Jan 23, 2018 | Build People Up, Come to Play, Have Fun, Inquiry, MV Mag Issue 1, Preschool News
Contributed by Erin Carey As soon as Preschoolers showed a little interest in bridges through play and reading, Early Pre-K teachers Ms. Shann and Ms. Molly took notice. Beginning with class discussions to better learn what the students already knew and also wondered...
Jan 23, 2018 | Build People Up, courage over comfort, Highlights, Impact, Maverick, Multiplier, MV Mag Issue 1, Share the Well, Upper School News
Maqueline “Maquie” Weiss Mount Vernon senior Maqueline “Maquie” Weiss is not afraid to think, do, and be. As a leader in school, her community and even nationally, Maquie is blazing a trail of servant leadership. When I came to Mount Vernon my freshman...
Jan 23, 2018 | Come to Play, courage over comfort, Design Thinking, Idiploma, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Innovation Diploma, Multiplier, MV Mag Issue 1, Upper School News
Contributed by Allison Toller Dell Alienware Corporation is fulfilling a moonshot dream for Mount Vernon students. Through an inconceivable partnership, the Fortune 500 company has chosen Mount Vernon to host their one and only flagship virtual reality lab in the...
Jan 23, 2018 | Come to Play, Design Thinking, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Inquiry, Middle School News, Multiplier, MV Mag Issue 1, PBL/IBL
Contributed by Larisa Pender-Healy How Can We Do Better? My intention was for students to design with empathy. I was inspired by the manner in which doctors handled the death of my sister. We can do better. Almost 12 years ago I lost my older sister, Summer,...
Jan 23, 2018 | All School, Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, IMAMUSTANG, Multiplier, MV Mag Issue 1
Contributed by Brett Jacobsen What Do You Wish School Could Have Been? Over the years, I have heard leading executives, mid-level managers, parents, and even teachers comment about what they did not learn from school or what school did not teach them. Blog posts,...
Jan 23, 2018 | Build People Up, courage over comfort, Design Thinking, Highlights, Idiploma, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation Diploma, Maker, MV Mag Issue 1, PBL/IBL, Share the Well, Upper School News
Magic Wheelchair As “Star Wars” fans stormed into theaters to see “The Last Jedi,” one particular Resistance pilot, Jared – a 14-year-old boy living with cerebral palsy, watched the movie while living out a lifelong dream. For over two months, students in Mount...
