MLA has developed the only five-day a week physical education program in Monongalia County. Students are given physical education and/or health instruction daily, helping to produce children who are self-aware, physically fit, and health conscious.  Three times throughout the year, children are tested with FitnessGram for muscular strentgh and endurance and the results are incorporated into their ISPs.    Since MLA first broke ground in 2000, MLA has completed three phases of development:  the initial school building, a play space that includes multi-age play equipment, and outdoor lunch park, basketball courts, and a gymnasium/multipuyrpose room.  The next step in MLA's development will be to fence our developed green space as a soccer/game field. 

We believe that all children should be exposed to a foreign language at an early age. At MLA, Senora Jen works with all ages on a weekly basis to share both oral and written Spanish.  She uses creative methods such as music, hands on projects, and conversation to share Spanish with her students.  Last year, each student received a CD of songs in Spanish to help them remember vocabulary and phrases.  At the end of the year students were recorded singing their favorite songs so that this year our Spanish CD has some songs performed by our own students! Senora Jen also works with classroom teachers to design Spanish projects that fit with current units of learning.  For example, in 2010 upper elementary students worked on their research skills by writing a paper and presenting on Spanish speaking countries, or presenting about specific aspects of different tribes in the Amazon.

Music is taught by exposing children to more than just the basics of song. They are taught music through movement, literature, poetry, rhythm, and nature. Liz Rossi brings her unique background in musical theatre to the music program at MLA. Liz strives to teach the basics of reading music in fun and engaging ways while getting the students to think about what role music plays in the world and in their lives. Students will showcase their musical knowledge and skills at our annual Musical Carnival and during graduation each year.

MLA prides itself on the uniqueness of its art classes. Students have art for one hour every each week.  They are taught more than simply producing two or three dimensional products. Students are exposed to art appreciation (study of Art History), and the concepts that make art a valuable part of society. Our curriculum follows West Virginia Content Standards appropriate for each grade level. Artworks produced during the year are displayed throughout the school, at our annual Art Auction fundraiser, and the MLA Fine Arts night held each April.