Universal Pre-K takes trip to House of Sports
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Universal Pre-K takes trip to House of Sports
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.
Three groups of pre-K students went on this trip: one on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, one on Thursday, January 19, and one on Friday, January 20. On this trip they learned about being healthy and the importance of exercise. House of Sports therapists and sports staff worked on gross motor skills and balance with a number of physical activities.
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Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith attended a Women’s History Month roundtable discussion hosted by State Senator Jamaal Bailey. The discussion was attended by a number of city officials, all women.
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Lincoln School held a No Place for Hate activity, Pen Pal Meet and Greet, for all its students on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Scholars from K-8 were paired up with each other, and older students were mostly paired with younger students.
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View the first edition of Conversations with Dr. Kim here.
She is visited by Noel Campbel, Director of CTE, and Dr. Pauline Pearce, Principal at MVHS, to discuss the CTE program. Then, Dr. Marie Gaboton-Swift, Acting Superintendent of Pupil Personnel Services, Dr. Gayle White Wallace, Director of Pre-K, and Dr. Marguerita Circello, Director of ENL and World Languages, to discuss registration.
![Student working on art project, drawing popouts to cut out]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1679507345/mtvernoncsdorg/jfcmgclsmw5qq4laclob/IMG_7481.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1679507345/mtvernoncsdorg/jfcmgclsmw5qq4laclob/IMG_7481.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1679507345/mtvernoncsdorg/jfcmgclsmw5qq4laclob/IMG_7481.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1679507345/mtvernoncsdorg/jfcmgclsmw5qq4laclob/IMG_7481.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1679507345/mtvernoncsdorg/jfcmgclsmw5qq4laclob/IMG_7481.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1679507345/mtvernoncsdorg/jfcmgclsmw5qq4laclob/IMG_7481.jpg","width":2200}])
Students in the Academy of Talent, Leadership, and Scholars program (ATLAS) in grades four through six participated in a 3D cityscapes course after school once a week from January 24, 2023, to March 21. Students created their own cities in the style of Charles Fazzino, an artist who is known for pop art.
![Culinary arts student presenting. Teacher clapping]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1679075355/mtvernoncsdorg/m3h1hgepu4utcvtvympf/IMG_7436.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1679075355/mtvernoncsdorg/m3h1hgepu4utcvtvympf/IMG_7436.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1679075355/mtvernoncsdorg/m3h1hgepu4utcvtvympf/IMG_7436.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1679075355/mtvernoncsdorg/m3h1hgepu4utcvtvympf/IMG_7436.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1679075355/mtvernoncsdorg/m3h1hgepu4utcvtvympf/IMG_7436.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1679075355/mtvernoncsdorg/m3h1hgepu4utcvtvympf/IMG_7436.jpg","width":2200}])
Scholars in culinary arts, a Career and Technical Education program at MVHS, presented at the Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. The students cooked dinner for the trustees and a key lime parfait for dessert, and they provided everyone who attended the meeting with homemade cookies.
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Assistant Superintendent for Business Ken Silver presented the proposed 2023-2024 school year budget at the Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. The proposed budget includes a tentative 0% increase in the tax levy, with reserves, state aid, and other sources of revenue covering increases in spending.
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Over 175 students attended the first annual STEAM Night at Benjamin Turner Middle School on Thursday, March 9, 2023. The events occurred throughout the entire school and featured hands-on activities such as gaming, mad science, coding, engineering, math and robotics.
It is with extreme sadness that I announce that a tragedy has occurred in our community. Today, Thursday, March 9, 2023, a Mount Vernon STEAM Academy ninth-grade student who was not in attendance at school today was shot in the vicinity of Levister Towers this morning.