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Ventures Brings Cutting-Edge Research and Tools to Our Students

October 16, 2024

Mount Vernon Ventures plays a crucial role in enriching educational experiences at our school, providing access to cutting-edge research, tools, and strategies that shape how our students learn and grow. As a research and educational consultancy, Ventures not only enhances the School’s resources but also generates non-tuition revenue, helping to support the long-term sustainability of…

MV’s Music and Recording Program: Building Skills, Community, and Creativity

October 9, 2024

The Upper School music and recording program, led by Mark Gallegos, is doing more than just teaching students how to play instruments or record tracks—it’s fostering a dynamic culture of creativity, collaboration, and growth. With opportunities for both beginner and advanced musicians, the program encourages students to explore their passions while developing technical skills that…

Seniors Bringing Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps to Life!

January 11, 2023 (June 27, 2024)

Written by Kat Petty, Class of 2024 Alfred Hitchcock’s sensational spy thriller comedy, The 39 Steps, is coming January 25 – 27 to the Mount Vernon Black Box Theater!! The show is this year’s senior theatre project and is entirely run by senior theatre students, who are acting, directing, and marketing the production. The 39…

Grade 5 Launches Into Leadership

January 11, 2023

Designing Teacher Appreciation in the Middle School

January 4, 2023 (June 27, 2024)

Building skills that will prepare them for Upper School and beyond, Grade 8 Impact Design Lab (IDL) students were given the option to design solutions for one of three opportunities that would enhance the Middle School experience. How might we (HMW) help a teacher who is coming back from surgery to navigate the Middle School?…

Student Entrepreneur Spotlights

January 4, 2023 (June 25, 2024)

At Mount Vernon, we believe children have big ideas, and when teachers really know their students’ curiosities and passions, incredible things can happen. Incredible things like starting businesses, creating non-profit organizations, and launching new products. Although there are countless stories daily that reflect student ingenuity, we wanted to spotlight a few examples of MV students…

Biomimicry: Designing Nature-Inspired Solutions

December 14, 2022 (June 27, 2024)

Sophomores in Innovation Diploma Biomimicry Biology classes are participating in a global design challenge to find nature-inspired, eco-friendly, and sustainable solutions to address local or global ecological and environmental challenges. Each group will submit its findings to the Biomimicry Institute’s Youth Design Challenge program by the end of this week. Each of the following questions…

Lower School Week of MVXperts

December 14, 2022 (June 27, 2024)

From neuroscience in Grade 4, the landscape of Georgia 230 Million years ago in Grade 2, and optimizing Santa’s sleigh for inclement weather in Kindergarten, the Lower School has been buzzing with student wonders and rich conversations with MVXperts. Last week Santa traveled from the North Pole to help Kindergarten students with their weather-resistant sleigh…

Grade-Wide Interests In Sustainable Cities

December 7, 2022 (June 27, 2024)

Grade 6 students are diving deep into the concept of sustainability. Since the beginning of the year, students have explored how weather and natural disasters can affect a city, how to build earthquake-resistant homes, design sustainable food production networks, develop recycling policies, explore alternative energy sources, and more. This interdisciplinary unit leveraged Edtech tools including…

Developing More Than Creative Skills