Superintendent’s Blog

May 19, 2022

Another Year Bites the Dust!

As I write this, we are headed down the home stretch of another school year. I have shared numerous times over my years…

May 10, 2022

School Board News Brief – May 2022

The regular monthly meeting of the Mount Vernon Community School District School Board was held on May 9, 2022. The following topics were addressed during…

Apr 26, 2022

U.S. News and World Report

Mount Vernon Community Members: Each year, U.S. News and World Report identifies the top high schools in the United States. Mount Vernon High School always…

Apr 26, 2022

Welcome our new School Business Official!

Mount Vernon Community: I am pleased to announce that Michael Marshall will assume the reins of the role of School Business Official in the Mount…

Apr 22, 2022

Interesting Take on the Social and Emotional Well-Being of Teenagers

Derek Thompsn, a staff writer for The Atlantic magazine, recently wrote a piece for the magazine entitled, “Why American…

Feb 21, 2022

A Community That Sells Itself

We held a job fair recently as a tool to recruit talented educators to join our outstanding staff. In addition to completing interviews…

Jan 28, 2022

Choosing Our Attitude

There is no doubt that the last several years have been a greater challenge than we ever wished they would be, and it is hard…

Jan 12, 2022

COVID-19 Update 1.12.22

Mount Vernon Community School District Families, Staff Members, and Community Members: Recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reduced the…

Dec 20, 2021

The Greatest Gift

If you went back and thought about it, what is the greatest gift you have ever received during the holiday season? I can remember getting…

Dec 20, 2021

Mount Vernon Performs Well On Yearly Report Card

Mount Vernon Community School District Families, Staff, and Community Members: Each year, the Iowa Department of Education publishes the Iowa Student Performance Profile which is…

Nov 22, 2021

A Message of Thanks

During staff meetings at the beginning of this school year, we discussed the importance of social-emotional learning, and the need to support our students emotionally…

Oct 27, 2021

School Improvement Advisory Committee Meets With the Community

On October 25th, the MVCSD School Improvement Advisory Committee (SIAC) invited community members to join in a conversation on the District’s school improvement efforts. A…

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