HISTORY
2005
Aran Kindergarten starts at the current MCA location
2020
Jul - Renamed to Mountain Cherry Academy (MCA)
with K-12 international curriculum
- Ms. Kyungah Ryu takes office as the first MCA principal
- Holds the 1st annual MCA Summer Camp
Aug - Joins a member of KORCOS and KISAA
- Starts the first year –
School Year 2020-2021 with grades from kindergarten to 8
- Introduces ice hockey as an all-student athletic program
Oct - Introduces Civic Engagement Programs
(Donations of Songpyeon in Sep/Oct, Persimmons in Oct, &
Kimchi in Dec; plus occasional charity fund-raising fairs)
Dec - Holds the 1st annual MCA Winter Festival
2021
Feb - Introduces Project-Based Learning (PBL) Events taking place around the year
(Literary Fair, Science Fair, Math Fair, Music Concert, and World Heritage Day)
Mar - Introduces fencing as an all-student athletic program
Jun - The first MCA Middle School Graduation
- Officially accredited by AI (Accreditation International)
Aug - Opens a high school grade (Grade 9)
- Officially accredited by Cognia (AdvancED)
Sep - Adapts WIDA approach for students’ language skill development
Oct - Officially accredited by MSA-CESS
2022
Jan - Introduces Renaissance's STAR Reading & Accelerated Reader program
- Starts MCA Mentoring Program with invited guest speakers
Apr - MCA Music Concert first held at an external concert hall
(Cheonin Hall, Yongin)
May - Presentation session for parents of the MCA Campus Development Plan
Jun - 1st MCA Art Book Publication
Aug - School Year 2022-2023 starts (with 200 students and 34 teachers)
- Introduces soccer and basketball as all-student athletic programs
2023
Feb - holds a charity campaign to help earthquake victims in Turkiye and Syria
Mar - Level 1 school code approved by College Board (682991)
May - Holds the 1st Cherry Match, an inter-school soccer tournament
- Holds the 1st MCA Walk-A-Thon at Suwon Hwaseong
Jun - Donats 4 Million Won raised from various events to UNICEF Korea
July - Holds the first US College Tour for high school students and parents
- Issues the 1st MCA Fact Sheet
Aug - Level 2 school code approved by College Board (682991)
- School Year 2023-2024 starts (with 233 students and 41 teachers)
- Expands student counseling sessions with 4 counseling teachers
for 17.5 hours/week
- Employees a full-time college counselor
- Spanish added as a foreign language for all students
- Introduces tennis and golf as all-student athletic programs