremely high participation levels. Those particular teams happen to be led by female student-athletes. What is so significant about this trend? And, how are female-led teams leveling the playing field?   ![softball team in pink](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/softball%20team%20in%20pink.jpg?width=844&name=softball%20team%20in%20pink.jpg) [![Innovation in Education: 4 Ways Technology is Transforming Instruction](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/blog%203.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/4-ways-technology-is-transforming-instruction) ## [Innovation in Education: 4 Ways Technology is Transforming Instruction](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/4-ways-technology-is-transforming-instruction) September 07, 2021 Often, when we hear the word *innovation*, our minds immediately journey to the realm of technology. However, innovation should not be limited to technology integration. Rather, innovation should be an innovative mechanism for advancing areas a school community deems important.   ##### ![blog 3](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog%203.jpg?width=843&name=blog%203.jpg) [![7 Tips for Affording a Private School Education](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/blogPrivateTipsMPCS7512.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/7-tips-for-affording-a-private-school-education) ## [7 Tips for Affording a Private School Education](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/7-tips-for-affording-a-private-school-education) July 14, 2021 Financing an independent school education may seem unattainable, but affording private school can actually be within reach. While the cost of private school is an important commitment for families, it is the aim of many academic institutions to work with families to make an independent school education possible.   *"\[Private school\] is a serious investment for a family. But to have our child surrounded by other students who are there to learn from teachers who are invested in how well my son does in and out of the classroom has been a true blessing. The evidence of \[schools like\] MPCS being 'worth it' is in the relationships he has built, the spiritual growth he has experienced, and the bright academic future that college will give him."* —David Epps, Parent   ##### ![blogPrivateTipsMPCS7512](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blogPrivateTipsMPCS7512.jpg?width=844&name=blogPrivateTipsMPCS7512.jpg) [![Innovation in Education: Best Practices in Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/bfIMG_1566.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/innovation-in-education-best-practices-in-cross-disciplinary-collaboration) ## [Innovation in Education: Best Practices in Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/innovation-in-education-best-practices-in-cross-disciplinary-collaboration) June 10, 2021 When teachers from various disciplines combine their efforts and plan course curriculum to coordinate across fields of learning, students are the beneficiaries. While it takes time and effort, cross-disciplinary collaboration offers students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of a subject. For Mount Paran Christian School third-graders, appreciation for nature has only strengthened because of a collaborative butterfly project between Spanish and Science classes.   ##### ![bfIMG\_1566](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/bfIMG_1566.jpg?width=843&name=bfIMG_1566.jpg) [![Innovation in Education: Bluebird Trail Brings Science to Life](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/LR-4853.jpeg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/innovation-in-education-bluebird-about-bluebird-trail-brings-science-to-life) ## [Innovation in Education: Bluebird Trail Brings Science to Life](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/innovation-in-education-bluebird-about-bluebird-trail-brings-science-to-life) May 19, 2021 After a lot of preparation, lower school students at Mount Paran Christian School now hear the charming call of dozens of baby bluebird hatchlings around the 68-acre school campus. February was bluebird month in Georgia, when the brilliantly-hued Eastern Bluebird began the process of seeking nesting spots and crafting its signature cup-shaped nest in anticipation of warmer weather. MPCS students are now front-and-center this spring, supporting the bluebirds and witnessing the entire hatching process.   ##### ![LR-4853](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LR-4853.jpeg?width=844&name=LR-4853.jpeg) [![Finding the Right Fit - An Individualized Approach to College Counseling](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hubfs/3girlsGradsUntitled-1.jpg)](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/finding-the-right-fit) ## [Finding the Right Fit - An Individualized Approach to College Counseling](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/finding-the-right-fit) May 12, 2021 Mount Paran Christian School is a college-preparatory school for students in preschool through grade 12, but our aim is to do more than simply prepare graduates for college admission. Our goal is to find colleges that offer the best possible *fit* for each graduating senior. We help students cultivate their talents and interests to find their academic and extracurricular strengths and passions, then focus on colleges that will best meet student goals. College selection can be overwhelming for families, but the MPCS college counseling department helps facilitate the process. By answering questions and providing advice, students are guided in their choice of coursework and ultimately towards the college that is just the right fit.   ![3girlsGradsUntitled-1](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/hs-fs/hubfs/3girlsGradsUntitled-1.jpg?width=845&name=3girlsGradsUntitled-1.jpg) [❮](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/4) [1](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/1) [...](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/1) [3](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/3) [4](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/4) [5](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/5) [6](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/6) [7](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/7) [...](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/9) [9](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/9) [❯](https://blog.mtparanschool.com/topic/cobb-county-private-school/page/6) ## *WingTips* Welcome to *WingTips*, a Mount Paran Christian School Blog. 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