Jan 16, 2019 | Design Thinking, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Lower School News, MV Mag Issue 4, PBL/IBL
Explore, Discover, Play, Create When grade 2 teachers took a pre-planning expedition to Clarkston, GA, they visited a mural in Adam’s Plaza created by Shannon Willow titled “Human Family Forest.” The mural, a collection of large trees with trunks filled with...
Jan 16, 2019 | Alumni, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, MV Mag Issue 4
Amplifying Voices Working for a global organization on an issue as nuanced as human rights has taught me invaluable lessons in communicating and collaborating, particularly in a multi-cultural context. The work we produce at Amnesty heavily relies on the...
Jan 16, 2019 | MV Mag Issue 4, Parents
“I feel like our family is Made in MV. We came six months before Dr. Jacobsen! “ “In 2008, our eldest daughter, Hunter Reese, was 10 months old. My husband Tony and I had heard about Mount Vernon from neighborhood friends, so I’d say we came here because of the...
Jan 16, 2019 | Design Thinking, MV Mag Issue 4, MVIFI, PBL/IBL
Alyssa Gallagher is an experienced public school educator, school & district administrator, facilitator and educational consultant. She recently authored, “Design Thinking for School Leaders: Five Mindsets that Ignite Positive Change in Schools” published May 2018...
Jan 16, 2019 | Design Thinking, Idiploma, MV Mag Issue 4, MVIFI
The Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation (MVIFI), the R&D lab and transformation studio at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School in Atlanta, Georgia, is transforming schools and education as a whole, through people-centered design principles. By accelerating...
Jan 16, 2019 | MS Athletics, MV Mag Issue 4, US Athletics
Growing up I was always surrounded by sports. I guess you could say my love for sports began with a simple tradition throwing the baseball with my dad in the backyard. That foundation led to playing baseball and basketball during my youth years. But as time progressed...
