One Mount Vernon Digital Newsletter - December 6, 2024

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Students in Career and Financial Management (CFM) classes throughout the Mount Vernon City School District are getting started on an ongoing trading competition designed to help them understand the stock market. Students will work in groups to manage a virtual $100,000 portfolio, competing against classes in schools across the District. Students began the competition on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. 

Ashley Guzman is one of Mount Vernon STEAM Academy’s highest-achieving seniors and has displayed extreme hard work and dedication to her education. Over the past four years, Ashley has polished herself into a well-rounded and highly achieved scholar by maintaining a high GPA, participating in activities, and pushing herself to be the greatest she can be.

The Mount Vernon City School District has been notified that the New York State Department of Education is in receipt of an application for a charter school revision to increase its grade span, to add kindergarten through Grade 4 to its current Grade 5 through Grade 8 configuration; and to make a corresponding increase to its authorized enrollment from 355 students to 554 students, within the Mount Vernon City School District. The proposed revision is for “Amani Public Charter School”.

As part of the approval process, the Mount Vernon City School District is required to host a public hearing and collect comments related to the application. The hearing will take place from 5pm-5:45pm on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, in the Board Room at the Education Center, 165 N. Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York, 10553.

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Administrators from all three themed high schools spoke to eighth grade families on Thursday, January 15, 2025, at High School Showcase night at Mount Vernon High School. Students throughout the District made their way through the school to learn about the unique offerings from each of the high schools. 

Davion Pryce is a standout senior from Denzel Washington School of the Arts whose artistry and musical talent have dazzled many members of the Mount Vernon Community. As the current captain of the DWSA student-led band, he looks back at his time as both a musician and scholar with pride.

 The Mount Vernon Board of Education approved a new school building configuration at a special meeting on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. The District has been exploring a building reconfiguration due to statewide declining enrollment – which contributed to higher costs in the K-8 model – expensive building repairs and a designation of significant fiscal distress by New York State.