May 28, 2018 | All School, Impact, Innovation, MV Mag Issue 2, PBL/IBL, Upper School News
We Seek At Mount Vernon, we choose to wander and to wonder. We seek to create a learning environment that invites all people to follow the sparks of motivation, interest, and curiosity as far as they can take them. We seek to provide paths of curiosity. We seek to...
May 28, 2018 | All School, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, MV Mag Issue 2, PBL/IBL
What if students could guide their own learning by formulating their own questions around passions and curiosities? What if they could discover their own answers rather than just passively learning whatever someone else decides to teach with that day? What if learning...
May 28, 2018 | All School, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Interim, MV Mag Issue 2, PBL/IBL, Upper School News
It Was Unreal “We had to figure it out instead of everything being planned for us. We definitely had to step up and take responsibility all while building our confidence and communicating within another country. At first it was scary, but then I became more...
May 28, 2018 | All School, MV Mag Issue 2, PBL/IBL
A Vast, Diverse Resource Community As Mount Vernon’s youngest learners, our MVLittles continue to blur the lines between school and the real world, they are discovering that our school is a vast, diverse resource community in and of itself. This year, our teachers...
May 28, 2018 | All School, Design Thinking, Innovation Diploma, MV Mag Issue 2, PBL/IBL
Countless Opportunities to Delve Into Real-world Work I like to say that I’ve been drawing ever since my teachers started telling me to write. I’ve always loved art, but I’d never been able to put it to any practical use– I’d never been able to see it as anything...
May 28, 2018 | MV Mag Issue 2, PBL/IBL, Upper School News
Sparking Students Forward A young disheveled boy stands amongst ruins and looks straight ahead as though he is unsure where to go or what to do next. Two young children chase each other on a roof, a roof that overlooks a city in rubble around them; they laugh and play...
