Mar 1, 2023 | All School, Alumni, Blog, Interim, News, Upper School News
During Interim week 2023, students in the Upper School are participating in a variety of intentionally curated learning experiences. Some students have gone on global expeditions, some are exploring Atlanta’s famous landmarks and participating in activities with CORE...
Feb 22, 2023 | All School, Alumni, Blog, Interim, News, Upper School News
Maggie Mixon, Mount Vernon Class of 2017, credits the School’s Interim program for greatly influencing her career goals and life aspirations. Throughout her four years in the Upper School, she participated in Interim travel opportunities gaining valuable...
Feb 22, 2023 | All School, Blog, News, Upper School News
What would the world be like if the Roman Empire never fell? While exploring multiple AI resources such as Neural.love and Openart.ai, Amy Mueller’s AP World History students input that prompt along with a few others to generate the images below. With these images in...
Feb 8, 2023 | All School, Blog, Interim, News, Upper School News
In a few short weeks, the Upper Campus will experience one of the most significant annual learning experiences of the school year, Interim Term. This innovative program provides another opportunity for Upper School to have agency over their learning through voice and...
Feb 1, 2023 | All School, Blog, Lower and Middle School, Lower School News, Middle School News, News, Upper School News
At Mount Vernon, this celebration of Black history will acknowledge the African diaspora. While the February celebration is often centered on thinking specifically about the Black experience in the United States, we want to acknowledge that this culture is global...
Feb 1, 2023 | All School, Blog, News, Upper School News
In Mr. Hawkins’ Anatomy: Subdermal Warfare class, students are starting with questions to explore how disease affects the systems of the human body. Using a QFT (Question Finding Technique) session to kick things off, students have been using Virtual Reality to...