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Caiden Hylton, an 11th grade STEAM Academy student on the Mount Vernon Varsity Wrestling Team, won the Hendrick Hudson Wrestling Tournament, a large competition of over 370 wrestlers, on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Congratulations Caiden!

The Omega Psi Phi Talent Hunt took place at Denzel Washington School of the Arts on Friday, January 10, 2024. The Omega Psi Phi Talent Hunt is designed to identify and support talented youth across the nation. Students competed in Dance, Vocal, Dramatic Interpretations, Visual Arts and Music competitions. DWSA students took first, second and third place. First place went to Charlize Ford (Vocal), who won $500. Second place went to Lexus Boymandjia (Dramatic Interpretation), and she won $300. Third place went to Eric Buchanan. He won $200.

The first public reading of an amendment to the Code of Conduct, 7300.60 - Student Searches and Interrogations, was completed at the Regular Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Click here to view the amendment.

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Traphagen Principal Carol Quinones conducted a professional development session on robust vocabulary instruction on Thursday, January 8, 2025. Faculty read an article titled, “Deepening Knowledge Through Vocabulary Learning by Isabel L. Beck and Margaret G. McKeown. “Six Hat Protocol”, a creative thinking and decision-making tool that encourages group members to approach problems from different perspectives was utilized during the session. The teachers shared their vocabulary instruction and samples of student work.

Fifteen Benjamin Turner Academy students were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society on Thursday, January 9, 2025. Families heartily gathered at the media center to watch their loved ones’ achievement. Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith and principal Doris Dapaah conferred awards to students during the event. 

Tara Lattimer-Wilson, school counselor at Denzel Washington School of the Arts, graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1992 and has committed much of her career to working in the school district she was raised in. She began her career in education as an outreach coordinator for the STAR (Success Through Academic Readiness) Program at MVHS. She then became a school counselor in NYC and returned to work Mount Vernon in 2007 as a school counselor.

The Mount Vernon City School District will hold High School Showcase Night for eighth-grade students and their families at Mount Vernon High School on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 6 to 8 p.m. Each of the three theme-based high schools – Denzel Washington School of the Arts, Mount Vernon High School, and Mount Vernon STEAM Academy – will highlight what they have to offer to students who are considering their schools. 

Sarah Amer is a star student and highly accomplished senior at Mount Vernon High School who shows a great commitment to her academics, community, and future by giving 100 percent of herself wherever she can. She has already earned college acceptances and scholarships ahead of her graduation in June.

Click here to view the December edition of Benjamin Turner Academy’s newsletter, The Bulldog Beat! This edition features Santa’s visit to BTA, the Marking Period 1 Awards Ceremony, literacy activities with Principal Dapaah and more! 

On Thursday, December 19, 2024, students in Jocelyn Rios’ English as a New Language (ENL) class at Grimes School were treated to a Great Grandma Christmas Read-Aloud party, where they enjoyed all sorts of Christmas festivities. Whilst enjoying snacks, pastries, and refreshments provided by the parents, students listened to a live reading of Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” read aloud by Mrs. Rios’ mother, a long-time resident of Mount Vernon.

Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith recently held a Zoom meeting with families from Cecil H. Parker School, Mount Vernon Honor Academy and Mount Vernon Leadership Academy, the three schools with proposals to be closed. The District is proposing these closures due to declining enrollment, costly repairs of its older buildings and costs associated with maintaining the K-8 school model, as well as a NYS designation of significant fiscal stress. A long-term solution is essential, but no decisions have been made yet

Students at Rebecca Turner Academy were recognized for their academic achievements at their award ceremony on Thursday, December 19, 2024. Students received awards such as high honor roll, honor roll, the “Credit Recovery All-Star Award,” and other distinctions marking their success in the first marking period. 

Universal preschool scholars at Rebecca Turner Academy ended their holiday celebrations with a Gingerbread Extravaganza on Friday, December 20, 2024; complete with special snacks, sing-a-long songs and group games! Katharine McGuire, Edgar Brown and Laurie Kellogg, teachers at RTA, had a very special set up for the students and their guests, making the fall VIP event an unforgettable experience.

Several Mount Vernon City School District students graduated from the Environmental Leaders of Color (ELOC) Technology and the Environment Advanced Computer Program at SUNY Mount Vernon Extension Center on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Students learned Python coding and created online games from scratch using the skills for their final projects. These games included original titles such as Hair Boutique and Fisherman's Game and adaptations of popular games like Blackjack, Sudoku and Ant Farm.