Our Vision
To Design a Better World
A School for the Future
We live in a world of exponential change. Leaning into the future, how might we multiply our influence, increase our value, drive design and innovation, inspire one another, expand our reach, and deepen our impact? Mount Vernon has set the conditions for progress through MVX – a strategic response to the disruptive shifts in the skill sets needed for the workforce of the future, a competitive college admissions environment, technological transformations, and global interconnectivity.
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The Continuum
The Mount Vernon Continuum serves as the School’s strategic blueprint.
The Continuum highlights the keys to Mount Vernon’s success

Design Drivers
As a school of inquiry, innovation, and impact,
we see three key essential questions — design drivers — guiding our future work.
How might we make school more reflective of real life?
How might we empower all learners to be seekers and explorers?
How might we inspire one another — and the larger world — through the work we undertake together?
Strategic Plan
MVX is Mount Vernon’s next strategic response to the disruptive shifts in the skillsets needed for the workforce of the future, a competitive college admissions environment, technological transformations, and global interconnectivity.
Strategic Center
As a school of inquiry, innovation, and impact our strategic center reflects three core priorities:
Learner
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Diverse Network
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Research, Design, and Iteration
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Framework
The MVX Framework ensures that we take action on our mission and vision with a systems approach, recognizing the connections among eight areas of focus.
The Mount Vernon Mind
Our community lives out the School’s mission through the development and implementation of the Mount Vernon Mind, a set of relevant and research-based mindsets that position students for college, career and citizenship.






What Matters Here
While we have an ambitious, bold vision to be the best in the world at developing and delivering a 21st century learning experience, ultimately, “What matters here?”