Menlo Park Academy is excited to introduce 15 new staff members joining us for the 2023-2024 school year! Here they are (in alphabetical order): Kelly Baughman Position: Teacher, Grades 2-3 Degrees and certifications: Master of Education in Literacy with Reading Endorsement; Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education and Teaching Years in education: This is my first year at...Read More
Menlo Park Academy (MPA), a Cleveland, Ohio-based non-profit public community school for gifted students, fielded two teams of middle school students at the 2023 Ohio Middle School Mock Trial competition, held on April 28th at the Supreme Court of Ohio / Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center in Columbus. This was the 12th year in...Read More
Menlo Park Academy (MPA), a Cleveland, Ohio-based nonprofit public community school for gifted students, had eight Wizards advance to the National History Day (NHD) National Contest this June, including its first sixth-grade student—a record number for the school. Competing in NHD’s Junior Division (grades 6-8), middle school students began this past fall choosing their topic...Read More
Originally posted on March 29, 2023, at FreshWaterCleveland.com Menlo Park Academy (MPA) is going green this year thanks to a Green Infrastructure Grant (GIG) from the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD). The K-8 charter school for gifted children was awarded the $250,000 grant in January to create The MPA Green Infrastructure Nature Lab, which will offer opportunities for...Read More
Menlo Park Academy (MPA), a Cleveland, Ohio-based non-profit community school for gifted students, has been awarded a $250,000 Green Infrastructure Grant (GIG) from the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District for the construction of the MPA Green Infrastructure Nature Lab. The Nature Lab will enable the school to not just improve environmental stewardship of its campus...Read More
Originally sourced from Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland Earlier this month, Menlo Park Academy hosted a food drive and collected 1,223 shelf-stable items to donate to Catholic Charities’ St. Augustine Hunger Center! The St. Augustine Hunger Center offers free hot meals to individuals experiencing homelessness and/or hunger. The center is open seven days a week,...Read More
Menlo Park Academy (MPA) named its new principal, Phyllis (Alford) Robinson, after interviews with internal and external candidates by a selection committee including staff, administration, teachers, parents, and Board members. As previously communicated, previous administrative roles were combined and split into two main leadership roles in the education area – the Director of Education position...Read More
We are very pleased to announce that Menlo has added its first-ever Scouts BSA Troop, in addition to our Family Cub Scout Pack that we started four years ago here at Menlo Park Academy. Yesterday night, five original Menlo Family Cub Scouts in our Pack 110 “crossed over” to join three new Scouts BSA youth leaders...Read More
The Menlo Park Academy Chess Club has been a pivotal part of the community since its inception in the 2012-2013 school year. Currently, the club is in its biggest year yet, with record student participation and success at local and regional tournaments. Most notably, on March 13th, 24 students from Menlo competed in the Greater...Read More
Menlo Park Academy (MPA) social studies teacher Frank O’Grady will be one of 30 teachers from across the nation to participate in Revolutionary Ideals, a National History Day-sponsored summer program dedicated to educators studying the American Revolution and Founders Era. National History Day (NHD) is a project-based competition that frames students’ research through a thematic...Read More
