Sep 14, 2020 | Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Have Fun, Highlights, Humanities, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Lower School News, Maker, Maverick, Multiplier, Share the Well
When Grade 4 Mustang Ona Oli was six years old, she asked her mom why her hair wasn’t “pretty” or straight like her classmates. To help encourage her, Ona’s mom shared positive affirmations, wore matching hairstyles, and got her a Black doll,...
Aug 31, 2020 | All School, courage over comfort, Design Thinking, Highlights, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Lower School News, Maker, Maverick, Middle School News, Multiplier, News, Share the Well, Upper School News
Kicking off the 2020-21 school year, Mount Vernon is excited to announce the appointments of both Tarrik “Coach T” Mabon and Jim Tiffin to new roles within the School. As a man of faith and service, and after leading Middle School chapel for several years,...
Aug 18, 2020 | All School, Design Thinking, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Maker, Multiplier, Share the Well, Uncategorized
Contributed by Executive Director, MV Ventures, Alex Blumencranz “How might we …” is a familiar and somewhat daily question at the Mount Vernon School as students prepare to be “college ready, globally competitive and engaged citizen leaders.” Real-world work actually...
May 6, 2020 | All School, Build People Up, Come to Play, Design Thinking, Highlights, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Maker, Multiplier, Share the Well
Contributed by Director of Student Engagement and Alumni Relations Katie Trenney “We are a School of inquiry, innovation, and IMPACT,” Maker Jim Tiffin shared. “We are a private school with a public purpose. We have the capability, and therefore we have the...
Feb 12, 2020 | Come to Play, courage over comfort, Design Thinking, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Inquiry, Maker, Multiplier, Uncategorized, Upper School News
Contributed by Mount Vernon Upper School iProject Coordinator Lynn Luster When looking at 21st-century skills, a teacher might easily get overwhelmed wondering how to cover content and standards. Acknowledging that every student is on a different pathway, have...
Jan 15, 2020 | Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Humanities, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Inquiry, Maker, Maverick, Multiplier, PBL/IBL, Share the Well, Upper School News
Over the last year and a half, Upper School Virtual Reality students, along with Director of Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab Marie Graham, have been working alongside Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) to create a VR program to help patients who are going...
