Nov 2, 2022 | All School, Blog, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Middle School News
How might we develop community and belonging in Middle School? Community time in Middle School is an opportunity for students to hear their peers’ stories and lean into each other’s knowledge and backgrounds. It’s also a time to reinforce Mount Vernon’s mindsets...
Oct 5, 2022 | All School, Blog, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Lower School News, Middle School News, News, Upper School News
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 in the United States and recognizes the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of our country. At Mount Vernon, we celebrated in a...
May 11, 2022 | Blog, Fine Arts, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Middle School News
The Grade 8 Humanities team (Todd Wass, Emily Pastore, Dave Leflar) in partnership with Arts and IDEA took a deep dive into “An American Sunrise” by Joy Harjo, the current Poet Laureate of the United States. Through a recent partnership with 7 Stages Theatre,...
Apr 6, 2022 | Blog, Build People Up, courage over comfort, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Impact, Middle School News, Upper School News
Contributed by Chief of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Action Stacey Lee On Wednesday, March 23, the School hosted an Upper Campus Inclusion Network event for our BIPOC Affinity Group. Both Middle and Upper School students joined together for morning fellowship...
Mar 23, 2022 | Blog, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Impact, Innovation, Upper School News
This year, The Mount Vernon School earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. Schools honored with this award have expanded girls’ access in AP computer science...
Feb 23, 2022 | All School, Blog, Build People Up, Have Fun, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Impact, Inquiry, Lower School News, MVXperts, Share the Well
Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it. “Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:37-39 A consistent message on Lower Campus is...
