25th Anniversary Speaker Series

In celebration of our 25th Anniversary, the Charter School launched a Guest Speaker Series. Each speaker was able to highlight their work in light of one Charter School Pillar. With their permission, we are able to share links to full recordings of those sessions with you below.

View session on Respect (passcode: MVPCS25!)

Our fourth speaker, Darius Coombs shared his presentation The Wampanoag and Noepe as One, speaking about Respect through more than 12,000 years of history. (Approximate runtime: 1h 11m)

View session on Trust (passcode: MVPCS25!)

In the fifth session of our speaker series, Superintendent James Jette spoke about the importance of cultivating Trust in a school community. (Approximate runtime: 1h 02m)

Please enjoy a summary of the first three sessions, as well as full recordings, below:

View session on Freedom (passcode: MVPCS25!)

Ms. Natarajan focused on Freedom in her talk on how the Innocence Project attempts to free those who have been falsely convicted and imprisoned. (Approximate runtime: 1h 02m)

View session on Responsibility (passcode: MVPCS25!)

Caroline Hunter used the pillar of Responsibility to share her struggle to ensure that Polaroid and other U.S. companies divested from the Apartheid regime in South Africa. (Approximate runtime: 1h 13m)

View session on Cooperation, Democracy, and Respect (passcode: MVPCS25!)

Bob and Sarah Nixon, in conjunction with Dr. Sylvia Earle, shared how Cooperation, Democracy and Respect informed their documentary efforts to save our oceans. (Please note, the movie screening is *not* included in this recorded session; after a brief introduction, the recording will skip to the Q&A portion of the evening. Approximate runtime: 1h 10m.)