Dec 7, 2020 | All School, Build People Up, courage over comfort, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Maverick, Share the Well
On Tuesday, November 17, The Mount Vernon School joined forces with Holy Innocents Episcopal School and The Galloway School to host author, speaker, higher-education professional, and activist Julie Lythcott-Haims for a faculty-focused webinar and a Parent University:...
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...
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...
Jan 29, 2020 | Build People Up, courage over comfort, Humanities, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Inquiry, Multiplier, Preschool News, Share the Well
Contributed by Preschool Teacher Debbie Markland The students in the PreK4 and PreK5 classes in Preschool enjoyed learning about Martin Luther King Jr. throughout the month of January. The conversation started at the beginning of the month with an “I see, I...
Dec 4, 2019 | Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Fine Arts, Have Fun, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, IMAMUSTANG, Lower School News, Middle School News, Multiplier, Share the Well
Before Thanksgiving Break, the cast and crew of the Middle School Fall One Acts performed Box & Labeled. Cast of Box: One: Caroline Davis Two: Justin Garner Three: Dennis Norman Four: Steven Patrick Five: Caroline Kincaid Six: Piper Hendryx Seven: Kiera Campbell...
Mar 10, 2019 | IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Innovation Diploma, PBL/IBL, Upper School News
Contributor: Emma Markland Over interim, my group members and I traveled to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to start a multi-year project alongside local students who are creating a virtual reality experience to better portray their daily lives....
