Student Life
The Middle School offers a variety of opportunities for students to expand their learning outside the classroom through Junior Prefects, pep rallies, social events, and trips.
Mount Vernon’s Middle School years are an exciting time of exploration as students discover a variety of academic and extracurricular opportunities, their personal interests and passions, and ultimately who they are.
We believe in a student-centered approach to school in which students learn through the experience of solving a real-world, open-ended problem.
When students explore their questions, passions, and interests they make connections that expand their learning and personal development.
Community groups are designed for multiple purposes to engage students in character education, enrichment opportunities, and the curation of learning through e-portfolios.
The partnership between parents and teachers is a vital one in the life of a student, and one that we seek to foster more intentionally in the Middle School. Student progress is monitored and reported on a regular basis. Students and parents receive informal feedback through conferencing, graded assignments, written feedback, and ePortfolios.
Receiving support and guidance from Community leaders, students actively participate in their own learning through a collaborative conversation with their parents during student-led conferences.
The Academic Resource Center provides students the tools and opportunities they need for academic success. Our learning coaches work with students, teachers, and parents developing instructional strategies to personalize learning.
While each of our classrooms is outfitted with a variety of seating options and movable furniture to suit the needs our learners, we have also discovered learning is also maximized when students work in a variety of environments and spaces.
Designed to be a creative and collaborative space, the HIVE houses our Maker, Design, & Engineering programs allowing students access to 3D printers, computers, and high-resolution prototyping tools which allow them to explore all aspects of a maker community.
Believing designers change the world, we teach children to observe and question their world, build empathy muscles, experiment with prototypes and iterate. Beyond Lower School, Middle and Upper School students build upon these approaches to learning but on a deeper level.
We look forwarding to meeting you and hearing your story.