Jan 29, 2020 | Build People Up, courage over comfort, Humanities, IDEA, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Inquiry, Multiplier, Preschool News, Share the Well
Contributed by Preschool Teacher Debbie Markland The students in the PreK4 and PreK5 classes in Preschool enjoyed learning about Martin Luther King Jr. throughout the month of January. The conversation started at the beginning of the month with an “I see, I...
Dec 18, 2019 | Build People Up, Fine Arts, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Lower School News, Multiplier, Preschool News, Share the Well
During the holiday season, Preschool – Grade 1 students, along with their Visual Art teacher Liz Bellenger made gifts of gratitude for members of the faculty and staff at Mount Vernon. In Art, the students studied the King Midas painting by Michelangelo. While...
Nov 13, 2019 | All School, Come to Play, Design Thinking, Fine Arts, Have Fun, Highlights, Humanities, IMAMUSTANG, Innovation, Inquiry, Lower School News, Maverick, Middle School News, Multiplier, News, Preschool News, Share the Well, Upper School News
This morning faculty and staff participated in the third late-start RDI (Research, Design, Iteration) day of the school year, where all of our faculty and staff collided across divisions and disciplines for a deep learning around topics such as curriculum, assessment...
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...
Oct 23, 2019 | All School, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Highlights, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Inquiry, Lower School News, Maverick, Middle School News, Multiplier, Preschool News, Share the Well, Upper School News
This morning faculty and staff participated in the second late-start RDI (Research, Design, Iteration) day of the school year, where all of our faculty and staff collided across divisions and disciplines for a deep learning around topics such as curriculum, assessment...
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...
