The online portal to order caps, gowns and tassels is open. Click here to go to the ordering page. You will pick up cap and gowns AT SCHOOL. They will be mailed to the high school and we will have a distribution day. In early June when they come in. All Genders will be wearing the same color. We kept this the same as last year for continuity. The sizing is based on your HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. Please refer to the size chart they have provided and please think about the shoes you are going to wear. Graduation will be an outdoor ceremony on the fields. Please consider footwear choices, which affect your height. This is not the time to wear the highest of heels that you have never worn before and then fall and hurt yourself. Be comfortable walking across the stage on this most important day! If you have questions or concerns. Please email me or message your senior advisors on Schoology.
Exclusive MVHS 2021 Gear is here! Make your purchase by filling out a paper order form and bringing it with your cash payment to Ms. Izzo or Ms. Cohen. OR you can now order online and pay via Paypal. (Cash payments must be received in person, but the order can also be made online. All Cash payments will receive a receipt.) See the attached sales sheet for items available and prices.
PTAs Benefit Everyone PTA addresses issues that are important to parents and public school administrators. We fight for full funding, quality teachers, and capabilities for schools to thrive. If your school or district does not have a PTA, now is the time. Membership is open to everyone. Your PTA is autonomous but supported by a national structure. It sets its own dues. Harnessing the Power of Volunteers Shrinking budgets. Increasing class sizes. Government mandates. The challenges of delivering quality education are daunting. There is help. It’s the PTA.
Last chance to get a district device! March 26th will be the last day of laptop distribution. Students are being provided district devices to allow for uninterrupted access to the district’s digital learning systems and communication with teachers and staff. Click here for more info and to schedule a time to come in to get your device.
Social media and technology have helped bring the world closer as we build our social networks, especially during the pandemic. But, there are dangers that we need to understand and be aware of to keep up with our children. Erika Ewing, a social media expert and social rights advocate, will give an enlightening presentation for parents of students of all ages – from elementary school to high school. She will teach parents about the positives and negatives of using social media platforms and other technologies, such as cell phones for texting.
In order to help you support your child in using the district’s learning management system Schoology, we have created a path for you to have your own Schoology account that you can use to monitor your child’s schoolwork. You would set up your account using a browser but then can later access it through the Schoology App. Creating a Schoology account is What Is Schoology? Teachers use Schoology to post their classroom materials online; provide a safe forum for students to discuss their ideas and collaborate on projects; and to assign and collect homework electronically. It helps students stay organized and it keeps the class connected. A Schoology Parent Account gives you access to: ● The classes and groups your child is enrolled in. ● Your child’s upcoming assignments. ● School and class announcements.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at 165 N. Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553. Under Governor Cuomo's Executive Order #202.1 "CONTINUING TEMPORARY SUSPENSION AND MODIFICATION OF LAWS RELATING TO THE DISASTER EMERGENCY" we will be hosting the meeting without permitting in-person public access to these meetings. Members of the public may view the meeting LIVE on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MountVernonCitySchoolDistrict and the district website www.mtvernoncsd.org at the prescribed start time. The meeting will also be recorded and available for playback on the district's Board Docs website. The Board of Education welcomes public comments at all public meetings. Due to this meeting's format, questions/comments must be submitted by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Questions/comments for the Board of Education meeting may be forwarded to rmccormack@mtvernoncsd.org. Questions and comments may also be provided by calling (914) 665-5235 (Please leave a message with your comments and questions). Your questions/comments MUST include your full name and contact information. Questions/Comments will be read into the record by the district clerk during the public comment portion of the meeting. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of the District Clerk (914) 665-5235. You will be able to find the complete agenda for this meeting on Board Docs before the meeting. http://www.boarddocs.com/ny/mvcsd/Board.nsf/Public Meeting Agenda
Mount Vernon School District Superintendent Dr. Kenneth R. Hamilton shared plans to continue the dramatic improvement in student achievement over the next five years as part of the Superintendent's Action Plan at a Board of Education meeting recently. The plan features initiatives at all grade levels to: improve the reading levels of students in Pre-K-Grade 3, improve English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency for students in Grades 3-8, and increase the District’s cumulative graduation rate to 80 percent by 2025.
Mount Vernon’s performing and visual arts school has a new iconic name from a native son, will graduate its first class of seniors in June, and will continue its trajectory of growth of students. The Denzel Washington School of the Arts (DWSA) at the Nellie Thornton Campus has a very bright future.
The Mount Vernon City School District is hosting a set of presentations for the community to review the proposed 2021-2022 school year budget. The presentations are scheduled through May 11th, leading into the vote on the budget referendum on Tuesday, May 18th. They will be streamed LIVE on Facebook and on the District website, www.mtvernoncsd.org.
Mount Vernon City School District students in grades 3 through 8 were welcomed back to the schools for full-time in-person learning on Tuesday, April 6th. Not only did students in the District’s hybrid in-person and remote learning program begin attending school in the buildings every day, but they were also joined by some students who had been learning remotely full-time as well. Next Monday, April 12th, the District’s three high schools will welcome its students in grades 9-11 to school five days a week, meaning all grades in the District will have returned to full-time in-person learning.
