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 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last week in Middle School Chapel, Coach Tarrik Mabon (Coach T) gave the students a challenge. He shared a story about the University of Virginia Head Basketball Coach Tony Bennett who led the UVA Men’s Basketball team to both their first Final Four appearance...
Oct 9, 2019 | Come to Play, courage over comfort, Fine Arts, Highlights, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation, Inquiry, Share the Well, Uncategorized
The Arrival is a graphic novel by Shaun Tan. It is at heart, a migrant story told as a series of wordless images that might seem to come from a long-forgotten time. A man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town, seeking better prospects in an...
Oct 2, 2019 | Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Have Fun, Humanities, IMAMUSTANG, Inquiry, Lower School News, Multiplier, Share the Well, Uncategorized
Contributed by Head of Grade 2 Melanie Thompson G2 spent time the first few weeks of school reading about and researching the power of our bodies and our brains. We discussed how the food we eat fuels our bodies and our brains; thus, how can we make healthy choices?...
Sep 25, 2019 | Build People Up, Come to Play, courage over comfort, Have Fun, Highlights, Humanities, IMAMUSTANG, Impact, Innovation Diploma, Inquiry, Maker, Maverick, Multiplier, News, Share the Well, Uncategorized, Upper School News
During Mod 1 in the Upper School, a group of Innovation Diploma students learned how to write and share their own stories in How to Tell a Story, a class led by MV teachers Brad Droke and Krista Fancher. Throughout the Mod, students wrote three to five stories, then...
Sep 25, 2019 | PBL/IBL, Uncategorized
Contributed by Head of Grade 5 Emily Edwards This year, Grade 5 students have the opportunity to utilize iPads in school to create, design, retrieve information, and capture their thoughts and ideas. In preparation for this opportunity, Mount Vernon has brought Apple...
