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The Mount Vernon City School District, through a shared decision-making process, is committed to helping its scholars, parents, teachers, and administrators enhance their academic, social, economic, and technological skills to prepare individuals to function effectively in today's global society.
The Mount Vernon City School District, the Special Education Parent Teacher Association (SEPTA) and the Mount Vernon Federation of Teachers (MVFT) will host Autism Acceptance Day at Traphagen School on Monday, April 29, 2024, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Click here to buy T-shirts and support Autism Acceptance Day!
There will be a mobile pantry at Cecil H. Parker School on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Denzel Washington School of the Arts will host a poetry slam in celebration of National Poetry Month on Friday, April 19, 2024, at 12:30 p.m. in the Phyllicia Rashad Auditorium. Students will be reciting original and published pieces. Join for an exciting afternoon of spoken word, music and poems! The poetry slam will be streamed on Facebook.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Regular Meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at The Board of Education, 165 N. Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553.
The City of Mount Vernon Youth Bureau will hold a youth town hall at the Doles Recreation Center on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 4 to 6 p.m.
The Mount Vernon City School District is hosting a community career fair on Thursday, April 18, 2024, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Mount Vernon High School. The District is looking for talented professionals who want to make a difference in the lives of our students.
Pennington School and Benjamin Turner Academy will be hosting a dance to celebrate children with unique needs on Thursday, April 25, 2024, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Pennington School. Attire is formal, dress to impress.
Mount Vernon High School Career and Technical Education Department presents the House That Time Forgot Competition on April 25, 2024, at 12 p.m. CTE entrepreneurship students will pitch ideas to finish the house started by CTE students in 1996.
The Mount Vernon City School District will hold its first No Place for Hate (NPFH) Day on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Families are encouraged to walk their children to school in a show of unity against hate, bullying, bias and acts of unkindness.
Click here or scan the QR code to purchase a shirt to celebrate NPFH Day by Friday, April 26. Please make sure to include the name of your school on the order form.
Beginning Tuesday, February 13, 2024, the Mount Vernon Police Department is holding its Citizen's Police Academy every Tuesday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The program ends on April 23. Anyone 18 and over can register for classes to learn about the police department. Participants meet with different departments, ride around the city, and learn CPR and first aid. The program is free.
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.
The Mount Vernon City School District has opened a Parent Technology Help Desk to provide support to parents and family members who need assistance with instructional technology devices. The help desk will hold support sessions every Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Education Center.
To submit a tech support work order, please click on the following link: https://lhric.service-now.com/student
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.
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Click below for more information and updates about the Parent Resource Center at Mount Vernon STEAM Academy, available to all parents and guardians in Mount Vernon.
School District News
The annual Edith Kaplan Scholarship Dinner Dance hosted by the Mount Vernon PTA Council was a night filled with music, laughter, celebration and a strong sense of community. The event, held on Friday, April 12, 2024, not only raised money to provide scholarships to seniors from all four high schools in Mount Vernon, but also celebrated the accomplishments of 20 exceptional individuals within the District.
On Monday, April 15, 2024, Mount Vernon STEAM Academy hosted the Junior Achievement (JA) Career Speaker Series with Verizon. The JA Career Speaker Series, which is a part of the JA Work and Career Readiness Pathway, provides students with firsthand knowledge from professionals about their career, work and education experiences.
Dear PTA Council,
Thank you for hosting the wonderful Edith Kaplan Scholarship Dinner Dance last week. I am always happy to see the amazing faculty and staff in Mount Vernon schools be recognized, and I am so grateful for the money raised to support our graduates.
Click here to view the remainder of the letter from Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith
Nichol Nunez, a Mount Vernon High School Class of 2020 graduate and Monroe College student, is making the most out of her post-secondary education following her high school graduation. She delivered her poster presentation on the impacts of rheumatoid arthritis on women under 30 at the Northeast Regional Honors Council (NHRC) Conference in Albany April 4 to 7. This was Nichol’s third consecutive NRHC conference.
Culinary 3 students at Mount Vernon High School were mixing things up in the kitchen to create colorful and decorative cakes on Friday, April 12, 2024. Four students from the class created their own cakes to participate in the New York State Restaurant Association ProStart Cake Decorating competition, in hopes of their dessert placing for a cash prize.
Danielle R. Browne, Esq., founding attorney of the Browne Firm PLLC and city councilperson for the City of Mount Vernon, graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 2006. She attended Barnard College, Columbia University, where she was the captain of the women’s basketball team, and received her law degree from the University of Miami School of Law. Since then, she has started her own law firm and made her impact on her hometown as a city councilperson.
Mia Youngs, a senior at Mount Vernon High School, has worked through high school as well as being heavily involved and committed to school activities, academics and student government. She has been accepted into several schools, including some with scholarships.
Students marched down the hallways at Pennington School as their peers cheered them on with homemade signs and drumline performances on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. The pep rally was held in preparation for state testing on Thursday and Friday, when scholars from third through eighth grade will be taking the New York State ELA exam.
Students from class KD at Edward Williams School immersed themselves in engaging worksheets to understand the solar eclipse that occurred on Monday, April 8, 2024. Alongside completing classroom activities, students explored their emotions surrounding the event —some students expressed nerves, others excitement, and some even admitted to feeling a little scared.
Students in Rebecca Turner Academy’s Pre-K were excited and engaged in their learning about the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. They made models to learn about how the sun, moon and earth move, and how certain conditions would create a solar eclipse over Mount Vernon. Students furthered their learning by using solar eclipse glasses to look at the sun and make observations.
Students and staff at Cecil H. Parker School spent the day preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle on Monday, April 8, 2024. They were given solar eclipse glasses courtesy of Principal Jacqueline Green in preparation for the day’s celestial event. Teachers throughout the school created lesson plans, such as creating solar eclipse books, to teach students about the spectacular event and how to safely partake.
Students, families and staff worked through math problems and games at Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosea Zollicoffer School's Family Math Night on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Students smiled and laughed as they enjoyed the games, but they also learned about math concepts as they played.
Middle school chemistry scholars at Denzel Washington School of the Arts completed their solar eclipse projects on Friday, April 5, 2024. Students created solar eclipse viewers out of cardboard boxes and aluminum foil to view today’s natural phenomenon. Students will pick up their viewers before they leave school.
Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith received a proclamation from New York State Senator Jamal Bailey, recognizing her for her exemplary service to the community and the State of New York for Women’s History Month on Friday, April 5, 2024. Nakia Hiland, director of Safe Place for Our Girls, from the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau and Unique Groom, community liaison for Jamal Bailey presented the proclamation to Dr. Smith.