Mount Vernon's fifth annual Cardboard Challenge was a great success. Students in Kindergarten through grade 4 took time over the course of four days to work in small teams wrestling with the question, "How might we share our love of creative play by...
Read MoreEmbodying the Mount Vernon mission, a group of seventh graders recently participated in and placed first in their region in the world's largest creative problem-solving competition -- Odyssey of the Mind -- an international creative progra...
Read MoreEvery spring during Interim Term, grade 6 explores space on their class trip to NASA’s Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. See their play by play on Twitter. For three days, students and their teacher chaperones took part in Space Camp's Pathfi...
Read MoreFor the fifth year in a row, Lower School students participated in the annual #CardboardChallenge to imagine, design, plan and create structures. Inspired by a 9-year old boy in East L.A., MVPS students joined in the national initiative to create...
Read MoreAs more and more students use the Frontier on a regular basis, additional thoughts and ideas have come to light surrounding its design and practical use. Recently, our eldest students in the Lower School paired up with students in Prekindergarten to...
Read MoreMount Vernon Presbyterian School and Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church have long been related by sharing the same campus as well as community members. Two years ago, to further strengthen their partnership, a Church/School Relations Committee was form...
Read MoreMount Vernon's College Counseling Admissions Roundtable was such a huge success in the spring of 2015, that Erin McCubbin, Director of College Counseling, and Pam Ambler, Associate Director of College Counseling followed up with a repeat performance....
Read MoreFour Upper School students in Mount Vernon's Innovation Diploma program, Catherine Emmanuele, Philip Emmanuele, Emmy Schaeffer, and Anya Smith, participated in a community "creative hack" to help solve some of our city's most pressing problems. Ope...
Read More93% participation from Grade 345 minutes at dusk on SaturdayBikes, scooters, rollerbladesLED lights with batteriesCommunityGlenn Campus drivewayJim Tiffin, Director of Media & Maker ProgramsA resounding 93% of the third grade came out for Mou...
Read MoreWhen Dr. Jacobsen reimagined his workspace on the Glenn Campus, he enlisted the help of Mrs. Bradford's second grade class through Jim Tiffin, Director of Media and Maker Programs. With intention, our Head of School rearranged his office, creating a...
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