2011-2012 MVPS Thespians Celebrate Year, Receive Awards

2011-2012 MVPS Thespians Celebrate Year, Receive Awards

Written by Clark Taylor On the evening of Saturday, May 12, 2012, four new Mount Vernon thespians were initiated into the International Thespian Society: Caroline Courtney, Brice Veach, Alexa Dunford, and Savannah Rettig. The awards ceremony included recognition of all the MVPS Allstars who are in the Society: Dana Cohen...
Award Winning Journalist In Exile From Zimbabwe To Speak @ MVPS 2012 Commencement

Award Winning Journalist In Exile From Zimbabwe To Speak @ MVPS 2012 Commencement

College ready, globally competitive, and engaged as a citizen leader, this year’s 2012 Commencement speaker, Violet Gonda, embodies Mount Vernon Presbyterian School’s mission statement. Gonda is a Zimbabwean radio journalist forced to broadcast to her country from exile in London and Washington D.C. because of strict media restrictions in her country Zimbabwe. In...
Upper School Spring 2012 Exam Schedule

Upper School Spring 2012 Exam Schedule

SENIOR EXAMS Senior exams begin Monday, May 14, with English and World Language. The senior exam schedule for the week will be as follows: Monday, May 14 – English, 8:00-10:00 a.m. in Mr. Sommers’ Room 219; World Language, 10:30am-12:30 p.m. in Room 219 Tuesday, May 15 –  Science, 8:00-10:00 a.m.,...
Real World Problem Solving A Key Component of Upper School Instruction

Real World Problem Solving A Key Component of Upper School Instruction

Addressing questions that elicit high order thinking skills, developing metacognitive strategies, and assuming authentic roles they are likely to assume in their future careers are increasingly what Upper School students encounter as a part of their weekly coursework. While many North Americans watched bowl games, Upper School teachers spent the...
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Young Life Is Coming To Mount Vernon!

Young Life Is Coming To Mount Vernon!

Written by Nancy Ike Young Life is coming to Mount Vernon!  Please join us for an informational meeting on what Young Life is and how the program facilitates mentors coming alongside teens to help them to grow in their faith. . The meeting will be on Wednesday, May 16th at 8:00am in the Glenn Campus conference room. Coffee and a...
First Semester in America

First Semester in America

Written by Sierra Middleton For inquiries about hosting an exchange student, contract Meg Brown, MVPS International Coordinator, at MBrown@mountvernonschool.org Bob Luo and Rebecca Liao, Chinese exchange students, have been at Mount Vernon for a full semester now…and they love it! Bob hails from Shenzhen, a Chinese metropolis in South China that is very similar to...
Upper School Students Shine @ SCAD's Sidewalk Art Festival

Upper School Students Shine @ SCAD’s Sidewalk Art Festival

Written by Hank Kunath Hank Kunath, Hank’s wife Rosie, and Mike Farry led a group of 9 Mount Vernon Upper School students to Savannah recently for the annual Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Sidewalk Art Festival and competition.  The competition is divided into 4 categories—SCAD alumni, current SCAD graduate students, undergraduate students, and...
History Making Year For MVPS Track & Field

History Making Year For MVPS Track & Field

Written by Coach Seymour L. Adlam The culmination to an exciting, history making year for Mount Vernon Track & Field, took place this past weekend at the GISA State Track & Field Championships in Albany, GA. Congratulations to Our Mount Vernon Boys and Girl’s 400-meter relay teams, for both winning the State Championships in the...
Varsity Baseball Comes From Behind For Sensational Win On Senior Night

Varsity Baseball Comes From Behind For Sensational Win On Senior Night

Photography by Laura Barnard Being down 2-8 in the bottom of the ninth inning didn’t faze Coach Turner and the Varsity Mustang Baseball Team tonight as they came back in dramatic fashion to win 9-8 over the Loganville Christian Academy (LCA) Lions. Seniors Jeff Lanzer and Connor Martel shined on senior night, scoring two of the...
Time Flies

Time Flies

Written by Hannah Zenas Image via Mustang Rally is around the corner, yearbook distribution day awaits in the not-too-far distance, and graduation is nearly upon us. Yet, despite this sweet season of the school year, it turns out that a handful of MVPS students find themselves dreaming, wishing they could be a different age than...
Advanced Placement (AP) Exams Overview 2012

Advanced Placement (AP) Exams Overview 2012

Advanced Placement (AP) Exams begin Monday, May 7, 2012. In what follows, Dr Kelli Bynum details various information for students and parents regarding the administration of these exams.   Students taking AP exams need to report to the media center at 8:30am on the day of their exams. Students will be given instructions about which...
At Capitol, Upper School Students Recognized For Partnering With GA Commission On The Holocaust

At Capitol, Upper School Students Recognized For Partnering With GA Commission On The Holocaust

Written by Hank Kunath and Tyler S. Thigpen Last Friday, April 20, marked the official State of Georgia “Days of Remembrance” observance. Governor Deal and the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust hosted the occasion in the North Wing of the State Capitol. During the observance ceremony, the students and educators who participated in last Fall’s Holocaust Learning Trunk Project by decorating one or more trunks were...