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CommUNITY: Diversity and Belonging
Honoring the Diverse Body of Christ
As a covenantal Christian institution with a Christ-focused mission, MPCS leads our students in modeling all that Jesus has commanded in Mark 12:30-31.
Scripturally, we are called to love all of our brothers and sisters in Christ. MPCS is committed to being a place that reflects God’s diverse Kingdom. Diversity and belonging guides professional development, educational events, and cultivates a welcoming and nurturing school culture. "CommUNITY" leads the charge to intentionally teach and guide students and staff to love all people created in the Imago Dei – the image of God – and to celebrate our unique differences!
Why CommUNITY?
Diversity and belonging at Mount Paran Christian School exists for the sole mission of creating an environment where God’s biblical vision of diversity is embraced and upheld.
We stand on the biblical Truth that God's purpose for diversity is to unify the body of believers on the foundational principle of love. Ultimately, our mission is to unashamedly ensure that the MPCS community exhibits and extends Christian love as one body in Christ — with the goal that everyone is known and loved.
MPCS strives to make sure everyone feels known and loved within the scope of the uniqueness of culture, race, ability, socioeconomic status, and neurodiversity as we are all "fearfully and wonderfully made." (Psalm 139:14)
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30%
Student Diversity
Since 2010, ethnic and racial diversity has tripled among the MPCS student body. The composition of cultural ethnic diversity in our student body is as follows:
45% - African-American
26% - Bi-Racial
13% - Other
9% - Hispanic or Latino
4% - Asian or Pacific Islander
3% - African
59%
Neurodiverse Learners
Neurodiversity encompasses all K-12 learners with exceptionalities from Directed Studies, Encore, advanced, accelerated, honors, and AP coursework.
18%
Faculty and Staff of Color
Staff members from 12 different countries and multi-cultural backgrounds.
CommUNITY Initiatives
MPCS has done a great job of creating a sense of community across the student, parent, and teacher groups.
G. Smith
MPCS Parent
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CommUNITY Student Devotion
Hear from two MPCS students in this Martin Luther King Jr. Day devotion, and explore more in our blog below.
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Questions?
Catina Taliaferro
Director of Diversity and Belonging
Email: Email Catina
Tel: (470) 250-0008 ext. 3510
CommUNITY Council
The CommUNITY Council consists of MPCS faculty and staff members who represent various disciplines and divisions in the school. The Council's multiphase plan focuses on fostering school unity represented in the body of Christ.
COUNCIL MEMBERS
- Catina Taliaferro - Director of Diversity and Belonging
- Kathleen McCook - Director of Strategic Initiatives
- Stephanie Dunn - Director of Admission
- Jocelyn Sotomayor - Assistant Director of Lower School
- Dr. Nikki Hamilton - High School Dean of Students
- Dereko Robertson - High School Bible
- Scott Minear - High School Bible
- Julie Ray - Chief Financial Officer
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MPCS makes its students a priority. Every student, no matter his or her academic, athletic, or artistic aspirations, is important. I can promise you that you’ll never be a nameless face while on the MPCS campus – a campus that is chock-full of smiling faces and teachers who genuinely care and will go out of their way to help you inside and outside of the classroom.
T. Williams
Class of 2009