Last week, PK3 students explored creativity and collaboration through a hands-on 3D yarn sculpture. As they reached, pulled, and wove strands of yarn, they strengthened fine motor skills and spatial awareness while engaging their senses. What began as simple strands quickly became an interactive work of art shaped by curiosity, imagination, and joyful discovery together. ✨...
At Mount Vernon, digital learning begins long before students receive their first personal devices.
In the Lower School, hands-on exploration leads the way while technology is introduced thoughtfully and with purpose. Along the way, students build digital wellness and digital citizenship skills that help them engage responsibly and develop healthy habits in a connected world.
Through partnerships with families and @barktechnologies Connected Communities, we are helping students navigate technology with confidence, empathy, and care.
Tres Gonzalez, Class of 2019, built the foundation for his baseball career at Mount Vernon, where the support of his teachers, coaches, and counselors helped him grow as both an athlete and a person. That foundation carried him to Georgia Tech, where he competed at the collegiate level, and today he continues his journey as part of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
His story reflects the power of a community that sees potential and invests in it. Through the Let’s Do This campaign, Mount Vernon is creating spaces that strengthen student-athlete development and expand opportunities for future Mustangs.
These facilities are in progress, but they won’t be able to be fully utilized until we reach our fundraising goal.
We are just over $1 million away. Watch Tres’s story and help us cross the finish line so the next generation of Mustangs can pursue their passions with the same support that helped launch his....
Motown hits, student voices, and a whole lot of heart 🎶✨
Designed by our Upper School Entertainment Business and Marketing students in partnership with our IDEA team, this year’s Black History Month celebration brought every division to the stage. From Lower, Middle, and Upper School performances to powerful fireside chats with contemporary artists, the evening explored how Motown’s legacy still shapes today’s cultural landscape.
It was education, celebration, and community all in one unforgettable night.
What does French food have to do with the French Revolution, global markets, and cultural identity?
In Grade 8… everything. 🇫🇷✨
Through an inquiry-driven French Food Unit, students are exploring how language, history, and culture intersect. From gastronomy and gendered vocabulary to real-world café experiences, they’re discovering that learning a language is really about understanding the world.
At Mount Vernon, we start with questions and end with global perspective. 🌍
Haris Flynn, Class of 2026, began his running journey in Grade 8 at Mount Vernon. What started as a middle school pursuit quickly became a passion, one that has now led him to sign with the University of Pennsylvania to compete at the collegiate level.
His story began here. Because of the Let’s Do This campaign, the next generation of runners will begin with even greater opportunity.
The addition of a regulation-size six lane track, and an expanded trail system enabling Mount Vernon to host 5K events, both in progress, will transform training and competition for our student-athletes. These facilities will not be completed or ready for use until we reach our final goal.
We are just over $1M away. Watch Haris’s story and help us cross the finish line so future Mustangs can chase their goals on a track built for what’s possible. Link in bio to support Let’s Do This....
Second grade is thinking big… like Yellowstone big. 🌎✨
As they investigate landforms and geology, students are exploring why Yellowstone National Park is home to erupting geysers, bubbling paint pots, and steaming hot springs. By discovering that the park sits atop a volcano, they’re beginning to understand how geothermal forces shape the Earth in powerful and surprising ways.
Through observation, questioning, and hands-on exploration, these young geologists are uncovering how extraordinary landscapes are formed.
In Ms. Gero and Mrs. Weintraub’s 8th Grade Humanities, learning is rooted in inquiry and human connection.
Through a station rotation centered on Holocaust studies, students used the “See–Feel–Wonder” thinking routine to engage with powerful images and primary sources—analyzing, reflecting, and connecting individual stories to the broader arc of history.
That learning deepened as Esther Levy visited to share her mother’s story of surviving the Holocaust. It was a powerful time of listening, perspective, and remembrance.
As students prepare to visit national memorials and museums in Washington, D.C., they carry with them not only knowledge, but empathy and questions that matter.
The Lower School stage came alive as Kindergarten through Grade 5 students stepped boldly into the spotlight for this year’s Variety Show. ✨
From vocal performances and instrumental music to solo and group dances, gymnastics, magic, and comedy, each act reflected confidence, creativity, and courage. More than a show, it was a celebration of bravery, self-expression, and the pure joy of performing together. 💙
What happens when ninth graders become designers… and second graders become the clients?
In our new Traveling Classroom experience, Upper School students partnered with Grade 2 learners to design personalized reading hideouts inspired by their interests and favorite book characters. It meant asking better questions. Listening closely. Printing blueprints to full scale. And watching younger students literally step inside the ideas.
The result? Real collaboration across campuses and a powerful reminder that design starts with empathy.
Read how this cross-divisional partnership is redefining Interim at the Campus Stories link in our bio!
When Elle Crawford ’25 wanted to play lacrosse in Middle School, she joined the boys team because there wasn’t space for a girls program.
Now, thanks to the Let’s Do This campaign, the turf has been laid on our new field. But we cannot use the new field until we cross the finish line.
We are $1.1 million away from our goal.
Watch Elle’s story and help us achieve her dream of having a Mount Vernon girls lacrosse team and our goal to expand opportunities for the next generation of Mustangs.
Our Upper School Thespians recently traveled to the Georgia Thespian Conference, the world’s largest gathering of inducted Thespians, for a weekend of performance, learning, and recognition alongside peers from across the state. Seniors Cooper Walker, Mia Walker, and Junior Charlotte Chaffin received many in university auditions.
Seniors Cooper Walker an Avery Cole were also named statewide winners in playwriting, earning top honors for the entire state. Charlotte Chaffin received all superior for her Acting Thespy. It was a weekend of incredible talent, dedication, and creative voice.
Their achievements reflect talent, dedication, perseverance, and a powerful creative voice. We are so proud of the way they continue to lead from where they are and represent our community on the big stage. 🌟...
It’s the Year of the Horse, and if that doesn’t feel like a Mustang year, we don’t know what does. 🐎✨
This Lunar New Year, we’re celebrating the strength, spirit, and forward momentum that define our community. Here’s to courage, resilience, and charging boldly into what’s next....
Our newest regulation field now has turf, but students cannot use it until we finish what we started.
We still have $1.1 million to raise to complete: • A six-lane track • Two amenities buildings • Locker rooms for baseball and softball
Until we close the gap, this space remains unfinished.
If you believe in what this field will mean for our student-athletes and our community, now is the time to act. Your gift directly moves this project from construction site to competition-ready.
Help us finish strong. Give today. Link in bio!...
Mount Vernon celebrated six student-athletes who signed to compete at the collegiate level as part of Winter Signing Day. Their hard work, dedication, and passion have led them to this incredible moment, and we could not be more proud.
Congratulations to: Pace Lilenfield – Wrestling, Tarleton State University Priscilla Andrin – Softball, Providence College Will Flowers – Baseball, Georgia College & State University Olivia McDougall – Softball, Rhodes College Chloe Cappola – Swimming, The Ohio State University Mollie Martin – Softball, University of the South
The PK4 Mail Project returned for its second year and it was even sweeter the second time around 💌
Now spanning both the Preschool and Education Buildings, our PK4–5 students operated the MV Post Office each morning collecting, sorting, and delivering mail across campus. From designing their own stamps to creating a campus-wide zip code system, they explored how mail works while strengthening numeracy skills like number identification, sorting, matching, and redistribution.
Just in time for a little extra love in the air, classrooms were filled with notes, smiles, and meaningful connections. 💕📬...
$1.1M to go. We’re in the final push of Let’s Do This, and each week we’ll share a new video story showing the impact of this campaign on our Mustangs.
Today, we were grateful to welcome the Sandy Springs Police Department to campus as part of a planned and successful safety drill.
Thank you to Russ Malsnee, Director of Safety and Security at Mount Vernon, and sandyspringspolice for partnering with us on these proactive drills that help keep our students and campus community prepared and protected.
We appreciate your continued partnership and commitment to the safety of our school and the @cityofsandysprings....
Heartbeat Button Co. is more than a student-led business. It’s a space where Grade 5 students design with empathy, lead with purpose, and create something meaningful for their community. From advertising and finance to production and delivery, students manage every step of the process, crafting pins that carry messages of care and connection. Each one is designed, made, and delivered by hand, turning design thinking into an act of kindness. 💗...
This year, Mount Vernon Girls Basketball became something bigger. A connected program. A shared vision. A place where every athlete belongs.
From a historic Middle School Blue season to a program-wide Auburn experience, our girls saw what’s possible when leadership is modeled, roles matter, and confidence is built together. Younger players dreamed forward. Varsity leaders lifted others as they climbed.
This is basketball as a pathway. To belonging. To belief. To what’s next.
Inquiry in action in PK5 💛 During The Mitten in Spanish, Mrs. Paola co-created a word wall with students as new animal vocabulary emerged naturally from the story, honoring student voice and authentic language learning. A simple shift from crayons to colorful scarves added movement, imagination, and sparked incredible conversation. Engagement was high, curiosity was leading, and the language we heard was amazing....
Class of 2023 alumnus Phillip Adams recently returned to campus to share the first issue of Subset, his new Boulder-based print magazine spotlighting the local creative community. Designed and creatively directed entirely by Phillip—including a custom typeface—the debut issue features 170+ pages of work from photographers, artists, architects, and designers.
We love seeing alumni turn curiosity into craft and ideas into impact. 👏 Follow @subset.mag to explore the work and the creative voices behind it....
When student learning helps shape professional learning ✨
Earlier this month, Mount Vernon’s 8th grade Installation Art students took on a real-world design challenge: creating custom photobooth props for the Toddle User Group Conference hosted on campus. Inspired by Mount Vernon’s geometric wireframe brand elements, students designed and built transparent 2D and 3D forms using foamcore, tape, and spray paint—thoughtfully preparing pieces that would later be experienced by visiting educators.
During the conference, educators and school leaders gathered for two days of workshops, conversations, and collaborative design, exploring new ways to strengthen instructional practice, elevate student voice, and build future-ready learning environments.
For students, the project offered an authentic opportunity to design for a real audience, connect creativity to purpose, and see their work live beyond the classroom. For educators, it was a tangible example of inquiry-driven, purpose-filled learning in action.
Grateful for our partnership with @toddleapp and for the students and educators who helped bring this experience to life....
Provocations, predictions, and powerful conversations 📚 Grade 11–12 students in Dr. Griffin’s Nobel Prize in Literature course kicked off The Cave by José Saramago with a Provocation Station Rotation, using big ideas to spark discussion, make inferences, and test early interpretations before even turning the first page....
Designed by learners, for learners. The new Frontier is Mount Vernon’s most ambitious reimagining of outdoor learning yet — an expanded space for Preschool and Lower School students that reflects years of research, student-driven design, and collaboration. Opening Fall 2026!
Students didn’t just go on a trip. They designed it.
Last week, Mount Vernon’s Innovation Diploma Leadership Team took learning on the road with a student-led immersion in San Francisco. From the Stanford d.school to Google, SFMOMA, and the Exploratorium, students explored how design thinking, storytelling, and physical space shape innovation and culture.
Even more powerful was what came next. Big questions, bold ideas, and new ways of imagining how learning spaces at Mount Vernon can make curiosity, inquiry, and impact visible every day.
Today, we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. King was an extraordinary example of the power of self-leadership. Each of us has the ability to lead through self-leadership that is fueled by empathy, and lands with grace.
At Mount Vernon, we work each day to deepen capacity in attributes that help Mustangs to lead from where they are - taking action to uplift community.
On this day, we reflect on how our words and actions have the power to design a more just, and hopeful world....
How do historians decide what really happened? Foundations of Historical Thinking I students tackled this question through a school-wide simulation, collecting eyewitness accounts, examining bias, and placing events within their broader context. By corroborating sources and questioning perspectives, students learned that history isn’t just memorizing facts—it’s analyzing evidence and making informed judgments....
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