Learning

Our curriculum challenges learners to think, solve problems, and work individually as well as collaboratively while acquiring basic knowledge. We are teaching thinking that is disciplined, clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence.

MVM is committed to a holistic approach to learning. The purpose of holistic education is not only to prepare students for academic success, but to also enable them to learn the challenges of living as a whole (learning about themselves, about healthy relationships, about social responsibility, compassion, practicing managing time and competing priorities efficiently and effectively). Our educators strive to help learners find identity, meaning, and purpose in life through connections to the community, to the natural world, and to humanitarian values.

Curriculum Framework

Our school curriculum is considered the entire set of experiences related to school and is delivered in two different ways: formally and informally. The Curriculum Framework looks at various curricular topics and states the school’s overall educational positions. It provides detailed positions on a wide range of curricular issues and guides all curriculum decisions.

The MVM Curriculum Framework is a comprehensive document that is grounded in the founding documents of the school. The mission and Core Values are at the heart of the framework. Each Core Value was dissected to determine key concepts and related educational terms. The key concepts were used to identify the educational positions for the written, taught and assessed curriculum. The educational positions provide the roadmap to identifying common instructional practices. It further articulates common language and learning experiences into a unified school approach to teaching and learning.

Primary

Our Primary program provides supportive, creative and dynamic environments for children. Students learn through play, hands-on experiences, experiments and quality instruction. Classrooms are organized into experiential centers with stations designed to support all learning styles. These centers provide a basis for learning through individual, small group and whole group experience. Children develop basic concepts and understandings exploring and discovering through various learning centers indoors and outdoors. Teachers implement a balanced curriculum which integrates language, social, emotional, physical, creative and intellectual/cognitive development. All students learn with specialist teachers in the areas of art, library, music and physical education.

Middle School

The joy of learning with students who are exploring their interests, developing their passions, beginning to see themselves as independent people ready to take on the world. That’s middle school.

When students enter middle school, they are excited by their new independence, the increased responsibility, and the new courses and activities offered to them. They are equally nervous about those very same things. Throw into the mix changing social relationships and puberty, and we can understand how complex middle school can be for students. The expert faculty members at MVM are ready to guide our students through the joyful years of middle school helping them learn more about themselves as they develop their subject matter expertise and learn about the world around them.

High School

You can feel student excitement and anticipation of the future as you walk the halls, watch a club or athletic competition at MVM. While the academic standards and expectations are high for our students, as they prepare for the challenges at university and beyond, we have a compassionate and caring staff that supports them along the way. We believe in providing our students opportunities to experiment in a variety of content areas and extracurricular activities, which will help them determine their own passions for future exploration. The wide array of programs we offer students in different areas enhance their discoveries.

Students in the high school live and breathe our core values of Academic Excellence, Sense of Self, Dedicated Service, Balance in Life and Respect for All on a daily basis. As a result, our MVM students ready to tackle the challenges of a twenty first century global society.