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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.
Learn what each of our high schools have to offer at the High School Showcase Night on February 2, 2023, from 6 p.m. to 8p.m. at Mount Vernon High School, 100 California Rd, Mount Vernon, NY 10552.
Monday, February 13, 2023, is Parent Involvement Day in the Mount Vernon City School District. Every school in the district will host class visits, family workshops, and more.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Regular Meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at The Board of Education, 165 N. Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553.
Students entering grades 6-9 with a passion for theatre, instrumental music, vocal music, dance, and visual arts are encouraged to come to the Open House at Denzel Washington School of the Arts on Friday, February 10, 2023, at 5 p.m and to auditions on Thursday, March 2 at 5 p.m. and Saturday, March 4 at 11 a.m.
There is a mobile pantry at Cecil H. Parker School on Saturday, February 4, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
View the upcoming week's Mount Vernon Knights schedule here!
Slots are still available for FREE universal pre-K in the Parker and Traphagen School Zones. Find more registration information here:
Welcome to MVCSD Registration - Mount Vernon City School District (mtvernoncsd.org)
All students enrolled in the Mount Vernon City School District will be able to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch for free. There will be no need to apply or pay a fee for this program.
The Mount Vernon City School District is subsidizing half the cost of Bee-Line MetroCard student bus passes for students in grades 7-12. The per-semester cost has been reduced from the regular $290 to just $145. Buy them through the district!
For assistance please email: InfiniteCampushelp@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
At a community summit on January 31, district administrators and outside professionals clearly identified the illegal, possibly criminal actions of the City of Mount Vernon in refusing to transfer millions of dollars in school taxes to the district.
Students, teachers, and community members from countries around the world filled the cafeteria for Mount Vernon High School’s No Place for Hate - A Walk Around the Globe on Friday, January 20, 2023. The room was lined with flags from around the world, and tables were set up with displays detailing the cultures of each country. There was an assortment of food from several countries as well.
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.
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, pre-K students in Stephanie Tirado’s class created a "Peaceful Promise Tree."
Three Mount Vernon City School District scholars were given awards at the African American Men of Westchester’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Youth Awards Luncheon on Monday, January 16, 2023.
Traphagen scholars took an in-house field trip that featured a tortoise, ferret, and albino rabbit. Students were allowed to touch all the animals and see them up close. Nick Coon, a naturalist educator at Greenburgh Nature Center, brought his scaly and furry friends to Traphagen School on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, for the field trip.
Mount Vernon Honor Academy was approved by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to implement their first No Place for Hate (NPFH) activity on Thursday, January 5, 2023. Since making the pledge to become a NPFH school, staff and students have learned about what NPFH is and how they can strive to make MVHA a safe and happy environment where all are accepted and respected.
A month after the beginning of the Mount Vernon City School District's universal pre-kindergarten program for 3-year-olds (UPK-3), parents are seeing development in their children's communication and reading skills. Scholars began their pre-K journey at WestCOP Bethel Early Childhood Center, Friendship for Tots, and Our Lady of Victory School.
Winter concerts, performances, and celebrations were underway throughout the Mount Vernon City School District in the week leading up to the holiday break.