May 18, 2022 | Blog, Have Fun, Highlights, Inquiry, Lower School News
Lower School learners brought expeditionary learning to life this Spring. Expeditions allow learners to follow sparks of curiosity and ignite passions for learning. Sometimes we wonder and wander on an expedition. Sometimes expeditions spark interest as an entry event...
Apr 27, 2022 | Academic Coverage, Blog, Design Thinking, Idiploma, Impact, Innovation, Innovation Diploma, Inquiry, News
This story was contributed by Brad Droke, Director of Innovation Diploma and was featured in the Spring 2022 SAIS Newsletter. In the spring of 2014, Mount Vernon Ventures at The Mount Vernon School hosted an event called the Council on Innovation, where several groups...
Apr 27, 2022 | Blog, Fine Arts, Have Fun, Inquiry, Lower School News
This story was contributed by Amanda Lower, Lower School Performing Arts Instructor, 2-5 On Friday, April 22 the Lower Campus was alive with Immersive Arts Experiences. During their regular connections block, the kindergarten through fifth grade students enjoyed an...
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 20, 2022 | Blog, Come to Play, Design Thinking, Have Fun, Inquiry, Lower School News
Contributed by Lower School Science Instructor Eileen Fennelly. Starting with questions is just one of our Mount Vernon norms. “Where are these flowers from? Why does this tree have flowers, but the others on the Frontier do not? Does this tree have a name?”...
Mar 30, 2022 | 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,...
