May 9, 2023 | All School, Blog, Fine Arts, Inquiry, News, Upper School News
In Meg Brooks’ Artistic Revolution & the Harlem Renaissance course, students explore the ties between the experimentation of the arts during the Harlem Renaissance and its effects on culture and art today. As the course description describes, “The aptly-named...
May 9, 2023 | All School, Blog, Design Thinking, Innovation, Lower School News, Maker, News, Upper School News
Designing a product for a specific client is an incredibly rich and multi-layered learning experience. In addition to leveraging skills like solution seeking, critical thinking, connecting, communicating and innovating, to ensure the clients needs are met, attributes...
May 3, 2023 | All School, Blog, Fine Arts, News, Upper School News
On April 20, 36 Film students from Film Production, Post-Production, and Sport Broadcasting courses came together to showcase their talents in the second annual Upper School Film Festival. Many elements make cinema stand apart from other art forms—movies can speak to...
Apr 19, 2023 | All School, Blog, Fine Arts, Impact, News, Upper School News
Two Mount Vernon Upper School students were selected to showcase their artwork in the 5th Congressional District of Georgia High School Art Exhibition, which opened on April 5. Edee Moorman, Class of 2024, and Lily Sanford, Class of 2025 will have their work on...
Apr 12, 2023 | All School, Alumni, Blog, Impact, Innovation, Middle School News, News, Upper School News
A student-designed solution is improving the physical therapy experience for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta patients. The Mount Vernon School’s Virtual Reality (VR) team was among 60 presenters at the annual Virtual Medicine (vMed) Conference in Los Angeles last...
Mar 22, 2023 | All School, Blog, Build People Up, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, Middle School News, News, Upper School News
National organizations including The Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, and the Smithsonian Institution are commemorating and encouraging the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role...