Feb 1, 2017 | Have Fun, Highlights, Lower School News, Media Galleries
On the last Friday night in January, girls in Kindergarten through grade 4 danced the night away with their fathers or special friends at Mount Vernon’s annual Father/Daughter dance. Chaired by MV moms Ann Heather Toole and Mary Dodd Walker, this year’s...
Nov 2, 2016 | Have Fun, Highlights, Media Galleries, Middle School News
It was a bootiful night for the grades 7&8 Halloween dance, as the annual event drew the largest crowd of costumed middle schoolers, ever, at Mount Vernon. The Glenn Campus cafeteria was transformed into a spooky den of cobwebs, shadows, zombies, and...
Oct 19, 2016 | Humanities, Impact, Inquiry, Media Galleries, Middle School News, Share the Well
Teaching sixth grade Grammar and Composition, new faculty member Jayne Liu has already become part of the Mount Vernon fabric. On day one, she began to guide her classes through project based learning by posing the leading question, “How do varying contexts...
Oct 19, 2016 | All School, Have Fun, IMAMUSTANG, Media Galleries
On one of the first chilly Friday evenings of fall, almost 300 Mount Vernon parents, faculty, and staff showed up to Rock the Block in their festival gear: boots, jeans, sweaters, and hats, while carrying lawn chairs and blankets. Taking advantage of the opportunity...
Oct 5, 2016 | Have Fun, Highlights, Impact, Inquiry, Lower School News, Maker, Media Galleries, Uncategorized
For the fifth year in a row, Lower School students participated in the annual #CardboardChallenge to imagine, design, plan and create structures. Inspired by a 9-year old boy in East L.A., MVPS students joined in the national initiative to create cardboard...
Sep 21, 2016 | Fine Arts, Have Fun, Media Galleries, Middle School News
The 5th annual Art Sandy Springs (ARTSS) Chalk Walk recently took place during the Heritage Sandy Springs Festival. Mount Vernon art teacher Mr. Hank Kunath took his seventh grade art classes to participate in the Middle School sidewalk chalk competition at the...
