Preschool Students Learn About Rosh Hashanah from Upper School Student Ryan Rapaport

Preschool Students Learn About Rosh Hashanah from Upper School Student Ryan Rapaport

Contributed by Preschool Teacher Debbie Markland As part of our MVIFI 2019 Summer Grant Team work on essentializing learning outcomes, the Preschool Grant Team (myself, Molly Collier, Kyla Ravenell and Sunshine Osella) redesigned how we celebrate holidays in our...
Commitment to Faculty Learning

Commitment to Faculty Learning

Today marked the first 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 practices, teaching methodologies,...
Helping Hands Day 2019: Grateful to Serve

Helping Hands Day 2019: Grateful to Serve

Last Wednesday, September 11, the Mount Vernon community joined together in honoring those who lost their lives, survived and responded to the tragic events of 9/11. This year, each division participated in a donation drive, and then packaged the items as part of...
Helping Hands Day 2019: Grateful to Serve

Helping Hands Day 2019: Grateful to Serve

Every year on September 11, Mount Vernon students and faculty join forces to pay tribute to those who lost their lives, survived, responded to, and like many of us, were affected by the tragic events of 9/11. We will show our gratitude for service members and first...