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 2001, she co-founded SW Radio...
Seniors & Juniors Gear Up For 2012 Prom @ Twelve Hotel In Centennial Park
Written by Krista Parker The 2012 Prom will be held at the Twelve Hotel at Centennial Park on Friday, April 20, from 8:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. The theme to this year’s prom is The Academy Awards. Tickets are on sale through April 17th during lunch. The tickets are $60.00 each with the additional option...
Upper Schoolers’ Bucket Lists
Written by Sierra Middleton Everyone, at some point, comes up with a list. Whether or not they are written down, we all have life goals, the accomplishments we wish to achieve before dying. Our bucket lists consist of anywhere from one to one thousand things to do. Obviously it is difficult to achieve all of...
Upper School Assembly Planned for Wednesday, January 4
Attention Students & Parents: The first Upper (and Middle) School Assembly this semester will be Wednesday, January 4, 2012. The Upper School will follow the Chapel/Assembly bell schedule. Dress uniforms are appropriate attire for students. Upper School assemblies at Mount Vernon provides students with the opportunity to connect with Christian professionals who are living and working...
Mount Vernon Students Add To The Chain @ 2011 Rachel’s Challenge
Written by Hannah Zenas Photography by Cindy Glueckert On 11/11/11, Daniel Marcuse-Gonzales, Breonca Hackney, Savanah Rettig, Hannah-Kate Ferguson, Cara Prince, Amelia Ike, Arden Tahtinen, Jessica Wurst, Sierra Middleton and Hannah Zenas went to the Georgia Dome to celebrate Veterans’ Day and Rachel’s Challenge. This was an amazing experience, to learn how one person can make...
Senior Brayden Gomer Has Sights Set On Longevity In Performing
Written by Sierra Middleton Photography by Sarah Buck Mount Vernon Senior Brayden Gomer has been striving to reach his best in drama since freshman year. After winning GISA’s 2011 Best Actor Award he feels accomplished and honored that he was recognized for doing his best. Brayden’s inspiration for working hard on and off stage is...
Photography Contest Now Open
Mount Vernon’s first ever photography contest! - – - This contest is for Mount Vernon’s high school students, faculty, and staff. You do not have to be in a photography class to participate in this competition. The school handbook applies to this contest. You will be disqualified if there is any vulgar, violence, or nudity...
When I Row…
Written by Hannah Zenas We can see the finish line. We hear the rest of our team cheering us on from the river bank. This is it; this is what we’ve been training for. Sweat beads on my forehead and my arms, back and legs burn from soreness. Three months earlier I would never have...
