PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The results have been electric;
students and parents see Maumee
Valley as a school that invests in each
individual student and his/her interests
in topics beyond the ordinary offerings
that most secondary schools present.
These offerings and the schedule that
organizes them have become
hallmarks of the individualized
attention, trust, and respect accorded
to Maumee Valley students. A
Maumee Valley Education is Personal,
Experiential, and Global. Graduates
are thinkers, collaborators, and
innovators that are prepared not only
for college but for life.
Upper School
The recent change to a five-day block
schedule resulted in an innovative
schedule in which the number of
traditional courses studied at any one
time was reduced, but opportunities for
intensive studies were added
throughout the year. The Upper School
schedule is made up of three Intensives
a year that are three-weeks each.
Intensives are rigorous and students
receive full course credit for each of the
three Intensives a year. The Upper
School calendar year begins with a
three-week Intensive, is followed by a
12-week term, another three-week
Intensive, a second 12-week term, and
ends in a third three-week Intensive.
Intensive courses range from topics
offered by faculty members such as
Shakespeare, Vietnam, The Jazz Age,
neuro-biology, etc., to travel and
language Intensives like trips to Cuba,
France and China. Many students with
specific passions partake in internships
in the local area and study medicine,
bench scientific research, and shadow
in financial institutions, just to name a
few.
The program described above is part of the
MV2020 vision adopted by the school several
years ago. Details can be found at
(www.mvcds.org/page/our-vision).