May 10, 2019 | MV Mag Issue 5, Upper School News
GO FORTH AND CHANGE THE WORLD Contributor: Chip Houston Class of 2019 – You grew up in a special time – wearing skinny jeans & jeggings, heelys, crocs (with jibbitz), uggs and livestrong bracelets. You played with an xBox 360, razor scooters, zhu zhu pets, and...
May 10, 2019 | MV Mag Issue 5
Contributor: Brett Jacobsen Inspired to Impact is the theme of this edition of the MVmag. While there are so many inspirational moments of impact to mention, I want to take this opportunity to share a few of them. CLASS OF 2019 The Mount Vernon community...
May 10, 2019 | Innovation Diploma, MV Mag Issue 5, PBL/IBL
Contributor: Harriett Middleton New Delta Client Innovation Diploma (ID) is an original program created by Mount Vernon enabling students to work with external partners helping them create solutions for lingering problems. In ID, when companies come to Mount Vernon...
May 10, 2019 | Lower School News, MV Mag Issue 5, MVXperts, PBL/IBL
Contributor: Eileen Fennelly A Whole New Direction I was walking through the Kindergarten commons and heard our youngest students singing an original song about the elephants at the zoo. They had recently shared with me that they were researching the African Elephants...
May 10, 2019 | MV Mag Issue 5, PBL/IBL, Upper School News
A STUDENT-DRIVEN INITIATIVE The Ground Floor began as a year-long Upper School student-driven initiative known as iProject. In 2017, a group of Mount Vernon sophomores had an idea to create a coffee shop that their peers and teachers would be able to enjoy at school....
May 10, 2019 | Middle School News, MV Mag Issue 5, PBL/IBL
Mount Vernon (MV): What are some of the notable projects Middle School took on this year? Amy Wilkes (AW): We worked on several projects including a few on “heavy” subjects. Grade 5 has been experimenting with their own Genius Hour. Each week,...