Peru Trek Team Deep Into Training for High Altitude
Image via www.peruviantreks.com If you ask Coach Farry, Mount Vernon’s cross country and tennis coach, how the Peru team is preparing to trek at heights of 9,000 to 15,000 feet in the Andean mountains during this year’s Interim Term, he is likely to respond with the 4-month training plan he, Mr Thigpen, and 15 Upper...
Prefect & His Committee Design Upper School Herb Garden
Written by Sierra Middleton Photography by Sarah Buck On Tuesday October 18, 2011, Robert Barclift led a group of students to the football field to create a herb garden. Robert Barclift is a senior at Mount Vernon and is the head of the environmental prefect committee; he is also leading the Environmental Club. Robert says,...
