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Mr. Kasey C. Kesselring, Headmaster appointed 1999
In 1912, Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Carpenter founded the Montverde Industrial School as a means of providing deserving students the opportunity for a superior education with an emphasis on experiences that would allow each young man and woman the opportunity to develop their character within a positive and healthy school community. As a result of their efforts the school has forged through 90 years of successful education. As only the ninth Headmaster in the school's history, I have been privileged to lead the school into the 21st century during a period of significant growth.
As you navigate through the myriad of pages throughout this website, you will capture only a glimpse of what Montverde Academy has to offer. We strongly encourage you to plan a visit to the gorgeous 125 acres campus in central Florida. Majestic oaks, the glimmer of sun light across bordering Lake Florence, and a well designed 28 million dollar facility in the Spanish style set the campus apart from any other.
Much more than buildings, our school is set apart with a very fine faculty, better than 90% of who hold advanced degrees and better than 10 years of teaching experience. Caring, nurturing and finely trained, our faculty are equipped to provide an unparalleled education with numerous opportunities for honors and advanced placement level work.
Small class sizes serve as a catalyst for a close knit community where personal relationships serve as a valuable resource in advancing the learning process. Faculty serve a multitude of roles at our school-teachers, advisors, coaches and mentors. They lead by example and are encouraged to develop a partnership with parents and students to enhance the learning process for every student.
Recognizing that technology serves an important role in the future of our students, Montverde Academy has a fully networked campus via a fiber optic infrastructure. A laptop program is incorporated into the upper school and supplements a technology program that encompasses all grades levels. Students have access to an advanced automated library with additional access to various periodical databases for research and learning development. As with educational technology, the Academy takes great care to limit and prevent access to unwanted materials available on the World Wide Web. Lastly, parents are provided with 24 hour access from their home or office to our EdLine service to keep them apprised of student academic progress. Similarly, our internal communications site, http://www.montverde.net, is consistently updated for regular communication with parents.
Opportunities outside the classroom are equally as important in the educational process, and Montverde Academy is pleased to offer a full complement of athletic and fine arts opportunities. In the past several years we have been privileged to have a nationally ranked basketball program, a highly competitive soccer program that has achieved district and regional success, an undefeated golf team, an equestrian program that has received state and national recognition and several athletes to qualify for regional and state competition in cross country, track and field and tennis. Our fine arts programs provide opportunities for visual and performing arts in a state of the art 450 seat auditorium complete with an art room, photography lab, ceramics studio, dance studio, music room, and performance area. The fine arts experience provides opportunities in performance as well as technical support.
The ultimate investment in an independent school education is to gain admission to the most competitive colleges and universities throughout the country and the world. Our school continues to achieve great success in college placement as evidenced by our 100% college matriculation rate, 85% to their first choice. Performance on Advanced Placement exams achieved a better than 89% passing rate with 50% scoring a 4 or better. A full time college counselor is available to provide guidance to students and their families throughout the college search process.
We invite you to take a glimpse at the Montverde family through our website and look forward to greeting you on our campus.
Kasey C. Kesselring
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