Sep 21, 2022 | All School, Alumni, Blog, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, Middle School News, News, Preschool, Preschool News, Upper School News, US Athletics
On Friday, September 16, Mount Vernon welcomed current students and families, faculty/staff, grandparents, and alumni to celebrate Homecoming 2022. Additionally, the Mount Vernon community celebrated the Hill family on this day of remembrance to honor a teacher,...
Sep 21, 2022 | All School, Blog, Build People Up, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, Middle School News, News, Preschool, Preschool News, Upper School News
Mount Vernon families have a passion for service. Last week, The Mount Vernon community participated in The Fall Impact Service Drive. Our goal was to collect 4,000 individually packaged snack bags through a partnership with Atlanta Mission, an organization committed...
Sep 14, 2022 | All School, Blog, Idiploma, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, Maker, Middle School News, News, PBL/IBL, Upper School News
In every division at Mount Vernon, students are provided an environment in which they learn collaboratively while engaging in authentic, real-world work. At the same time, the School’s educators have the flexibility to create thoughtful learning environments, bringing...
Sep 7, 2022 | All School, Blog, Have Fun, Lower School News, News
Teachers in Grade 3 are known for their creative themes to introduce new concepts to their students. “Book Tasting Day” was no exception. Ms. Barocas’, Ms. Amin’s, and Ms. Edwards’ Grade 3 classes participated in a unit about sampling different genres of books found...
Aug 31, 2022 | All School, Blog, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, Middle School News, News, PBL/IBL, Preschool, Preschool News, Upper School News
Convocation is one of the most anticipated events of the school year. This August, our Mount Vernon community came together to receive the charge for the year from our CEO, Head of School, and Head Prefect. This year, the School’s battle cry is “Let’s Do This” whereby...
Aug 31, 2022 | All School, Blog, Design Thinking, Have Fun, Idiploma, Innovation, Innovation Diploma, Middle School News, News, PBL/IBL
Introducing Impact Design Lab (IDL), a Mount Vernon Middle School designed class where students are taught to find problems and ask “How can I fix this?” instead of “I wish this was different”. Over the summer, we sat down with the three educational designers: Todd...
