Nov 11, 2019 | Have Fun, Impact, Inquiry, PBL/IBL, Preschool News
Educational research consistently illustrates that children will learn more from experiences that are authentic and meaningful to them. We want children to gain strong foundational academic skills, and to know why they are important in real life. Giving children...
Nov 6, 2019 | Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Fine Arts, Humanities, IMAMUSTANG, Innovation, Maverick, Middle School News, Multiplier, PBL/IBL, Share the Well, Uncategorized
Last week, Grade 7 students in Mrs. Kristen Pisacreta’s Humanities Class transformed the classroom into the Legacy Poetry Café. This experience created a safe place for students to be honest, passionate and vulnerable while showcasing their work. Students...
Oct 30, 2019 | Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Humanities, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Inquiry, Lower School News, Maverick, Multiplier, PBL/IBL, Share the Well
Contributed by Lower School Science and Research and Design Teacher Eileen Fennelly Fifth Grade Research and Design is a new learning opportunity for our students. It is a capstone project to explore and research what the students are interested in after...
Oct 23, 2019 | All School, Build People Up, Come to Play, Fine Arts, Have Fun, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Lower School News, Maverick, Middle School News, Multiplier, PBL/IBL, Share the Well, Uncategorized, Upper School News
Last Friday, a group of 26 students had the opportunity to perform as the opening act for the Women’s Leadercast Conference at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The choir from Mount Vernon sang “I Believe” originally by Yolanda Adams, and were...
Oct 16, 2019 | Come to Play, courage over comfort, Design Thinking, Have Fun, Highlights, Humanities, IMAMUSTANG, Innovation, Inquiry, Lower School News, Maker, Maverick, Multiplier, PBL/IBL, Preschool News, Uncategorized
This year, the theme for the annual Cardboard Challenge was How Might We be Better Together, by Sharing the Gift of Play? This year’s challenge was inspired by a young boy named Cain who lives in L.A. With a love for building things and tinkering, Cain followed...
Oct 16, 2019 | Humanities, Impact, Inquiry, Maverick, Middle School News, Multiplier, PBL/IBL
This semester in Grade 8 Humanities with David Leflar, students are studying World War I by reading the book Kipling’s Choice. Kipling’s Choice is a fictionalized story of a boy who grew up the son of a famous writer, living a charmed life, to the trenches...
