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DR. JACOBSEN LAUNCHES PODCAST SERIES
This month, Head of School Dr. Brett Jacobsen launches a podcast project entitled Design Movement. Working with Upper School students and interviewing leading educational thinkers, idea makers, business leaders, and teachers, these podcasts are 21st century learning and leadership conversations of creative collaborators in education, business, and the non-profit community. The first guest on Design Movement is Charles [...]
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DR. JACOBSEN LAUNCHES PODCAST SERIES
This month, Head of School Dr. Brett Jacobsen launches a podcast project entitled Design Movement. Working with Upper School students and interviewing leading educational thinkers, idea makers, business leaders, and teachers, these podcasts are 21st century learning and leadership conversations of creative collaborators in education, business, and the non-profit community. The first guest on Design Movement is Charles [...]
Oh the things you will learn…if you dare to listen.
Teaching Languages at the Lower School level is not new to me. I taught three to eighteen year-olds in Spain and have four bilingual children (ages 3-12) at home. Living in three different countries and working in a variety of different settings, I have also been exposed to a myriad of methodologies that claim to [...]
On Boys… and Spiritual Mischief
My perception of the world has been, for a large part of my life, interpreted through a feminine lens. My parents were divorced by the time I was four and my only sibling was a girl. My parents never re-married and although I saw my father on the weekends, he was not a part of [...]
December Wrap Up
Dear Mount Vernon Family, This is the most wonderful time of the year, indeed! Nowhere else would you see… Kindergarteners looking for escaped gingerbread men and prototyping traps First graders writing elf application letters to Santa Second graders exploring how people all over the world celebrate Christmas Third graders sharing the nativity story with their [...]
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Goofy Reindeer”
“Best production I have seen yet. Fresh, cutting edge, edge of your seat kind of performance. These actors are the next generation of real theater. This is a must see.” -Ben Brantly, New York Times “Stunning. A true masterpiece.” -Roger Ebert “I couldn’t have done it better myself.” -Dr. Seuss Come see what the critics [...]
Monday Morning
I woke up feeling unusually calm and joyful for a Monday morning. My day at work was flawlessly planned and the thought of the upcoming holiday events filled me with inner cheer and peace. As I arrived and was getting ready to drop my son off at the Early Learning Center, Alejandro (who is 3) [...]
