Apr 20, 2022 | All School, Blog, Come to Play, Fine Arts, Impact, Innovation, Inquiry, Press Release
This story was also a press release distributed to local media outlets on 4.20.2022. The Mount Vernon School has been honored with the SupportMusic Merit Award from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. The SupportMusic Merit Award...
Apr 13, 2022 | All School, Blog, Impact
With just six weeks left in the 2021-2022 school year, there is much to be celebrated as a community. From social moments and rites of passage to volunteer opportunities and learning connections, don’t miss a thing. LEARN Thursday, April 14, 8:30 – 9:30...
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 30, 2022 | Alumni, Blog, Impact, Innovation, Inquiry, Interim, Uncategorized, Upper School News
At the beginning of the School year, Dr. Jacobsen spoke to the Mount Vernon community at Convocation about bridges, specifically around how they are able to connect people and places. Through that, he encouraged us all to be connectors this year – to close gaps,...
Mar 30, 2022 | Blog, Impact, Innovation, Inquiry, Lower School News, Uncategorized
How might we take risks to develop new goods and services to start a business? That was the driving question behind grade 5’s recent economics unit, culminating in a Business Fair, showcasing original products for friends and family. Inspired by the book, The...
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...