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The Mount Vernon City School District, through a shared decision-making process, is committed to helping its scholars, parents, teachers, and administrators enhance their academic, social, economic, and technological skills to prepare individuals to function effectively in today's global society.
Mount Vernon High School Career and Technical Education Department presents the House That Time Forgot Competition on April 25, 2024, at 12 p.m. CTE entrepreneurship students will pitch ideas to finish the house started by CTE students in 1996.
The Mount Vernon PTA Council will be celebrating this year's honorees at the Edith Kaplan Scholarship Dinner Dance on Friday, April 12, 2024
The City of Mount Vernon Youth Bureau will hold a youth town hall at the Doles Recreation Center on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 4 to 6 p.m.
The Mount Vernon City School District will hold its first No Place for Hate (NPFH) Day on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Families are encouraged to walk their children to school in a show of unity against hate, bullying, bias and acts of unkindness.
The District is asking everyone to wear a white or maroon shirt on this day. You can also place an order for a No Place for Hate T-Shirt by clicking here or scanning the QR code. Please make sure to include the name of your school on the order form.
Beginning Tuesday, February 13, 2024, the Mount Vernon Police Department is holding its Citizen's Police Academy every Tuesday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The program ends on April 23. Anyone 18 and over can register for classes to learn about the police department. Participants meet with different departments, ride around the city, and learn CPR and first aid. The program is free.
Pre-K 3 lottery submissions - open from Thursday, February 1 to Friday, June 28, 2024. Click here to access the lottery form.
Pre-K 4 online registration begins March 4. Click here to book an in-person appointment.
The Mount Vernon City School District has opened a Parent Technology Help Desk to provide support to parents and family members who need assistance with instructional technology devices. The help desk will hold support sessions every Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Education Center.
To submit a tech support work order, please click on the following link: https://lhric.service-now.com/student
Please see the instructions below on how to create your new Infinite Campus Parent Portal account. To begin, click the following link: Parent Portal Activation (Please note Infinite Campus Portal works best in the Google Chrome browser.) If you did not receive your access code, please contact us via email at smcgarty@mtvernoncsd.org.
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Click below for more information and updates about the Parent Resource Center at Mount Vernon STEAM Academy, available to all parents and guardians in Mount Vernon.
School District News
Middle school students at Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosea Zollicoffer School faced off against teachers and staff in the first staff-student basketball game at the school on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Younger students sat on the sidelines cheering, and despite the staff's victory, everyone left happy with smiles on their faces.
A 15-year-old Mount Vernon High School student was stabbed at the basketball court at Benjamin Turner School shortly before 4 p.m. today. The student has non-life-threatening injuries to his back and was taken to Jacobi Medical Center for treatment. The school has been closed this week as students are on spring break. Police are actively investigating the incident.
Alicia Barton, an 11th grade student at Rebecca Turner Academy, is receiving a $500 scholarship from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 596. She won the Voices of Democracy Essay Contest and will be honored at the VFW Scholarship Banquet on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at the VFW Post in Mount Vernon.
College seals and colors lined the Mount Vernon STEAM Academy gymnasium, as the school hosted its spring college fair on Friday, March 22, 2024. Students spoke to representatives from approximately 40 colleges, universities, trade schools and United State Military branches.
Hamilton School celebrated Spirit Week during the week of Monday, March 18, 2024. Themes included Silly Sock Day on Monday, Twin Day on Tuesday, Dress as a Teacher Day on Wednesday, Decades Day on Thursday and Multicultural Day on Friday. View the pictures here!
Lincoln School took part in the annual Kids Heart Challenge, bringing awareness to heart disease and raising money for the American Heart Association. As a culminating event on Friday, March 22, 2024, all student fundraisers participated in an obstacle course to get their hearts pumping and to have fun.
The week of March 18, 2024, scholars at Pennington School participated in Agricultural Literacy Week. Second grade students read the book “I Love Strawberries” and completed activities to learn about the life cycle of a strawberry plant. Each participating teacher received the hardcover book to add to their classroom libraries.
As part of the sixth-grade social studies curriculum Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosea Zollicoffer School students have been studying ancient Egypt. As a culminating project to represent their understanding of what they learned, students constructed various projects from pyramids to mummification, from scenes of the Nile River to learning about the different pharaohs. They presented their projects on Friday, March 22, 2024.
Students in the Culinary Arts program at Mount Vernon High School prepared and catered a full meal for the principal's meeting at MVHS on Thursday, March 21, 2024.
Scholars from Mount Vernon Leadership Academy and Mount Vernon Honor Academy flocked to their classrooms for a special lesson with live birds brought by the Greenburgh Nature Center on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
Grimes School students learned about extreme weather and meteorology facts during a visit from Vanessa Murdock, meteorologist at CBS2 News, on Thursday, March 21, 2024.
Students at Cecil H. Parker School congregated in the auditorium for their monthly assembly to learn about the importance of Women’s History Month on Friday, March 22, 2024. The presentation highlighted various influential women who have made a substantial impact on society.
Ms. Sandra C. Myke, the Mount Vernon City School District’s new Assistant Superintendent of Business, brings a wealth of experience to the role. She has worked in finance and accounting for over three decades and has years of knowledge and experience that have prepared her well to lead the Business Office. She started in the position in February 2024.
Ava Dilone, a senior at Mount Vernon High School, is making a difference in the lives of those around her through the Career Technical Education (CTE) program. She is in her second year in the nursing assistant program, which is offered through CTE at the high school.