5 Questions - Getting to Know MVA Staff and Faculty: Ian Smith
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- Published on Friday, 18 May 2012 10:23
5 Questions - Getting to Know MVA Staff and Faculty:
Ian Smith, Dean of International Student Development
Where did you grow up? Where did you attend college, and how did you learn the Chinese language?
I was born and raised in a small town called Mountain View located in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks. I boarded at The Webb School during high school before attending Colby College in Waterville,
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MVA Freshman Karen Arimoto and the Importance of Focus
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- Published on Thursday, 17 May 2012 12:41
For any golfer, the ability to effectively focus on the objective at hand is vital to achieving success. Montverde Academy freshman and AJGA member Karen Arimoto exemplifies someone who has placed a special emphasis on focus – concentrating on being both a successful student at Montverde Academy and an effective junior golfer/full-time activity student with the Junior Program of the Gary Gilchrist Golf Association. In April, Karen won the AJGA Jr. All-Star Tournament at the Chateau Elan Junior
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MVA US Awards Ceremony Thursday, May 17, 2012
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- Published on Thursday, 17 May 2012 09:24
Montverde.net Reminder: The MVA Upper School Awards Ceremony (an evening of Upper-school awards and special acknowledgements ) will occur tonight – Thursday, May 17, 2012 in the Roberts Gymnasium at 7:pm. The event is free and open to MVA parents, students, family and friends. Brad Long, MVA Business Manager, reports to Montverde.net that the new gym parking lot will be open tonight for the event – and also Saturday night after the MVA graduation ceremony.
Reminder: MVA Upper-school Talent Show Friday, May 18, 2012
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:23
"And the judges score?" Montverde.net wants to remind everyone in the Montverde Academy community that this coming Friday - the night before Montverde Academy Senior graduation (May 18,2012) - the MVA Upper-school will be holding their annual talent show! Nearly twenty different forms of performances - dance, singing, musical acts - are scheduled to compete in the Sandra O. Stephens Fine Arts Auditorium beginning at 7:00p.m. This is a free MVA performance-event and all
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KP 1 Girls Dine “In and Out”
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 11:35
Montverde Academy girls living in Koivu-Patterson Hall First Floor have had the amazing privileges of participating in some "tasty" group activities on and off campus this month that included a trip to the local Clermont, Florida, restaurant "Golden Corral" as well as being the recipients of a wonderfully home-cooked meal prepared by dorm-parents Mr. Geoff and Tricia Kontz. According to Mrs. Kontz, "We had an early study hall and then the girls got all dolled up and we headed into Clermont. In the
MVA Programmers Perform Well at UCF Competition
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- Published on Monday, 07 May 2012 11:01
MVA Programmers did very well at the University of Central Florida Programming Competition. MVA competed against almost fifty other teams from Florida that Programmer Coach Matthew L. Parets informs Montverde.net, "three out of four of our teams finished in the top 15. That is quite impressive for a group of students who were only introduced to the topic eight months ago. My hats off to the entire team: Brandon Pownall, Lujia Zhang (Luke), Zengyang Mi (Mickey), Zabrina Salvador, Byung Chan Lee
MVA Academic Team Wins The Lake-Sumter Championship
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- Published on Monday, 07 May 2012 10:03
On April 27th, on the campus of Lake-Sumter Community College in Leesburg, Florida, Montverde Academy's Varsity Academic Team competed extremely well in early matches of the LSCC High School Academic Tournament and especially well in its big showdown against Leesburg High School who won this year's Hi-Q League and had defeated MVA twice in league matches. According to Hi-Q Coach and MVA Upper-school Dean Roger Ross, "This time, though, was different because this time around, MVA was determined
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