Feb 9, 2022 | Design Thinking, Idiploma, Innovation, News, Upper School News
Contributed by Director of Innovation Diploma Brad Droke and Innovation Diploma Students Upper School, Innovation Diploma students created retail pop-up shops addressing what the future of retail could look and feel like. This was also an opportunity to showcase our...
Oct 26, 2021 | Design Thinking, Idiploma, Middle School News, Upper School News
From 3D printing to laser cutting, social media promotion and communicating to building, over the past six months, Director of Maker, Design & Engineering (MDE) Jim Tiffin explored the question with Mount Vernon Upper School students: How might we complete a...
Oct 6, 2021 | Blog, Idiploma, Upper School News
Innovation Diploma (iD or iDiploma) is a student-led, transformation design studio that inspires, creates, and implements high-impact work at Mount Vernon. iD is a 3 to 4-year program that culminates with students creating long term professional relationships,...
Jan 16, 2019 | Design Thinking, Idiploma, MV Mag Issue 4, MVIFI
The Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation (MVIFI), the R&D lab and transformation studio at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School in Atlanta, Georgia, is transforming schools and education as a whole, through people-centered design principles. By accelerating...
Jan 23, 2018 | Come to Play, courage over comfort, Design Thinking, Idiploma, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Innovation Diploma, Multiplier, MV Mag Issue 1, Upper School News
Contributed by Allison Toller Dell Alienware Corporation is fulfilling a moonshot dream for Mount Vernon students. Through an inconceivable partnership, the Fortune 500 company has chosen Mount Vernon to host their one and only flagship virtual reality lab in the...
Jan 23, 2018 | Build People Up, courage over comfort, Design Thinking, Highlights, Idiploma, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation Diploma, Maker, MV Mag Issue 1, PBL/IBL, Share the Well, Upper School News
Magic Wheelchair As “Star Wars” fans stormed into theaters to see “The Last Jedi,” one particular Resistance pilot, Jared – a 14-year-old boy living with cerebral palsy, watched the movie while living out a lifelong dream. For over two months, students in Mount...
