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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.
View Parent Liaison and Parent Resource Center events in the Mount Vernon City School District here. Click here to register for Parent Resource Center workshops!
A special Zoom meeting will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Monday, May 5, 2025, for families of current 8th graders to discuss the new Individual Arts Assessment Pathway.
The Mount Vernon City School District has received approval from the New York State Department of Education to offer a new pathway to graduation in the Arts called the Individual Arts Assessment Pathway (IAAP). This Pathway will be available at Mount Vernon High School, MV STEAM Academy, and the Denzel Washington School of the Arts for the 2025-2026 school year.
If you are interested in finding out more about enrolling your child in an Arts Pathway, please join us for the Arts Pathway information session for the families of current 8th-grade students.
Scan the QR code or register for the Zoom session here.
You will receive a Zoom link after registration.
Districtwide Autism Acceptance Day will be held at Benjamin Turner Academy at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The free event will feature parent resources, popcorn, pizza, sensory stations and more! If you are interested in buying a shirt of donating, click here or scan the QR code. Come out to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month with the Mount Vernon City School District and the Special Education PTA!
NOTICE OF THE DISTRICT-WIDE BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL SCHOOL BOARD/BUDGET VOTE ELECTION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK AND THE MOUNT VERNON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Click "Read More" or view the MVCSD Calendar to view 2025 dates for grades 3-8 New York State Computer-Based Testing.
The Mount Vernon City School District has opened its pre-K3 and pre-K4 lotteries from March 3 to June 27, 2025. Click here to visit the registration page and learn more.
Middle and high school auditions will be held at Denzel Washington School of the Arts on Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
An application must be complete prior to the audition.
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 in grades pre-K-5 designed and displayed creative outfits for their Earth Day Fashion Show last Friday. Students created their outfits using mostly recycled materials such as newspapers and boxes to promote environmental consciousness. After preparing for the show in Avery Looney’s art class, students walked out to applause and cheers from their fellow classmates before winners were selected by the judges. Congratulations to all the contestants!
Mount Vernon Honor Academy inducted eight students into the Junior Honor at a ceremony on Friday morning.
Congratulations to the inductees on this amazing accomplishment!
Denzel Washington School of the Arts students displayed their performing and creative writing skills at the annual Poetry Slam on Thursday afternoon. Students recited their original poems as well as performing songs by a variety of artists in numerous genres. Each performer was met with an applause of claps and snaps.
Congratulations to all the outstanding performers!
Click here to view the full video of the Poetry Slam on Facebook.
Ethan Fertil, Mount Vernon STEAM Academy’s senior class president, has spent the last four years dedicated to making his school a fun and inclusive place for students to attend. Ethan works hard to create an enjoyable and sustainable future for himself, his classmates and his community through his academics and service.
Students at Mount Vernon Leadership Academy and Benjamin Turner Academy got hyped up during their pep rallies on Tuesday afternoon to boost confidence and student morale just before grades three through eight take their New York State tests.
The Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education adopted the proposed budget for the 2025-2026 school year at Tuesday’s Board meeting.
The Board adopted the budget following a financial presentation by Assistant Superintendent for Business Jose Formoso. Click here to view a PDF of the full presentation.
Mount Vernon High School eleventh-grade student Desirae Bailey-McCalla presented to the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) and the families of Holocaust survivors this Tuesday.
Congratulations to Desirae on a successful presentation! Click here to learn more about the Living History Project.
On Wednesday morning, the Parent Resource Center hosted a workshop with light refreshments and a read-aloud with the Easter Bunny for children and parents. Parent Liaisons partnered with Westchester Latinos Unidos, a nonprofit committed to empowering Latinos in Westchester, to provide this workshop. This is one of several events the PRC held in the month of April.
Click this link to learn more about events at the PRC!
In celebration of Easter, students took photos with the Easter Bunny in the Benjamin Turner Academy lobby on April 9. The lobby was decorated with a bench and a backdrop, and students were excited to enter the space and pose for pictures with the Easter Bunny. In some photos, students are holding the book “How to Catch the Easter Bunny,” a book by children’s author Adam Wallace.
The 2025-2026 proposed budget for the Mount Vernon City School District will be presented by Assistant Superintendent for Business Jose Formoso at the Board of Education meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Click here to access Board of Education videos and streams to view the presentation virtually. This will be the first presentation of the proposed budget, and a budget hearing will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6. The budget vote will take place on Tuesday, May 20.
Dr. Satish Jagnandan, Director of Assessment, Mathematics and Science, enjoyed himself during a visit to a Mount Vernon Leadership Academy prekindergarten classroom last week. During his visit, Dr. Jagnandan engaged with students as they participated in new hands-on and engaging math strategies.
The School Counseling Department at Mount Vernon STEAM Academy hosted their annual spring college fair this Friday. With 32 esteemed colleges, universities and organizations in attendance, students in grades 10-12 learned about a variety of post-secondary opportunities available to them.
Click to view the full photo gallery.
Mount Vernon High School International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma candidates worked on producing a podcast this Thursday, as they are finalizing their IB creativity, activity and service (CAS) projects. The podcast serves to highlight all winter sports throughout the high school, recognizing the hard work of the athletes who compete in them.
Families participated in various engaging, thought-provoking activities on Thursday evening at Graham School for Family ELA Night to discover the joy of literacy with their loved ones. Attendees were welcomed with a plethora of resources and books to utilize for themselves and their children’s education.