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Pennington School has been designated as a No Place for Hate School.
The Mount Vernon City School District is surveying recent graduates and current seniors to learn more about their post-graduate education and determine which colleges, trade schools, military branches and certificate programs students have attended or plan on attending. Please click here to complete this survey and share your post-graduate journey by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
Denzel Washington School of the Arts will host an art gallery walk followed by live performances on Saturday, June 22, 2024, from 4:30 to 8 p.m., titled Peace Through the Arts, with One World Future Ready, a global educational enrichment program connecting students around the world. Click here to reserve a spot!
The Mount Vernon City School District is celebrating College Signing Day on Friday, June 7, 2024. Join us on social media to celebrate the Class of 2024! Here's what do to: Post a selfie in your college gear announcing your plans after high school using #CollegeSigningDay. Make sure to tag @ReachHigher and @BetterMakeRoom #MVCSD @mountvernoncityschooldistrict
The Mount Vernon High School tennis courts will be closed on the following dates for the Ace-Chester tennis tournaments:
- Saturday, May 18
- Saturday, June 1
- Sunday, June 2
- Saturday, June 8
- Sunday, June 9
- Saturday, June 15
- Sunday, June 16
- Saturday, June 22
- Sunday, June 23
The Mount Vernon City School District will be hosting the Athletics Sports Awards Ceremony on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at Mount Vernon High School.
Pre-K 3 lottery submissions - open from Thursday, February 1 to Friday, June 28, 2024. Click here to access the lottery form.
Pre-K 4 online registration begins March 4. Click here to book an in-person appointment.
Please see the instructions below on how to create your new Infinite Campus Parent Portal account. To begin, click the following link: Parent Portal Activation (Please note Infinite Campus Portal works best in the Google Chrome browser.) If you did not receive your access code, please contact us via email at smcgarty@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 News
Pennington School hosted Field Day on Friday June 7th, 2024. Staff members and students were outside all day playing games and dancing. Scholars were able to get their faces painted, have snow cones, enjoy a live DJ and two bounce houses.
On Wednesday, June 6, 2024, members of the Superintendent’s Advisory Council came to the Education Center from across the Mount Vernon City School District to convene their last meeting of the 2023-24 school year. The Superintendent’s Advisory Council is comprised of a group of student leaders selected from every school in the district.
Two Mount Vernon City School District administrators, Pennington Principal Dr. Melissa White and Director of Humanities Marybeth Rhodes, were honored at the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith and Board of Education President Lorna Kirwan presented the awards.
Benjamin Turner Academy held its Career Day on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. School Counselor Donna Smith organized the day.
Dr. K. Veronica Smith, Acting Superintendent of Schools:
The Mount Vernon City School District is pleased to have reached two settlements of its dispute with the City of Mount Vernon regarding school taxes from the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 school years to the District.
Children ran around the field at Mount Vernon Honor Academy playing games, as their families gathered information from various community organizations at the Mount Vernon City School District’s Super Health and Wellness Block Party on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Several children wore superhero costumes, the theme of the day.