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Graham School has been designated as a No Place for Hate School.
The Mount Vernon City School District will hold a town hall meeting at Mount Vernon Honor Academy on Thursday, November 7, 2024, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Potential reconfiguration of the current K-8 building configuration to a more age-appropriate and cost-effective model will be discussed. The Mount Vernon City School District welcomes feedback and communication from our school community prior to the town hall meeting. Please email the District via contactus@mtvernoncsd.org with any questions or comments.
Schools will be closed for students on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for Superintendent's Conference Day.
Denzel Washington School of the Arts will perform a production of "West Side Story: A Musical Revue" on Friday, November 8, 2024, at 6 p.m., in the Phylicia Rashad Auditorium. General admission is $10, and tickets for students and seniors are $5. Click here to buy tickets!
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Regular Meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education will be held on Thursday, November 7, 2024, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at Mount Vernon Honor Academy, 195 North Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553.
The Mount Vernon City School District is offering subsidized Metro Cards for $145 per semester, half of the full price of $290, for all grade 7-12 students. The Metro Card is only valid on Bee-Line buses, not MTA. Cards are valid for five months, September through January and February through June. Cards are valid Monday through Friday from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with up to four trips per day.
Contact Daffodil Graham at dgraham@mtvernoncsd.org, 914-358-2888, or in room 231 of Mount Vernon High School from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday through Friday. Submit cash or a money order payable to MVCSD to purchase the passes.
Visit https://lhric.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx, or scan the QR code, to view open positions in the Mount Vernon City School District. The District is looking for talented professionals who want to make a difference in the lives of its students.
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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The Parent Resource Center is a place for parents, students and families to receive support. Click the link below for more information!
School News
Creative costumes filled Mount Vernon City School District hallways on Thursday, October 31, 2024, as students celebrated Halloween. Among the celebrations, high school students at Rebecca Turner Academy handed out candy and painted faces of pre-K children, building community through collaboration. At Benjamin Turner Academy, parents, staff and students in the upper grades handed out candy to younger students in the library. At Graham School, the hallways were decorated with tables, and students walked around collecting treats. Hamilton School also held its annual trunk or treat.
Sheba Serna, a Mount Vernon High School Class of 1992 graduate, was recently awarded as Rebecca Turner Academy’s Teacher of the Year for the 2023-2024 school year by the Mount Vernon City School District. Ms. Serna worked in the Sundown Alternative Program prior to the founding of RTA, and she values her work deeply because she feels that she would have been an RTA student herself. The support she received at MVHS helped to propel her towards a teaching career within the District.
View the Q+A with Ms. Serna here!
Dr. K. Veronica Smith, Acting Superintendent of Schools:
This morning, we held a meeting with Mount Vernon STEAM Academy, Mount Vernon High School, Rebecca Turner Academy and Denzel Washington School of the Arts stakeholders regarding student searches at arrival and are working towards a resolution of this matter. These searches were implemented to keep all students in the building safe, and we are looking for an equitable solution that maintains our safety standards while providing a positive school culture and ensuring students are respected. We will continue to work with stakeholders to create a safe environment at all Mount Vernon City School District schools.
Click here to view the first 2024-2025 school year edition of Conversations with Dr. Kim on YouTube! Edward Williams School Principal, Dr. Crystal Waterman, joins Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith to discuss accomplishments at Edward Williams and throughout the Mount Vernon City School District.
Click here to view the presentation highlighting the District’s accomplishments!
Students in the Mount Vernon City School District learned more about their peers and met new friends during Mix it Up at Lunch Day on Monday, October 28, 2024. This was the final initiative of Bullying Prevention Month, which was recognized in multiple ways District-wide. Students wore blue on World Day of Bullying Prevention (October 7) and orange on Unity Day (October 16) to take a united stand against hate of all forms.
Graham School welcomed the Mount Vernon Fire Department on Thursday and Friday, October 24 and 25, 2024. The pre-K, kindergarten, and first grade classes enjoyed a demonstration on subjects such as “stop, drop and roll,” calling 911, and what an escape plan was. They were also able to sit on the fire truck and carry the fire hose. What a great experience for the little scholars! Thank you to the Mount Vernon Fire Department!
Ingredients for muffins and quesadillas lined the culinary arts kitchen at Mount Vernon High School, as the MVCSD pre-K students were invited to Kids in the Kitchen on Thursday, October 24, 2024, a collaboration with Feeding Westchester. Kids in the Kitchen is an ongoing series of workshops where pre-K families are invited to learn about healthy eating habits and practice cooking skills.