Parent Spotlight: Dan Zenas, Lucy Hall-Gainer, & Nancy Ike
Written by Sarah Buck Our parents are there for us every single day. To take us to school, support and cheer for us from the sidelines, and help us when we’re in need. In addition to being role models, a number of Mount Vernon parents have extremely cool jobs. For example, Hannah Zenas’ father, Dan...
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...
Former NFL & UGA Quarterback David Greene Addresses Business & Entrepreneurship Club
On Friday, January 13, in the Glenn Campus Media Center, former UGA quarterback David Greene spoke to the Upper School Business & Entrepreneurship Club as well as the Varsity Football Team. In addition to sharing Tom Brady and Peyton Manning stories, he offered selflessness, integrity, and responsibility as a foundation for success for those trying...
MVPS All Stars To Perform Scapin This Thurs & Fri @ 7pm in Media Center
Reserve your tickets here. Coming off of a 3rd place victory at GISA’s One Act Play competition last week, Clark Taylor, named GISA Director of the Year for 2011-2012, and his All Stars Troupe will be performing at Mount Vernon. Students Braden Gomer and Joseph Martin garnered attention as All Star Cast Members at the...
Make It Beautiful
Written by Hannah Zenas Photo by Sarah Buck Life is like a blank sheet of paper. It’s pure, simple and is waiting to be painted. All the good we do in life shows up on this piece of paper as colors of blue, green, red, pink, periwinkle, you name it, creating the most unique collage...
Go For It!
Written by Hannah Zenas Photo by Sarah Buck There are 6.2 billion people in this world. Why are you important? Out of all the people on Earth, what makes you different? It’s not the clothes you wear or the music you listen to, I can guarantee there are thousands of others who like the same...
Emily Newman of OnceWed Talks Kindness & Entrepreneurship at Upper School Assembly
Yesterday, Emily Newman, 25, visited Mount Vernon to chat with students about faith, blogs, and her success as an entrepreneur. In March 2008, she launched www.OnceWed.com as the only free listing service for wedding dresses after buying and selling her own wedding dress online. With over 4 million pageviews a month, the site has grown into...
Farry & Cross Country Teams Host Inaugural On-Campus Meet
Written by Coach Michael Farry Mount Vernon’s inaugural home Cross Country Meet ran swiftly with the help of its many parent, coach, faculty and administrative volunteers. On Saturday, September 3rd, Mount Vernon was host to seven GISA teams, who brought their boys and girls Varsity and Junior Varsity runners to the event. As impressive as...
