Where does knowledge meet maximum impact?
At Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is an independent school serving over 1250 students from Preschool through Grade 12. Mount Vernon School is a community where curiosity is cultivated, multiple perspectives are valued, and prototypes are built and iterated until mastery is achieved. Learning is amplified through real-world problem-solving, creating limitless possibilities for meaningful impact.
Mission
We are a school of inquiry, innovation, and impact. Grounded in Christian values, we prepare all students to be college ready, globally competitive, and engaged citizen leaders.
We are designing a better world...right now.
Approach
We design relevant, transformational curricular and learning competencies from Preschool through Upper School, explored through an inquiry-based approach and assessed on levels of proficiency.
Commitment
We commit to creating and sustaining a school culture where all members feel valued and safe, sharing their authentic selves to design a better world…together.
A PURPOSEFUL JOURNEY
The journey for all students to become college ready, globally competitive, and engaged citizen leaders begins in Preschool and continues through Grade 12. Along the journey, we build foundational literacies, skills, attributes, and meaningful relationships.
Mount Vernon Mantras
At Mount Vernon, our Mantras reflect the conditioning and fuel required for sustained growth, performance, and accountability over time. They are the behaviors that thrive in this culture. Remaining committed to utilizing these Mantras allows us to design an incredible future together.
The Are You In? video series kicks off here! See how the Annual Fund fuels hands-on learning, empowering students to turn curiosity into discovery.
In this first story, Lower School science teacher Eileen Fennelly takes students into Atlanta’s parks, where curiosity becomes the catalyst for discovery. From spotting wildlife to engaging with Park Rangers, these experiences bring science to life. With each visit, students grow as scientists and problem-solvers while discovering how their questions can create real impact.
🎉 Congratulations to our 2025–2026 Middle School Junior Prefects!
Since launching in 2018, the Junior Prefect program has empowered Grade 7 and 8 students to grow as leaders—building confidence, representing their peers, and shaping a positive school culture. This year’s team kicked things off with a Leadership Retreat, where they set goals, established norms, and brainstormed how they’ll make an impact across the division. We can’t wait to see how their leadership helps Middle School continue to grow and thrive this year! 💙
#JuniorPrefects #StudentLeaders #LeadershipInAction #LeadFromWhereYouAre
Athletics at Mount Vernon isn’t just about competition—it’s about connection. Mustangs in Training gives our youngest learners the chance to play, grow, and learn alongside varsity athletes who model leadership from day one. 💪🐴
Read more at the Campus Stories link in our bio!
#studentathlete #schoolathletics #mentorship #growthmindset #playandlearn
Spanish 3 students took their learning beyond the classroom—from studying dance traditions across Spanish-speaking countries to designing fictional festival brochures that celebrated unique dance styles.
Their studies came alive at The Strand Theater, where a professional Flamenco troupe filled the stage with rhythm, color, and culture. ✨ The interactive performance, infused with Spanish vocabulary and audience participation, made the experience truly engaging and authentic.
#AuthenticLearning #BeyondTheClassroom #StudentCenteredLearning
🎉 It’s Are You In? Day!
Our incredible faculty and staff are already 99% IN and now it’s your turn, MV families. 💙🐴 Every gift to the Annual Fund powers what makes Mount Vernon extraordinary - our teachers, programs, and the experiences that shape every school day.
Let’s reach 100% together by December 31. Are you in?
✨ History meets design thinking ✨
Grade 4 explored how stained glass windows in the Middle Ages told stories when most people couldn’t read. Inspired by this tradition, students interviewed classmates and designed their own “windows” to reflect each partner’s interests, values, and personality.
Along the way, they practiced empathy, creativity, and storytelling—making powerful connections between history, art, and design.
#DesignThinking #StainedGlass #ProjectBasedLearning #StudentCentered #EmpathyInAction #Storytelling #CreativeLearning
Curiosity comes alive outside the classroom. 🌿 From dragonflies on the Chattahoochee to civic questions at Murphy Candler Park, Lower School students are growing as scientists, observers, and community connectors through year-long expeditions across Atlanta.
Learn more at the campus stories link in our bio!
#OutdoorLearning
#HandsOnLearning
#STEMEducation
🚀💡 Upper School Physics students are taking science to new heights! From fin design to weight distribution, they’re building and testing rockets, then using Logger Pro to track displacement and velocity in both X- and Y-axes. Hands-on experiments like these bring 1-D and 2-D kinematics (and soon, forces & energy!) to life — blending creativity with scientific inquiry and making learning dynamic and fun.
#RocketScience #HandsOnLearning #PhysicsInAction #STEM
How do eighth graders transform reflection into purpose? 🌱 At Mount Vernon, the Grade 8 Summit is more than a milestone — it’s a journey of identity, values, and community. Through iteration and reflection, students uncover clarity about who they are and who they’re becoming. 💙
Learn more at the Campus Stories link in our bio.
#StudentLeadership
#FutureReady
#MiddleSchoolMatters
#PurposeDriven
🍎🍯 L’Shana Tovah! As Rosh Hashanah comes to a close this evening, we’re grateful for the chance to learn and celebrate together.
From Millie G. and family sharing traditions (and the shofar!) in Lower Campus Chapel, to Middle School’s Jewish Student Affinity breakfast, our community embraced this season of renewal. ✨ Wishing all who observe a sweet new year!
⚡️ From chalk dust beams of light to sound waves that make sticky notes dance, our fourth graders are discovering energy in action! These hands-on experiments are just the beginning—they’ll soon see energy transfer on a whole new scale at Morgan Falls Dam. 🌊💡 #MVSchool #LearningByDoing #STEM #STEMEducation
💃✨ The Mustangs are Nationals bound! After 12 hours of nonstop training, performing, and pushing past their limits last weekend, the MV Dance Team earned their bid to UDA Nationals! 💙🐴 Their dedication, teamwork, and spirit are unstoppable!
✨ We did it, MV! ✨
Our Fall Impact Drive exceeded its goal — packing over 4,000 snack bags (that’s more than 12,000 individual snacks!) for the Atlanta Mission. 💙 Thanks to the generosity of our community, we were even able to donate extra snacks beyond the bags themselves.
👏 Special appreciation to the MV Serves Committee for leading the way and inspiring us to extend Mount Vernon’s impact. Together, we’re making a difference. 💪🌟
#MVserves #MVschool #ImpactReady
This week, Middle School launched Mentor Groups — spaces where students build meaningful connections with peers and faculty, reflect on their goals, and discover the power of belonging. Because growth happens best when we’re supported and connected. 🌱💬
At Mount Vernon, learning and leading happen side by side. 💙 Our Upper School interns are serving across campus—supporting younger learners, strengthening programs, and creating experiences that bring our community closer together.
🔗 Discover their stories of purpose and connection at the "Campus Stories" link in our bio.
🤠✨ Mount Vernon parents and friends grabbed their cowboy hats and boots for a night of two-stepping, line dancing, and singing under the stars! 🎶 The @kinchafoonee_cowboys set the stage as our community came together to kick off a new school year in true country style. Full gallery at the link in our bio!
🌄 Grade 5 kicked off their Impact Summit journey at the top of Kennesaw Mountain! From twists and turns on the trail to finding their own pace, students discovered that climbing a mountain is a lot like tackling big projects—purpose, perseverance, and support from one another make all the difference. 💪✨ #MVImpactSummit
🤖💉 Future surgeons in the making!
Our Anatomy: Surgery & Salad students swapped textbooks for surgical simulators at @intuitivesurgical — trying their hands at robotic arms, watching a live procedure, and seeing what the future of medicine looks like up close.
👉 Read more about their hands-on journey into the future of medicine at the Campus Stories link in our bio!
🍞+💻 = 🔑 learning!
AP Computer Science Principles students got a taste of coding today by writing pseudocode for toast recipes—complete with conditionals, loops, and inputs for toppings, doneness, and bread type. A delicious way to see how abstract code connects to real-world steps! ✨
#MountVernonSchool #ComputerScience #FutureCoders
🏈✨ BIG STAGE. BIG ENERGY. BIG GAME. ✨🏈
Our Middle School Girls Flag Football team is UNDEFEATED and headed to the Benz! After the Falcons take on the Buccaneers on Sunday, Sept. 7, the Mustangs will storm the field to face Trinity Christian. 🔥
From the classroom to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium turf, our girls are proving that Mustang spirit shines everywhere. 💪🐎 Let’s go, Mustangs! 💙
