Curriculum Overview: College Prep for the 21st Century!!

As a center for college preparation, MCPA is an active learning environment, designed to assist students in doing and achieving, not just knowing.

• MCPA will follow the Utah State Core Curriculum in all subject areas.

• MCPA will enhance the State Core with real-world experiences for each student object--and not just real-world examples, but a real-world project that both contextualizes the information and matters to the community outside the campus: projects that have real-world importance.

• Saxon Math and other Math programs will be used to promote mathematical thinking and problem solving, and to provide students opportunities to learn through integrated and distributed practice.

• Specific Selections from Junior Great Books will be used to supplement Social Studies curriculum and to provide a foundation for the study of U.S. History, Civics, and Government.

• Each student will be assigned a Teacher-Mentor, who they will see each day in study hall. That Teacher-Mentor will follow up with their courses, goals and achievements.

• Students will be able to specialize 6.5 of their credits toward their own interests: and in each of these,

• Junior and Senior Seminars will focus on what it really takes to get into college, including how to write an effective application letter, where to find grants, what colleges are looking for, the interview, teaching and research opportunities, ACT & SAT Prep, When to Apply, etc.

Graduation Requirements

Instructional Focus Tracks (students get to specialize)

• General Education
• College Credit/ Concurrent Enrollment
• Science and Engineering
• Science & Math
• Science & Technology
• Business
• English and Humanities
• Fine Arts
• Foreign Language
• Individualized Tracks

Fine Arts Curriculum

MCPA will offer a variety of courses, activities and programs that promote a balanced lifestyle and help students to prepare for college.  MCPA will offer a strong fine-arts program that will include:

• Audition Groups

• Band & Marching Band

• Orchestra

• Theater & Dance

• Choir

• Beginning Art

• Drawing

• Painting

• Art History

• Photography

• Film Making

• Commercial Art

• Music Aesthetics

• Music Composition

• Music Theory

More Importantly, we encourage students to product their own works and will provide showcases for them.

Other Curricular Offerings

• Yearbook
• Student Newspaper
• Student Store (Merit Mall)
• Debate
• Technology & Engineering
• Business Education
• Foreign Languages including:
  • Spanish
  • German
  • Arabic
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Japanese
• Financial Literacy
• Study Skills & Organization