2011 MVA Alumni Francisco Lindor named Minor League Player of the Week
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 08:40
2011 MVA graduate and Cleveland Indians first round pick Francisco Lindor has been named Minor League Player of the Week for April 30-May 6, 2012! According to a Cleveland Indians Press Release dated May 8, 2012, infielder Linder's award "recognizes an individual performance from within the Indians Player Development System and is announced each Tuesday through the end of the Minor League season. Lindor, 18, has hit .379 (11-29) with a 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI and 5 SB in his last 7 games while posting
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MVA Headmaster Dr. Kasey Kesselring Awarded 2012 Golden Eagle Honoree
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- Published on Thursday, 12 April 2012 09:45
Montverde.net congratulates MVA's Headmaster Dr. Kesselring on recently being awarded the Golden Eagle Honoree for 2012 by the Boy Scouts of America's Central Florida Council! The award was given to Dr. Kesselring last month during the 2012 Golden Eagle Dinner and fundraiser at Mission Inn at Howey-In-The-Hills, Florida. The award was presented to Dr. Kesselring for his years of community service, leadership, and past involvements with the Boy Scouts. The stellar occasion was attended by various area business professionals
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5 Questions - Getting to Know MVA Staff and Faculty: Ms. Kalena Meyers
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- Published on Friday, 06 April 2012 10:49
5 Questions - Getting to Know MVA Staff and Faculty:
Kalena Meyers, Dean of Institutional Advancement
1. Where did you grow up as a child?
I grew up in Central Illinois in a small town called Casey, IL.
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Grand Celebration Planned for MVA Centennial
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- Published on Monday, 26 March 2012 14:32
In October of 2012, Montverde Academy will be celebrating its Centennial anniversary as an educational institution that has matured from a modest country day school into an international, coeducational, independent college preparatory school attending to grades PK3-12 with a boarding program serving grades 7-12 and post-graduate studies. MVA's resilience is linked to its original mission, established in 1912, that intended to "increase student knowledge, develop cognitive skills, and build character
UPDATE: MVA Alumni LD Williams Wins NBA D-League Slam-Dunk Contest
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- Published on Monday, 27 February 2012 08:00
2006 Montverde Academy graduate LD Williams, a former star basketball player during his tenures at both MVA and Wake Forest University, will be in Orlando, Florida, this weekend to compete in the D-League Slam Dunk Contest portion of NBA All-Star festivities scheduled for Saturday, February 24, 2012, and televised on the NBA Channel at 2p.m. According to the Wake Forest University Basketball website, Williams "...ended his college career as one of the top defenders in program history ... was the only player
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UPDATE: 2011 MVA Alumni Steve Moundou-Missi Thriving at Harvard
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- Published on Monday, 20 February 2012 10:30
Montverde Academy 2011 graduate Steve Moundou-Missi is currently attending Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Steve is doing well and delighted to be at Harvard (the eldest higher-learning institution in the United States) where he is also a member of the Harvard University Men's Varsity Basketball team that has been ranked in the top 25 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball rankings this season for the first time in the school's history. Steve has positively contributed to Harvard Crimson's basketball success
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2011 Alumni Deforest Carter Achieving Well at Embry Riddle
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- Published on Monday, 06 February 2012 13:44
According to Orlando Sentinel sports writer Joe Williams' January Varsity Sports Blog, 2011 Montverde Academy graduate DeForest Carter is off to a productive start playing college basketball as a freshman for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at their Daytona Beach, Florida, campus. Williams writes of the 6-1, 200 pound Carter, "Through Embry-Riddle's first 18 games, Montverde Academy graduate DeForest Carter, a freshman, has seen playing time in every game and has 10 starts while averaging nearly 30 minutes a game,
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