Nov 10, 2020 | courage over comfort, Fine Arts, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Maker, Maverick, Multiplier, Preschool News, Share the Well
Contributed by Preschool Learning Architect Liz Aull One of the guiding principles at the Mount Vernon School is the idea that relationships are foundational to learning. While that happens every day in the Preschool, one new relationship that has been forged this...
Sep 14, 2020 | Build People Up, courage over comfort, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Lower School News, Maverick, Multiplier, Share the Well
Contributed by Head of Lower Campus Shelley Searcy To advance the work of IDEA in the Lower School, students spent their virtual learning day during the week of August 31, learning more about their own identity. The School’s goal is to empower members of our community...
Sep 14, 2020 | Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Have Fun, Highlights, Humanities, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Lower School News, Maker, Maverick, Multiplier, Share the Well
When Grade 4 Mustang Ona Oli was six years old, she asked her mom why her hair wasn’t “pretty” or straight like her classmates. To help encourage her, Ona’s mom shared positive affirmations, wore matching hairstyles, and got her a Black doll,...
Sep 2, 2020 | All School, Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Highlights, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Maverick, Multiplier, Parents, Share the Well
Kate Parker is a former collegiate soccer player, Ironman, professional photographer, author, wife, and Mount Vernon mom to two Mustangs, Ella (Class of 2023) and Alice (Class of 2027). Already a national best-selling author, Kate’s third book PLAY LIKE A GIRL:...
Aug 31, 2020 | All School, courage over comfort, Design Thinking, Highlights, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Lower School News, Maker, Maverick, Middle School News, Multiplier, News, Share the Well, Upper School News
Kicking off the 2020-21 school year, Mount Vernon is excited to announce the appointments of both Tarrik “Coach T” Mabon and Jim Tiffin to new roles within the School. As a man of faith and service, and after leading Middle School chapel for several years,...
Apr 14, 2020 | Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Design Thinking, Highlights, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Multiplier, Share the Well, Upper School News
Contributed by Class of 2021 Emma Markland At the beginning of the recommendation to “stay-at-home,” social media and the news were flooded with stories of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) becoming less and less available. So… I started making cloth masks to send...
