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 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...
Nov 10, 2021 | Blog, Innovation, Lower and Middle School
As a finale to their unit on the study of time and life through geology, Grade 3 students took their learning on the road to the Fernbank Museum last week in the first Lower School expedition in more than a year and a half. While planning their trip, the Grade 3...
Nov 3, 2021 | Fine Arts, Innovation, Upper School News
In August, the School announced that Mount Vernon Studios – known previously as MV Arts – had been awarded the 2021 Arts Innovation Award by the Arts School Network. Last week, Director of Visual and Performing Arts Matt Neylon, along with Lower Campus...
Oct 20, 2021 | Blog, Innovation, Upper School News
In Upper School, Innovation Diploma Senior Maddy Strudwick was handed a rubber duck in AP Computer Science when struggling with a particular concept. Her teacher instructed her to talk the problem out with that duck. This first encounter with the idea of rubber duck...
May 25, 2021 | Build People Up, Come to Play, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Inquiry, Maker, Maverick, Multiplier, Share the Well, Upper School News
“Upon reflection of our family’s nine years at Mount Vernon, we can truly say the School has been pivotal in fostering our children’s passions, providing them with continuous guidance, and shaping them into leaders.” – Laila and Arif...
