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Private Presbyterian school in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States

Located in Sandy Springs, Georgia, Mount Vernon was founded in 1972. The School has grown from a multi day preschool to being a nationally renowned full service preparatory educational institution serving families with children ages 6 months to grade 12. The Mount Vernon School is an active participant in national conversations around K 12 integration of design thinking, student collaboration and the advancement of K12 education having been host to and speakers at various major conferences nationwide. Mount Vernon utilizes Design Thinking and Project Based Learning to encourage student engagement in real world, people centered problem solving. Students at Mount Vernon have and/or are actively collaborating with corporations and nonprofits such as Delta, Porsche, AT&T, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Chick fil a, and Magic Wheelchair Project to produce "market ready prototypes". MVIFI was rebranded in 2018 as Mount Vernon Ventures. It continues as a research and strategy lab partnering in school transformation worldwide. In 2019, the School completed construction of its new Upper School building.

Mount Vernon School sits on 37 acres in the Sandy Springs community of Atlanta. Academic buildings for Early Preschool to grade 5 are located on the Lower Campus at 471 Mount Vernon HWY NE, sharing space with Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church. Middle School (grades 6 8) and Upper School (grades 9 12) academic buildings are located at 510 Mount Vernon HWY on the Upper Campus. Mount Vernon's athletics facilities include a turf football/soccer/ lacrosse field, running track, baseball and softball field, and the Mustang Athletic Center (MAC) which houses dedicated locker rooms, on site sports medicine facilities, and weight training center.

The School’s Upper Campus contains the following facilities: Black Box theater, Virtual/Augmented Reality Lab, multiple Maker Spaces, multiple Science Labs, fine arts studios (painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics), modern/college inspired dining facilities, coffee shop, school store, administrative and college counseling offices, and multiple community spaces. The Middle School Academic Building provides learning in the following spaces: Maker and Innovation Space (The Hive), gymnasium, Black Box theater, dining, studio art facilities, art gallery, and student counseling office. Preschool and Lower School share the following facilities: Maker Space (Studio i), gymnasium, theater, chapel, dining, turf outdoor recreation fields, The Frontier outdoor play space. Shared facilities with Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church include the church Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall. Mount Vernon completed construction of the 60,000 s/ft Upper School building in July 2019. The 4 story building can accommodate approximately 400 students in grades 9 12 as well as by students and faculty of all grade levels and divisions. The building was constructed through the collaboration of several local and regional businesses including: Flags of Origin, MJO Studio, FLIK Dining, and View Dynamic Glass. The Upper School Building spaces are outfitted with furnishings from VS America, Hay, Bend Goods, Industry West, and West Elm. The interior features are hand painted wayfinding and murals by Atlanta artist Chris Sturdivant.

Mount Vernon offers an educational experience from infants to grade 12. Mount Vernon uses inquiry based learning methods to engage students in project work, design thinking, and visible thinking routines, with the goal of creating an environment in which learners can develop strong empathy and problem solving skills. As a means to actively work toward furthering educational processes, Mount Vernon has partnered with organizations such as the Buck Institute for Education, the Stanford d. School, IDEA, and Harvard University’s Project Zero.

Through design thinking, project based learning, and maker design and engineering efforts, students engage with their community in order to solve real problems affecting organizations (both private and non profit). Students have collaborated with for profit and nonprofit organizations to create bio engineering solutions, draft digital blueprints, redesign corporate collateral, and consult.

Mount Vernon offers a comprehensive college counseling process with broad support for students in Grades 9 and 10 and individualized counseling in Grades 11 and 12. College counselors work with students to ensure that all Mount Vernon learners are prepared for success in college and beyond.

Mount Vernon offers 15 Advanced Placement Courses including: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science, English Language & Composition, English Literature & Composition, Environmental Science, Government, Micro and Macro Economics, Physics 1, Statistics, United States History, and World History.

iProject is a program for students in grades 9 12 to design, draft, and pitch a self directed project to a panel of internal and external experts for the sole purpose of solving a problem, creating a prototype, and packaging the solution all with a specific user in mind.