A huge capital improvement project was started and completed over the summer. Due to a generous donation of $225,000 by an alumni family, we were able to put new fully-sealed windows and doors in all exterior facing windows and doors in the academic building and both the girls and boys dorms, including the gurdwara and … Continued
One of our students, Hana Goodkind, has a new blog called ‘On becoming; journey’s into selfhood‘, which will also be the title of her forthcoming second book. Her first book ‘A Dalliance with Language‘, is a collection of poems that she wrote prior to coming to MPA and whose proceeds helped pay for her first year … Continued
The first sports competition of the year was the frisbee competition. Many of the students play ultimate frisbee during mandatory sports time each week with Amrit Singh on the front lawn of campus. It’s a great game that’s fun for all. For this tournament, each house played all of the other houses in first to … Continued
We’re really excited to be offering Camp Miri Piri for the first time at Miri Piri Academy. It will be five action-packed days filled with all the great things we do here at MPA. From seva at the Golden Temple in the morning through till meditation in the evening, and about a million things in-between. … Continued
We have many students at MPA whose older siblings previously attended the school. This year two of our alumni personally brought their younger siblings to India to begin their new life at MPA. One of those alumni is Akinbola, who brought his brother Olage; the other is Siri Deva Kaur who accompanied her brother Dharampal … Continued
Last year, grade 12 student Premnath Singh completed his final art project, creating an eight page portfolio on a topic of his choosing. For his topic he chose to focus on distortion of the face using self portraits with a healthy dose of surrealism. He chose self-portraits as he enjoys portraits and was inspired by … Continued
At the start of each year at MPA we have the turban tying competition. It’s important that, right from the start of the year, the new students learn this essential MPA skill. Each and every day at MPA the students are required to wear either a turban or head covering when they leave their dorm, … Continued
The school year has begun in earnest with the students back on campus and participating in all aspects of life at MPA. We’ve had the first kabaddi practices, mandatory sports times, Sunday gurdwara and of course orientation to and the start of the academic year. There are a lot of exciting changes to the academic … Continued
The mission statement of Miri Piri Academy was recently updated 20 years after our founding. We all felt that an update was needed to fully convey the spirit and purpose of what we are doing here at MPA. As we continue to work to improve the school, it is imperative that everyone is clear on … Continued
