Sep 21, 2022 | All School, Blog, Build People Up, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, Middle School News, News, Preschool, Preschool News, Upper School News
Mount Vernon families have a passion for service. Last week, The Mount Vernon community participated in The Fall Impact Service Drive. Our goal was to collect 4,000 individually packaged snack bags through a partnership with Atlanta Mission, an organization committed...
Sep 14, 2022 | All School, Blog, Idiploma, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, Maker, Middle School News, News, PBL/IBL, Upper School News
In every division at Mount Vernon, students are provided an environment in which they learn collaboratively while engaging in authentic, real-world work. At the same time, the School’s educators have the flexibility to create thoughtful learning environments, bringing...
Aug 31, 2022 | All School, Blog, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, Middle School News, News, PBL/IBL, Preschool, Preschool News, Upper School News
Convocation is one of the most anticipated events of the school year. This August, our Mount Vernon community came together to receive the charge for the year from our CEO, Head of School, and Head Prefect. This year, the School’s battle cry is “Let’s Do This” whereby...
Aug 24, 2022 | All School, Blog, Have Fun, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, Middle School News, News, Upper School News
Mount Vernon students are always in for a treat at the beginning of the school year and this year, it was full of firsts. Lower School In celebration of the start of the school year, the Mount Vernon Parent Network (MVPN) hosted its first ever Lower Campus Spaghetti...
Aug 24, 2022 | All School, Blog, Design Thinking, Have Fun, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, MVXperts, News, PBL/IBL
Grade 5 is starting the year with a Project-Based Learning (PBL) unit on playground design. Have you or your child ever seen a playground and wondered why it was built the way it was or how it could be improved? This unit encourages students to ask those same...
Aug 17, 2022 | All School, Blog, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, News, Preschool, Preschool News, Upper School News
Since school let out in May, Faculty and Staff have been preparing for the first day of the 2022-2023 school year. Committed to designing new and maintaining existing flexible spaces to increase our students’ capacity to spark wonder; to build, imagine, create, and...