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Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosea Zollicoffer School has been designated as a No Place for Hate School.
In partnership with our transportation provider First Student, the Mount Vernon City School District will be piloting FirstView, a bus tracking and parent communication application for your smartphone or desktop. Available in the Google/Android app store. Click here to download FirstView or contact support.
Mount Vernon High School will hold their Hidden Talent and Fashion show on Friday, January 12, 2023, at 6 p.m. Students at $5, adults are $10 and PTA members get a $1 discount. Contact your school's PTA to buy tickets.
Denzel Washington School of the Arts is holding their Winter Showcase on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Music, dance, theater and visual arts students will showcase their talents during the performance in the Phylicia Rashad Auditorium. Tickets at $15 at the door.
Mount Vernon High School will be hosting Steps Towards Graduation on Thursday, December 14, 2023, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Steps Towards Graduation is a community event geared towards parents and guardians of students with disabilities from all three high schools who will be transitioning to post-secondary education after they graduate. The presentation will help parents and guardians understand the transition process.
Click here to view elementary school breakfast menus.
Click here to view elementary school lunch menus.
Denzel Washington School of the Arts is holding its Student Choreography Showcase in the experimental theater on Friday, December 15, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. The show will feature original works by high school dance majors. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students.
The Skills USA club, which is advised by Samantha Cohen, culinary arts teacher, and Bonnie Ball, nurse instructor, is sponsoring a blood drive at Mount Vernon High School on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the small gym. The Skills USA club is hoping to get 60 donations, with each donation helping save up to three lives. Scan the QR code to schedule your appointment.
The Mount Vernon City School District will be hosting a webinar on December 18, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. The theme is, “A Cry for Action - All Hands on Deck.” Our scholars in grades K through 8 will be the focus of this webinar.
Mount Vernon High School is hosting Verses and Vibes, an open mic event, on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. RSVP or sign up to audition by Monday, November 27. Scan the QR code or click here to RSVP or sign up to audition.
The Mount Vernon City School District is holding the 27th annual Parent Involvement Day for all schools on Monday, February 12, 2024, in collaboration with the Mount Vernon Parent and Community Forum on Education.
For more information scan the QR code or click here to access the sign-up form.
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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
The Mount Vernon City School District strives to promote from within and reward the exceptional educators who work within the District. Newly promoted Director of Special Education Michelle McKitty-Bromley, Director of Special Education Compliance Dr. Kellie Ramsey and Creative Executive Director Angela Hall each have worked in the District in the past several years and have committed their careers to serving Mount Vernon children.
Administrators, trustees, staff and students assembled at the Mount Vernon Board of Education on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, for the announcement of three more Career and Technical Education (CTE) program approvals at Mount Vernon High School. The school will now offer students a total of seven CTE approved graduation pathways.
Scholars from third through eighth grade at Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosea Zollicoffer School were recognized for their honor roll and principal's list achievements on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
Students at Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosea Zollicoffer School sat in on criminal court cases that Judge Nichelle Johnson was presiding over on Thursday, November 30, 2023. Afterwards they had a question-and-answer session with Judge Johnson, Judge Tamika Coverdale and Commanding Officer Steven Sexton from the Mount Vernon Police Department.
Third and fourth grade students at Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosea Zollicoffer School worked together to make pumpkin catapults, slime, and towers using nothing but toothpicks and marshmallows on Monday, November 27, 2023.