Nov 9, 2020 | Come to Play, Fine Arts, IMAMUSTANG, Share the Well, Upper School News, US Athletics
In the Upper School, students in Nikolai Ibanez’s Short Documentary Class wanted to create a film highlighting fall sports at Mount Vernon during Covid – the challenges the athletes and coaches are facing, and what Mount Vernon is doing as a community to...
Nov 2, 2020 | Come to Play, Design Thinking, Have Fun, IMAMUSTANG, Inquiry, Maverick, Multiplier, Preschool News, Share the Well, Upper School News
Coming back to school in 2020 looked different than any other year. In addition to other precautionary measures, all students – even Preschoolers! – have been masked up, every day! But why are masks important? Class of 2024 Shea Griffith wanted to help our...
Nov 2, 2020 | Come to Play, Fine Arts, IMAMUSTANG, Innovation, Maverick, Multiplier, Share the Well, Upper School News
After just one performance to kickoff the season for MV Arts in the Upper School, the MV Allstars have been invited to two monumental theater events. The MV Allstars, troupe 7702, has been chosen to be part of the Georgia Thespian Virtual Conference in 2021 as a...
Sep 30, 2020 | Come to Play, Design Thinking, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Maker, Multiplier, Share the Well, Upper School News
Throughout the first few weeks of school, Mount Vernon students, faculty, and staff were adjusting to the “new normal” with guidelines around learning in-person, at school. When it comes to serving lunch, FLIK was also tinkering with their process and...
Sep 29, 2020 | Alumni, Come to Play, Fine Arts, IMAMUSTANG, Share the Well
At Mount Vernon, we believe once a Mustang, always a Mustang, and just like we celebrate wins alongside our current faculty and students, we also celebrate the wins of our alumni as they excel in college and beyond. Today we highlight Hannah Onley, Class of 2015....
Sep 23, 2020 | All School, Build People Up, Come to Play, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Impact
Beginning at the beginning of the 2019-20 school year, Mount Vernon implemented one late start morning per month for faculty and staff to participate in Research, Design, and Iteration (RDI). Our student learners are the immediate beneficiaries of our commitment to...