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Students Recognized in Upper School Honors Assembly

Contributed by Chip Houston, Head of Upper School Today we celebrate the learning and achievements of our community for the 2018-2019 school year. This year began with a new modular schedule, based on research and consultation, aligned with the m...

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Students Recognized at Middle School Honors Assembly

Contributed by Dr. Angél Kytle, Head of Middle School As we close our last year as a Middle School on two campuses with four grade levels, I have been thinking so much about all of the visioning, planning, and work that has gone into creating th...

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Junior Sarah Eaves Receives Honorable Mention in 2019 Jostens Photo Contest

Sarah Eaves earned Honorable Mention in the 2019 Jostens Photo Contest, submitting a photograph, Reminiscing Them, taken for a project in Michelle Erling's Upper School Photography Class. Out of more than 6,000 submissions, only 111 received spe...

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Justin Blumencranz Helps Take MV’s Virtual Reality Lab to the Next Level

Story by Justin Blumencranz The catalyst for reaching out to Woojer about their haptic vest was a need in our VR lab and my desire to work on a project of my design. As a Freshman, I worked with Mrs. Graham and a few other students to create Moun...

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Guest Ceramist Tripti Yoganathan Visits Upper School Art Classes

Local artist Tripti Yoganathan recently visited both the Intro to Ceramics and Advanced Ceramics classes offered in the Upper School. A seasoned artist who works out of Callenwolde Studios and shows her work regionally, Tripti instructed the...

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Junior Nick Schab Addresses Sandy Springs City Council

Sandy Springs resident and Mount Vernon Presbyterian School Junior Nicholas Schab recently went before the Sandy Springs City Council to advocate for the city’s leadership in environmental public policy. Schab laid out a three-point plan to encour...

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The Art of Visual Journaling

When Director of Visual and Performing Arts Matthew Neylon attended the 2017-2018 session at School for Art Leaders at Crystal Bridges, he met former Disney illustrator Niki Stewart, who immediately became a friend. When he returned to MV, h...

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Eighth Graders Pitch Products and End Up With Jobs

Closing the gap between school and the real world, eighth graders gain real-life experience after being tapped as having professional potential. When students (left to right) Ella Grace Pickering, Landry Kruep, and Reed Garzon, pitched their products...

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National Shout Outs for MV

Mount Vernon was recognized recently in Learning Deeply, the editorial section of Education Week, the premier source of news, information, and analysis on American pre-collegiate education. The collection of stories is organized by Harvard education...