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Our District envisions a rigorous and diverse educational learning experience for all scholars; creating contributors to a global culture of collaboration through innovation, and engagement grounded in recognition and appreciation for all people.
The Mount Vernon Board of Education and Dr. K. Veronica Smith, Acting Superintendent of Schools, have heard the requests to return to having public comments at the beginning of the Board of Education’s regular meetings. In response to this request, public comments will resume at the beginning of regular Board of Education meetings.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Regular Meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at The Board of Education, 165 N. Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553.
There will be no in-person tax collection the week of Monday, March 27, 2023, to Friday, March 31, 2023. Residents can still file their taxes online.
Denzel Washington School of Arts will host its first Gospel Music Concert on Friday, March 24th at 7pm (pre-show vendor shopping begins at 5:30pm- handmade jewelry, food, fashion, and more). This is a school-wide fundraiser.
Mount Vernon City School District's Autism Awareness & Acceptance Day is on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
The Mount Vernon City School District has created a video library of previously held Board of Education meetings on this website page, which will be updated regularly. Please visit the page often to stay apprised of actions by the Board of Education and school district administration.
The Mothers and Munchkins event will take place at the Parent Resource Center every Friday in March from 9 am - 10 am. Join us for stories, crafts and activities, while working alongside your child.
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Register online for the 2023-2024 school year!
New student admission online registration for pre-K 4 and kindergarten students is open from March 1, 2023, to May 31, 2023
The Mount Vernon City School District PTA Council would like to solicit your support once again through the patronage of the Edith Kaplan Dinner Dance.
Slots are still available for FREE universal pre-K in the Parker and Traphagen School Zones. Find more registration information here:
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mount Vernon High School’s Career and Technical Education Department (CTE) held three career and civic engagement events on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Nikki Purville, the owner of Beloved Designs in Bronxville, visited to discuss career opportunities and share advice to cosmetology students. Bethel Day Camp held a job fair to promote their summer camp counselor jobs. There was also a civic engagement presentation with two workshops.
The Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education will begin hearing comments from the public at the end of its regular public meetings starting with the meeting on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Board of Education meetings will begin with all reports and other items on the agenda, and community members will have the opportunity to comment once the agenda items are completed.