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Our District envisions a rigorous and diverse educational learning experience for all scholars; creating contributors to a global culture of collaboration through innovation, and engagement grounded in recognition and appreciation for all people.
Monday, February 13, 2023, is Parent Involvement Day in the Mount Vernon City School District. Every school in the district will host class visits, family workshops, and more.
Learn what each of our high schools have to offer at the High School Showcase Night on February 2, 2023, from 6 p.m. to 8p.m. at Mount Vernon High School, 100 California Rd, Mount Vernon, NY 10552.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Regular Meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at The Board of Education, 165 N. Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553.
The Parent Resource Center will be hosting a "Building Healthy Relationships For Teens" virtual and in-person workshop for parents on Friday, January 27, from 12 - 2 p.m. at Mount Vernon STEAM Academy.
View the upcoming week's Mount Vernon Knights schedule here!
Please take note of the following changes to the extended tax hours:
Tax collection hours are on Thursday, January 26, 2023, from 10am to 6pm.
Friday, January 27 and Tuesday, January 31 are NOT tax days.
Slots are still available for FREE universal pre-K in the Parker and Traphagen School Zones. Find more registration information here:
Welcome to MVCSD Registration - Mount Vernon City School District (mtvernoncsd.org)
All students enrolled in the Mount Vernon City School District will be able to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch for free. There will be no need to apply or pay a fee for this program.
The Mount Vernon City School District is subsidizing half the cost of Bee-Line MetroCard student bus passes for students in grades 7-12. The per-semester cost has been reduced from the regular $290 to just $145. Buy them through the district!
For assistance please email: InfiniteCampushelp@mtvernoncsd.org
see The PRC
The Parent Resource Center is a place for parents, students and families to receive support. Click the link below for more information!
School District News
The Traphagen School community gathered at the school for its family game night on Friday, January 20, 2023. Students had the choice to play basketball with their parents and friends, or they could play an assortment of board games. Everyone in attendance also had the chance to win free prizes that included Scrabble, Sorry!, and Connect 4.
Students, teachers, and community members from countries around the world filled the cafeteria for Mount Vernon High School’s No Place for Hate - A Walk Around the Globe on Friday, January 20, 2023. The room was lined with flags from around the world, and tables were set up with displays detailing the cultures of each country. There was an assortment of food from several countries as well.
Banners filled the hallways with encouraging signs like “No Place for Hate” and “We are all different, but we all matter.” On Friday, January 20, 2023, Edward Williams students participated in several classroom activities to learn about the No Place for Hate initiative.
Universal Prekindergarten students in the Mount Vernon City School District are currently learning about health and nutrition. To support the learning in this unit, pre-K students from across the district took a trip to House of Sports.
Several scholars at Benjamin Turner Middle School are learning the basics of artificial intelligence (AI) after school. Iona University brought its Engineering and Technology Express Program to BTMS to provide lessons in artificial intelligence to students that excel in math and science. Seventh and eighth-grade students who have a B average or higher in math or science are eligible for the program, which runs until March.
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, pre-K students in Stephanie Tirado’s class created a "Peaceful Promise Tree."
Three Mount Vernon City School District scholars were given awards at the African American Men of Westchester’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Youth Awards Luncheon on Monday, January 16, 2023.
Mount Vernon Leadership Academy held its No Place for Hate (NPFH) “Stomp Out Bullying” assembly on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
Ms. Caroline Prydal’s fourth grade class at Grimes School launched its first informational text unit for 4th grade during the months of November and December, 2022. They started the unit by learning how to read and determine important information when reading biographies.
Barbering and cosmetology students from the Career and Technical Education Program (CTE) visited Edward Williams School on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. The students provided haircuts, shape-ups, and hair straightening to their peers at Edward Williams, while being rewarded with valuable on-the-job experience.
Traphagen scholars took an in-house field trip that featured a tortoise, ferret, and albino rabbit. Students were allowed to touch all the animals and see them up close. Nick Coon, a naturalist educator at Greenburgh Nature Center, brought his scaly and furry friends to Traphagen School on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, for the field trip.
Mount Vernon Honor Academy was approved by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to implement their first No Place for Hate (NPFH) activity on Thursday, January 5, 2023. Since making the pledge to become a NPFH school, staff and students have learned about what NPFH is and how they can strive to make MVHA a safe and happy environment where all are accepted and respected.
On December 22, 2022, Mount Vernon STEAM Academy kicked off its No Place for Hate initiative with Unity Day. Students brought white t-shirts to school to decorate.
On Sunday, December 11, 2022, the Mount Vernon High School Cheerleading Team made history by becoming the first Mount Vernon cheerleading team to qualify for Nationals. They will compete in the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship (NHSCC) at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, one of the largest cheerleading competitions in the country.
Here is the latest edition of Benjamin Turner Middle School's newsletter.