Aug 23, 2023 | All School, Blog, Impact, Middle School News
An Interview with the Designers of the Impact Design Lab”Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” – Albert Einstein We sat down for an insightful conversation with the three educational designers innovating the...
Aug 16, 2023 | All School, Blog, Lower School News, Middle School News, MV Online, MV Ventures, Preschool, Upper School News, US Athletics
Summer may have seemed tranquil driving by 510 and 471 Mount Vernon Hwy, but behind the scenes faculty and staff were hard at work. Let’s take a look at some of the exciting announcements and happenings that took place during the break. The Dewey Schools in...
May 17, 2023 | All School, Blog, Inquiry, Middle School News, News
As the year comes to a close, there is no better way to see if students have mastered the understanding of a concept or a topic than to ask them to teach it. “Make sure you’re being respectful. It takes a lot of guts to get up in front of your classmates and present.”...
Apr 12, 2023 | All School, Alumni, Blog, Impact, Innovation, Middle School News, News, Upper School News
A student-designed solution is improving the physical therapy experience for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta patients. The Mount Vernon School’s Virtual Reality (VR) team was among 60 presenters at the annual Virtual Medicine (vMed) Conference in Los Angeles last...
Apr 5, 2023 | All School, Blog, Middle School News, News
Grade 8 embarked on a 9-week journey to deepen their understanding of global issues and design a public product that could have an impact on a global scale. By utilizing their design thinking skills and focusing on the 17 United Nations Sustainability Goals, students...
Mar 29, 2023 | All School, Blog, Idiploma, Middle School News, News
Ryan Welch was selected to speak at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) conference in February to share his insights on Impact Design Lab, the innovative Mount Vernon signature Middle School program he co-creates and co-teaches with Kevin Day, and...