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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.
The Mount Vernon City School District is asking staff, students and families to wear an ORANGE shirt on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, to send a visible message that no child or adult should ever experience bullying. More information about this event can be found at https://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/.
The Mount Vernon City School District is hosting its first ever MVCSD Family Weekend at Lincoln Center! The District has secured free tickets to see the Paul Taylor Dance Company on November 14, 15, and 23. (Transportation will not be provided to and from the theater. One has to make their own travel arrangements. The suggested age is 5 and up. The deadline for making reservations is Monday, October 14.) Persons should contact Daffodil Graham at DGraham@mtvernoncsd.org if they are interested in reserving tickets. You are encouraged to bring your family and friends for a night at the theater!
Benjamin Tuner Academy will be hosting a pre-Halloween costume party on Friday, October 25, 2024, from 5-9 p.m. This event is exclusively for 7th and 8th graders at the Mount Vernon City School District and is a $5.00 admission. Best costume will receive a prize!
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Regular Meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at The Board of Education, 165 N. Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553.
Members of the public may view the meeting LIVE on our website:
https://www.mtvernoncsd.org/our-district/board-of-education/meeting-video-library
The Mount Vernon City School District Special Education PTA will hold a meeting on Monday, October 21, 2024, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., at the Mount Vernon Board of Education. Please join to meet with the Special Education Department and discuss parental involvement and goals for the school year. Light refreshments will be served.
Mount Vernon High School is hosting a community career fair with the New York State Department of Labor on Thursday, October 17, 2024, from 3 to 5 p.m. at Mount Vernon High School. This event is open to community members and high school students. Please bring several copies of your resume and prepare for a five-to-10-minute on-site interview.
Eleventh and twelfth graders of the Mount Vernon City School District are invited to “Swing into STEM” at PXG Westchester, a golf store in New Rochelle, in collaboration with the STEM Alliance on October 10, 2024, from 4 to 7 p.m. Students will rotate through activity stations during the free, hands-on workshop, which will demonstrate how STEM principles relate to the game, equipment and skills of golf. No golf experience necessary.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month from the Mount Vernon City School District! Celebrate your roots and honor your heritage today and every day.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is hosting voter registration events throughout the Mount Vernon City School District now until Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Voter registration will be held on Mondays at Mount Vernon High School from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Tuesdays at Denzel Washington School of the Arts from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wednesdays at Mount Vernon STEAM Academy from 11:50 a.m. to 1:20 p.m., and Fridays at Rebecca Turner Academy from 11:30 a.m. To 1:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Cynthia Crenshaw at 914-446-2750.
The Mount Vernon City School District is offering subsidized Metro Cards for $145 per semester, half of the full price of $290, for all grade 7-12 students. The Metro Card is only valid on Bee-Line buses, not MTA. Cards are valid for five months, September through January and February through June. Cards are valid Monday through Friday from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with up to four trips per day.
Contact Daffodil Graham at dgraham@mtvernoncsd.org, 914-358-2888, or in room 231 of Mount Vernon High School from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday through Friday. Submit cash or a money order payable to MVCSD to purchase the passes.
Visit https://lhric.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx, or scan the QR code, to view open positions in the Mount Vernon City School District. The District is looking for talented professionals who want to make a difference in the lives of its students.
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
Mount Vernon Leadership Academy students received a visit from the Mount Vernon Fire Department (MVFD) for National Fire Prevention Week, and firefighters presented safety tips and taught students how to avoid fires. Firefighters also showed their firetruck to students after the assembly, which was held on Thursday, October 10, 2024.
Secondary scholars throughout the District arrived at the Mount Vernon Board of Education to share their experiences and ideas on how to better their schools on Thursday, October 10, 2024, during the first Secondary Superintendent’s Advisory Council meeting.
Elementary school students from around the Mount Vernon City School District stepped off the bus at the Mount Vernon Board of Education for their first Elementary Superintendent’s Advisory Council meeting of the school year on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. Students met with Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Administration Dr. Jamal Doggett, who explained how they would be working together to help improve their schools.
Students at Benjamin Turner Academy flooded the halls with pink to celebrate the third day of Spirit Week and spread awareness for Breast Cancer on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. Throughout October, teachers have been raising awareness in the classroom by wearing pink shirts and jeans on Wednesday and donating money to a District-wide fundraiser, but this week students got involved in all the fun and showed their support by wearing pink shirts.
Ebony Acheampong-Rogers, a Class of 1998 Mount Vernon High School graduate, works at Hamilton School as a special education teacher. After receiving her diploma from MVHS, she decided to give back to her community and come back to teach its students. She has used the knowledge she gained going to school in Mount Vernon to help guide her students, and she is serving as a positive influence for all the children she interacts with on a daily basis.
View the Q+A with her here!
In celebration of College Application Month, on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, Mount Vernon High School held several college visit seminars for its seniors during the school day. Admissions representatives from notable colleges such as the College of Westchester, College of the Holy Cross, and Monroe College came to speak to students and give information about their programs and requirements. They also provided valuable advice on the transition between high school and college.
On Monday, October 7, 2024, students and faculty of Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosea Zollicoffer School wore blue shirts to school, participating in the District-wide celebration of World Day of Bullying Prevention. The halls of NMHZ were filled with blue as students and staff took a unified stance against bullying as a designated No Place For Hate school. All sixteen schools in the Mount Vernon City School District have been designated as Gold Star No Place For Hate schools by the Anti-Defamation League for the past two years.
Blue shirts filled the halls of schools in the Mount Vernon City School District on Monday, October 7, 2024, as students and staff wore blue to celebrate World Day of Bullying Prevention.
The stands of Mount Vernon’s Memorial Field boomed with excitement as it was packed with many Mount Vernon Knights Football Team fans. Most people in the crowd dressed in maroon and gold attire, representing Mount Vernon. On October 5, 2024, the Mount Vernon Knights kicked off their Unified Homecoming Football Game, scoring a touchdown not even a minute into the game!
Administrators, trustees, staff and students' eyes were glued to the screen at the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, as Director of Career and Technical Education Brian Simmons gave a presentation on the CTE Program and the newest pathway students can take, Hospitality Management.
Click here to check out the presentation on the newest CTE course!
Carmelle Terriblé's fifth-grade class at Grimes School enthusiastically celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by selecting a notable Hispanic figure or country to research. The students put in great effort, diving deep to find valuable and relevant information for their projects. They then curated engaging and detailed PowerPoint presentations, showcasing their findings to an audience that included their parents, principal, and teachers. The presentations highlighted their hard work, creativity, and newfound appreciation for Hispanic culture and heritage.
On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, the Mount Vernon High School gymnasium stands were packed with high school students from around the District, repping their school colors and Mount Vernon pride. Students from all four Mount Vernon City School District high schools joined forces for the afternoon's pep rally, getting hyped for the big Unified Homecoming Game on Saturday, October 5, at Memorial Field.
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The Mount Vernon City School District successfully won yesterday’s court hearing concerning Dr. Waveline Bennett-Conroy’s motion to stay her arbitration hearings. The Federal Court in the Southern District of New York denied the stay of arbitration so the District is clear to continue arbitration proceedings with Dr. Bennett-Conroy. The District is thankful that the legal process is moving forward, and we are hopeful that we can provide our community with a resolution to this matter.