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Preschool and Lower School Students Showcase Creativity in Annual Cardboard Challenge

This year, the theme for the annual Cardboard Challenge was How Might We be Better Together, by Sharing the Gift of Play? This year's challenge was inspired by a young boy named Cain who lives in L.A. With a love for building things and tin...

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Lower School Students Explore Cultural Identities Through “We, Not Me” Project

Contributed by Head of Grade 1 Taryn Rumph This year, one of the Lower School's social science focal points is "We, Not Me". Students will explore their own cultural identity while learning about those around them who may share different cu...

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What is The Arrival?

The Arrival is a graphic novel by Shaun Tan. It is at heart, a migrant story told as a series of wordless images that might seem to come from a long-forgotten time. A man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town, seeking b...

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Grade 2 Celebrates the Best Parts of Me and Learns About Healthy Lifestyles

Contributed by Head of Grade 2 Melanie Thompson G2 spent time the first few weeks of school reading about and researching the power of our bodies and our brains. We discussed how the food we eat fuels our bodies and our brains; thus, how can we m...

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Preschool Students Learn About Rosh Hashanah from Upper School Student Ryan Rapaport

Contributed by Preschool Teacher Debbie Markland As part of our MVIFI 2019 Summer Grant Team work on essentializing learning outcomes, the Preschool Grant Team (myself, Molly Collier, Kyla Ravenell and Sunshine Osella) redesigned how we cele...

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Story Slam – A Culmination of How to Tell a Story

During Mod 1 in the Upper School, a group of Innovation Diploma students learned how to write and share their own stories in How to Tell a Story, a class led by MV teachers Brad Droke and Krista Fancher. Throughout the Mod, students wrote th...

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Commitment to Faculty Learning

Today marked the first late-start RDI (Research, Design, Iteration) Day of the school year where all of our faculty and staff collided across divisions and disciplines for a deep learning around topics such as curriculum, assessment practices, teach...

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Tyler Robinson, Class of 2022, Promoted to Cadet Airman First Class with the DeKalb County Cadet Squadron

Last week, Tyler Robinson, Class of 2022, was promoted to Cadet Airman First Class with the DeKalb County Cadet Squadron. Tyler commits three hours each Thursday to volunteer with the squadron, in addition to his flight time. Over the summer, Tyl...

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Helping Hands Day 2019: Grateful to Serve

Last Wednesday, September 11, the Mount Vernon community joined together in honoring those who lost their lives, survived and responded to the tragic events of 9/11. This year, each division participated in a donation drive, and then packaged the it...

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2019 Homecoming Week

Check out the information below for all you need to know for 2019 Homecoming Week! Homecoming Week: Monday, September 23 - Saturday, September 28 Monday - Friday:Dress Up Days (see below for divisional themes)Friday, September 27: - All-s...