Innovation

The State-championship Eagle Robotics high school teams constantly innovate their robot designs, all in an effort to constantly improve and refine. Students engage in robotics and STEAM programming at MPCS beginning in lower school. Middle school teams compete in FIRST® LEGO® League and high school teams in FIRST® Robotics Tech Challenge national and international competitions.

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Starting junior year, the goLEAD course engages students in real-world leadership development. The course also provides avenues for senior-year internships in various fields.

Two-year student initiatives bring real-world experience to their college resumés. Click here to learn more about the program and its lasting impact.

The innovative STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) program with Project Lead the Way^® curriculum introduces students to the design and creation process, which is in high demand throughout the modern business world. MPCS offers PLTW curriculum starting in Kindergarten and culminates with AP-level coursework for those on the STEAM/STEM track in high school. 

• AP Computer Science Principles: This course aims to build student awareness of the demand for computer specialists and for professionals in all fields who have computational skills.
   
• Principles of Engineering: This survey course exposes students to some of the major concepts that they will encounter in a post-secondary engineering course of study. Through problems that engage and challenge, students explore a broad range of engineering topics, including mechanisms, the strength of materials and structures, automation, and kinematics. Utilizing the activity/project/problem-based (APB) teaching and learning pedagogy, students will progress from completing structured activities to solving open-ended projects and problems that require them to develop planning, documentation, communication, and other professional skills. The course applies and concurrently develops secondary-level knowledge and skills in mathematics, science, and technology.
   
• Introduction to Engineering Design: A high-school level foundation course in the Project Lead the Way® Engineering Program.
   
• Donning hard hats and safety classes, students in the high school Foundations of Engineering and Principles of Engineering classes were taken on a private tour of the new Murray Innovation Center construction project. Both classes feature units on civil engineering and architecture and, thus, examined the structural steel of the building, the way that it carries the load/weight of the building, and the way the joints of beams are handled. The structural engineers who designed the facility led the tour. What a fantastic opportunity to see learning in action right here on campus!

The Roost is a café run entirely by the high school entrepreneurship classes. The class and café is a result of student “dreaming” sessions, whereby students drafted a business plan, borrowed funds from the high school administration, and launched the coffee shop in the fall of 2019. Because of this student-led venture, we have added and refined course programming in personal finance, business management, marketing, and entrepreneurship.

The Roost is the central hub in the new Murray Innovation Center first-floor commons area. Students will continue to run the coffee shop daily, creating marketing plans, selecting vendors, customizing retail offerings, providing e-commerce ordering, tracking profit-margin, refining production, and improving customer service. Learning all aspects of running a successful business is priceless education for all students involved.

As a Christian school, we honor students’ inquisitive nature to explore and discover the created world (Psalm 111:2). We nurture their ability to design and create new and innovative solutions to authentic problems. In this way, students are trained to uncover that which has never been known about our world, while creating and innovating a newly-designed environment that has yet to exist (Exodus 35:30-35).

Click here to learn more about our extensive STEM/STEAM offerings at all grade levels.

Every MPCS student in middle school and high school receives a 1:1 device at the beginning of each school year, as part of tuition. Students currently utilize Microsoft Surface Pro computer tablets. They are fluent in Google Classroom and Google Meet for assignments, assessments, and virtual learning as necessary. Novels, workbooks, journals, and ISN notebooks are still very much a part of their schoolwork on a daily basis. All platforms are combined to ensure both traditional and technological skills are developed in all subject areas.

Preschool and lower school students also engage in technology where appropriate for learning. To learn more about the Connected Learning Program, click here.