by Russell Todd | Oct 18, 2016 | Culture, Fail Up
I don’t want to say I planned to fail, but I also don’t deny that I didn’t see this coming. This year’s major project for my technology, engineering, and design class (T.E.D.) is a prototype in more ways than one. The Bike Project was born out of a generous grant from...
by Russell Todd | Oct 18, 2016 | Culture, Share The Well
Reaffirming the School’s mission of preparing students to be engaged citizen leaders as well as living out Mount Vernon cultural norm of Sharing the Well, the School has joined forces with Pebble Tossers, Inc. Founded in 2008, Pebble Tossers, is a nonprofit...
by Russell Todd | Aug 24, 2016 | Purpose
While fans of the popular Harry Potter series know prefects as authority figures or those with special privileges and powers, Mount Vernon’s prefects embody a far purpose. They’re the School’s ultimate servant leaders— outstanding juniors and/ or seniors selected by a...
by Russell Todd | Aug 24, 2016 | Purpose
A Student Perspective By: Abigail Emerson, Class of 2018 As a student in Mount Vernon’s Innovation Diploma program, I engage with the real world through opportunities. In ID, we no longer have the mindset that classrooms are where we learn about the real world, but...
by Russell Todd | Aug 24, 2016 | Purpose
Miller Vargas is a young man with big ideas, lofty goals, insurmountable courage, and who set out to make an impact. That he did….at 100%. As fourth grader Miller sat with his family around the dinner table, he shared his vision of raising money for the School, and...
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