Apr 16, 2021 | Come to Play, courage over comfort, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, idea-featured, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Inquiry, Lower School News, Maverick, Multiplier, PBL/IBL, Share the Well
“What gives me confidence – when I saw your projects – was the integrity and compassion and research and imagination that went into the projects. You give me hope. When I’m old, I’m going to be calm knowing the world will be in your hands and you’re going...
Sep 29, 2020 | Highlights, IMAMUSTANG, Inquiry, PBL/IBL, Preschool News
Contributed by Head of Lower Campus Shelley Searcy What does Inquiry Based Learning look like in a PK4 classroom? As a School of inquiry who believes curiosity and passion drive learning, our teachers are doing more than observe what young children are naturally...
Mar 4, 2020 | Have Fun, IMAMUSTANG, Inquiry, PBL/IBL, Preschool News, Share the Well
Contributed by Early Preschool Teacher Chelsea Owens The Mount Vernon Baby Project came about very organically. At the start of the school year, we had 13 children in the two-year-old class, and of those 13 children, six of them had infant siblings that...
Feb 26, 2020 | Come to Play, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Inquiry, Multiplier, PBL/IBL, Share the Well, Upper School News
Last week, Upper School students in the Ecological Rhetoric and AP Environmental Science classes installed an Evergreen Sound Barrier at the Lost Corner Preserve in Sandy Springs. This project was pitched to the City of Sandy Springs and approved to be done by this...
Jan 29, 2020 | IMAMUSTANG, Inquiry, Lower School News, Maverick, PBL/IBL, Share the Well
Throughout the first four months of school, Grade 1 students dove into Atlanta’s robust culture through the lens of past and present. Through various visible thinking routines, students were able to figure out what exactly they hoped to learn about Atlanta. To...
Jan 29, 2020 | IMAMUSTANG, Inquiry, PBL/IBL, Upper School News
Mount Vernon Upper School teacher Meg Brooks is committed to making school look more like real life. In order to do so, she believes that it is necessary to offer students authentic off-campus experiences that are tied to the curriculum taught inside of the classroom,...