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The Mount Vernon High School Varsity and JV cheerleading teams were victorious in the UCA Pocono Regionals on Sunday, December 8, 2024. Varsity won two bids for traditional and game day routine, and junior varsity earned a bid for game day routine. Congratulations to both teams on your bids to nationals in Orlando, Florida!

Parents logged in for a Zoom webinar to learn more about the i-Ready For Families Report from Mount Vernon City School District administrators and an i-Ready specialist on Thursday, December 12, 2024. 

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Nasma Mohammed, a senior acting major at Denzel Washington School of the Arts, maintains a 4.0 GPA and has accomplished remarkable things personally and academically during her time at the school. She has been on the principal’s honor roll, with an average over 95%, for every marking period of high school and has been involved in many of the school’s performances.

Jeanne Casino, a class of 1988 Mount Vernon High School graduate, has been teaching in the Mount Vernon City School District for 30 years. She joined the District as a substitute teacher soon after graduating college. Ms. Casino is currently an elementary teacher at Benjamin Turner Academy. She previously taught at Rebecca Turner Elementary School, formerly Longfellow. She values the opportunity to work in her hometown and make school enjoyable and exciting for her students. She also serves as the vice president of the Mount Vernon Federation of Teachers. 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Regular Meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at The Board of Education, 165 N. Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553.  

Members of the public may view the meeting LIVE on our website:  
https://www.mtvernoncsd.org/our-district/board-of-education/meeting-video-library

Mount Vernon City School District administrators met with parents, teachers and other community members at Graham School and on Zoom on Friday, December 6, 2024 to discuss the district’s school building reconfiguration. It was the second town hall meeting the district has held as the district’s Reorganization Committee considers its options for realigning its school buildings. Its most recent discussions are considering the closures of Cecil H. Parker School, Mount Vernon Honor Academy and Mount Vernon Leadership Academy. 

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