Nov 17, 2021 | All School, Blog, Fine Arts, Middle School News, Upper School News
Mount Vernon’s Visual and Performing Arts Department is thrilled to announce that 16 MV Allstars, one alumni, and three Mount Vernon Studio teammates have been invited to represent the School in the largest theatre festival in the world, the Fringe Festival, in...
Oct 26, 2021 | Design Thinking, Idiploma, Middle School News, Upper School News
From 3D printing to laser cutting, social media promotion and communicating to building, over the past six months, Director of Maker, Design & Engineering (MDE) Jim Tiffin explored the question with Mount Vernon Upper School students: How might we complete a...
Oct 13, 2021 | Fine Arts, Middle School News, Upper School News
Contributed via The Curator, Written by Class of 2023 William Nix The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong As some might say, “the show must go on.” Well, in The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong, that is exactly what happens. The MV Allstars have been working tirelessly since...
Oct 13, 2021 | Design Thinking, Middle School News
Last week, the Middle School was buzzing with the collaborator mindset in use, both in and outside of the classroom. From digital arts to life science, and all subjects in between, as collaborators, students are designing, reiterating, and producing evidence of their...
Sep 29, 2021 | Blog, Design Thinking, Middle School News
Recently, students in Grade 6 completed a design sprint as part of their water unit in Humanities. The question for this Design Thinking Challenge – How might we design a solution for water filtration? Students were able to work with a Community Expert, Amy...
Sep 22, 2021 | Blog, Middle School News
In Middle School Humanities, Kevin Day’s Grade 7 students have been questioning how might we explore and expand on a US history textbook about National history and experience. Throughout the students’ unit on Native American history, the focus was on the Muscogee...
