FINAL Audition Date for 2019-2020 Arts Magnet Program

The Mount Vernon City School District's Performing and Visual Arts Magnet Program will hold a FINAL round of auditions for the 2019-2020 school year on Thursday, July 11, 2019 beginning at 5PM at Thornton High School (121 S. 6th Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY). Please bring a completed application with you to the audition.

Mount Vernon City Schools Recognized as High Achieving and High Progress Under New York's Every Student Succeeds Act Plan

Two schools in the Mount Vernon City School District have been recognized by the New York State Department of Education under the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act Plan (ESSA). Lincoln School and Rebecca Turner Elementary School are celebrated for their distinctions under the Recognition Schools Program.

Thornton High School Graduates 197 at First Commencement in Refurbished Auditorium

One-hundred ninety-seven graduating seniors accepted their diplomas from Mount Vernon City School District Superintendent Dr. Kenneth R. Hamilton at the Nellie A. Thornton High School commencement ceremony – the school’s first inside the completely refurbished auditorium.

The Mount Vernon High School Graduates 283

283 graduating seniors accepted their diplomas from Mount Vernon City School District Superintendent Dr. Kenneth R. Hamilton at the The Mount Vernon High School (MVHS) commencement ceremony at the Westchester County Center.

District Announces Summer Aquatics Program

The Mount Vernon City School District is pleased to announce the summer aquatics schedule for the newly renovated pool at Mount Vernon High School.