Fifty College Admissions Officers & Hundreds Of High School Juniors To Convene @MVPS This Sunday
Written by Marsha Powell We are excited to share more details with you about the 2012 Atlanta Invitational Case Studies Program which will be held on Sunday, April 15th, from 2:00-5:30pm at Mt. Vernon Presbyterian School, 510 Mount Vernon Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30328. We encourage all 11th graders to attend, accompanied by a parent. The...
Interim Term Recap 2012 (Part 5 of Series of 8): BOSTON COLLEGE TOUR
Written by Natalie Tanner The Boston trip of the 2012 Interim term is one of those memories that we tuck away into the archives of our favorite high school experiences. Undaunted by the near perpetuity of wind tangling our hair and rain splashing our faces, our group of twenty one people navigated Boston’s complex public transportation system with...
Interim Term 2012 Recap (Part 4 of 8 Part Series): GEORGIA COLLEGE TOUR
Written by Melody Cannon The Georgia College Tour started out with an exciting trip to Savannah where we got to enjoy the city and its fine food before touring Savannah College of Art and Design. From there we went to Georgia College and State University where we were impressed by the look of the campus...
Upper School Releases 2012-2013 Academic Program
At the recent Parent Curriculum Night, the Upper School leadership team was proud to unveil the 2012-2013 Academic Program. In addition to outlining graduation requirements, Honors & AP guidelines, and the School’s revised mission statement, the document, entitled “The Upper School Advantage,” lists next year’s course offerings. Among them are a number of new courses,...
Families Invited To Campus This Week For Upper School Curriculum Nights (Jan 18 & 19)
Photo by Sarah Buck Families of rising ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders, We invite you to join us this week in the Glenn Campus Media Center for Mount Vernon’s Upper School Curriculum Night. Administrators, faculty, and staff will share important information regarding next year’s coursework, curriculum changes, enrollment procedures, honors and AP offerings, as well as arts...
Upper Schoolers Chat About the Upcoming PSAT
Click here to practice the PSAT On Wednesday, October 12 students in Grades 9-11 will take the PSAT, start time 8:00 a.m. The PSAT, which stands for the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, is used as a practice test for the most commonly used college admissions exam, the SAT. Students have received a practice booklet which outlines...
Mount Vernon’s Upper School Ranks in 99th Percentile of College Work & Readiness Assessment
Mount Vernon’s graduating class of 2011 has scored in the 99th percentile on the College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA), an assessment that tests high school students on their 21st century skills of critical thinking, analytic reasoning, problem solving, and written communication. Quite the opposite of a multiple choice test, the CWRA is an open-ended, ninety minute “performance...
Senior Interviews Video Part Deux
Video by Matthew Shelden. As a part of Mr. Gary Sullivan’s video production class, classmates like Matthew Shelden explore MV Upper School content while using videographer tools on Macs and PCs alike.
