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During the week of Monday, March 27, 2023, to March 31, 2023, students and staff at Grimes School celebrated Women's History Month with a school wide spirit week.
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County Executive George Latimer, Mount Vernon High School alumnus, signed the "Truthful Disclosure" bill into effect at MVHS on Thursday, March 30, 2023.
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Dr. Gayle White-Wallace, Director of Pre-K, Gifted and Talented and Special Projects, was awarded with an Outstanding Innovative Leader award at the Transforming Education through Leadership & Learning (TELL) Awards ceremony on March 23, 2023. Dr. White-Wallace received this award for her implementation of instructional technology in her programs and classrooms. The award show was hosted by the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center (LHIRIC).
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Special Meeting of the Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education will take place on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Education Center, 165 North Columbus Ave., Mount Vernon, NY 10553.
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Mount Vernon City School District's Autism Awareness & Acceptance Day is on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
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Through funding made possible by the Mount Vernon Educational Foundation (MVEF), 25 students in the Afterschool Robotics Program at Benjamin Turner Middle School have built VEX robots and learned to program and code them to perform in weekly competitions with peers.
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Edith Kaplan Scholarship Dinner Dance honorees have been announced for each building in the district. The Mount Vernon City School District PTA Council is hosting the Edith Kaplan Scholarship Dinner Dance on Friday, April 14, 2023.
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Following a guest speaker on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, who had discussed the consequences of trash on our ecosystem and how we can recycle to prevent this, Trevor Latasa, a social studies teacher at Grimes School began a recycling activity. He gave a brief explanation of how recycling can be a benefit to everyone by providing an alternative source of materials for building and manufacturing, and how they are reused in different products.