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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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#IHaveMoreThanINeed

Last week in Middle School Chapel, Coach Tarrik Mabon (Coach T) gave the students a challenge. He shared a story about the University of Virginia Head Basketball Coach Tony Bennett who led the UVA Men's Basketball team to both their first Final Four...

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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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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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Grade 5 Students Build People Up with New “Say Something” Project

Contributed by Head of Grade 5 Emily Edwards This year, Grade 5 students have the opportunity to utilize iPads in school to create, design, retrieve information, and capture their thoughts and ideas. In preparation for this opportunity, Mount Ver...

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Missoula Children’s Theater and Mount Vernon Lower School Students Present Jack and the Beanstalk

Last week, Missoula Children's Theater came to Mount Vernon and worked with 42 Lower School students to learn, rehearse and perform Jack and the Beanstalk all in just five days. Jack and the Beanstalk Cast List Jack: Andrew SevcikJill: Le...

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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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Alma Merchant – Creating A Smile, Inspiring Hope

Mount Vernon Junior Alma Merchant has a heart for helping others, and this Helping Hands Day, through a non-profit that she began herself, she's partnering with Lower School students to make a difference in the lives of children across Atlanta....

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Mount Vernon Hosts Alumni Panels and Class of 2019 for Third Annual Always a Mustang Event

Monday, May 13, the Class of 2019 was joined by Mount Vernon alumni for the third annual Always a Mustang event. This event aims to help the soon-to-be graduates feel more prepared for life after MV by giving them advice from those who walked this p...