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...
Dr Hite’s Students Learn Historical Skills Via Wyatt Earp & The OK Coral Performance Task
Written by Dr Greg Hite Performance Tasks via On October 26, 1881, Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp, and Doc Holliday confronted four notorious “cowboys” near the O. K. Corral in the boom town of Tombstone Arizona. They were enforcing the law against carrying firearms in town. The gun battle that ensued lasted all of about...
2012 Summer Enrichment Program Registration Now Open
Mount Vernon Presbyterian School’s Summer Enrichment Program exists to provide Upper School students with opportunities for academic acceleration and avenues for nontraditional enrichment. Course offerings for this summer include Geometry, Health, U.S. Government, and Economics. FOR THE FULL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION, INCLUDING REGISTRATION INFORMATION, CLICK HERE A few courses will be offered virtually and require administrative...
Design Thinking In Science: Mr Edward’s Heart Lab
Written by TJ Edwards and Tyler S. Thigpen Ask a Mount Vernon student what their most challenging project was this year and many will refer to Mr Edward’s Heart Lab. Based on these two projects (one two), Mr Edwards guided freshmen to develop a model for an artificial replacement organ or limb that may possibly be...
Business & Entrepreneurship Club Boasts Impressive List Of Speakers
Written by Kristina Tanner Gathered in the media center each week are nearly twenty eager students ready to listen to the many speakers invited by Mount Vernon’s Business and Entrepreneurship Club. So far this year, there have been twenty speakers, including an NFL football Hall of Fame UGA player, the President of Chick-fil-A, a history...
Serving As Pages At Georgia House of Representatives
Written by Hannah Zenas The Capitol holds many opportunities for political junkies. Johnny Stupek, Caroline Courtney, Emmy Bowman, Avery Fisher, and Natalie Tanner all got to experience one of these special opportunities. On Monday March 12, 2012, these students were selected to be a Page for a day, which means they delivered messages from the...
Mount Vernon Hosts Design Thinking Summit
Image via Ideo Presented by the Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation, this 1-day Design Thinking Summit on March 23, 2012, will be an engaging and collaborative gathering that explores the integration of design thinking into a 21st century learning environment. Each participant will hear from leading design thinking experts about the value of design thinking. Each participant will...
Youth Leadership Sandy Springs Applications Now Available
Written by Kristina Tanner Are you looking for a way to be a leader? Do you have great ideas about the future but no one will listen? Well, this might the thing for you. The Youth Leadership of Sandy Springs offers thirty rising sophomores and juniors to apply and participate in classes where you can...
