Freezing temperatures, snowfall, and short winter days haven’t stopped students from conducting a scientific experiment on plant growth in Mount Prospect Academy’s greenhouse. 

The students are conducting a multi-week experiment, called The Tower Garden Challenge, which provides hands-on learning in science, math, and writing.

MPA teacher Jessica Boynton manages the greenhouse, and she has used the building to run The Tower Garden Challenge during the dead of winter. The experiment’s hands-on components help students stay engaged with the materi...

Art Teacher Tyler Pike saw a sense of pride and craftsmanship swell within students as they made holiday gifts — working to improve artistic designs, or making multiple attempts to perfect their projects.

Clay Hanukkah dreidels, Christmas tree ornaments, wreaths, decorative holiday plates, and gingerbread houses are among the many items that Mount Prospect Academy students made in the weeks before winter break.

Pike and several other MPA teachers guided students through the gift-making projects. 

“For many of our students, gift-making means gettin...

As he loaded firewood into a trailer for delivery to a family in need, Mount Prospect Academy student Hunter D. said he was feeling good about himself.

“I like to be able to say, ‘Yeah, I helped that person out. It’s my good deed for the day, and I like doing good deeds every day,'” Hunter said.

Hunter was volunteering for a new MPA initiative that has supplied free firewood to families in the Warren area.

People receiving the firewood are elderly or having health problems, and they haven’t been able to stack up their wood pile ahead of the winter...