One Mount Vernon Digital Newsletter
April 5, 2024
MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT
Greetings MVCSD Community,
This week, we celebrated our hometown hero, Rai Benjamin, for his outstanding accomplishment of two gold medals at the Paris Olympics. Rai now has brought three gold medals and one silver back to Mount Vernon from his two trips to the Olympics. He has made his entire city so proud. He was awarded for his efforts with a well-deserved spot on the MVHS Hall of Fame, a renaming of the MVHS track to Rai Benjamin track and the Rai Benjamin Plaza at Memorial Field. Now, Mount Vernon students and the community will always have these tokens to commemorate his achievements.
I led the District through two moments of silence on Wednesday at 8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m. to remember and honor the victims and first responders from September 11, 2001. From Mount Vernon, we lost Sandra Campbell, Katie McCloskey, Rochelle Snell, Michael Boccardi and Jonathan Briley to the tragedy, and we honored them as well. We will never forget the lives lost and the heroes from that day. As educators, we are working to ensure that future generations remember as well. Classes throughout the District, such as Mr. Reynolds social studies class at Lincoln School, learned about 9/11 and the impacts it made on our society and community.
Next Thursday, September 19, 2024, the District will host Dad’s Take Your Child to School Day for pre-K to eighth grade students. If you are a father, grandfather or father figure in one of our students' lives, you are invited to come to school with them! Parental involvement is so important to a child’s academic, social and emotional wellbeing, so we encourage you to participate and show your child that you are right by their side. We are looking forward to seeing all our engaged parents coming into our schools next week!
There will be voting registration events at our high schools until Tuesday, October 15, 2024. View the story below to find the times and locations and get registered to vote!
Kindest Regards,
Dr. K. Veronica Smith
Acting Superintendent of Schools
GOLD MEDALIST RAI BENJAMIN VISITS SCHOOLS AND IS HONORED IN CITYWIDE CELEBRATIONS
Crowds of cheering students and fans lined the streets and schools of Mount Vernon on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, as the city and school district celebrated Rai Benjamin. The three-time Olympic gold medalist and native of the city was honored with a motorcade, Mount Vernon High School Hall of Fame dedication and ceremony at Memorial Field.
MVCSD HOLDS MOMENTS OF SILENCE AND EDUCATES STUDENTS ON IMPORTANT HISTORY OF 9/11
Moments of silence were held across the Mount Vernon City School District early on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, in remembrance of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Classrooms throughout the District spent time during the day to remember the lives lost and the heroic efforts of first responders.
NAACP VOTER REGISTRATION IN MOUNT VERNON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is hosting voter registration events throughout the Mount Vernon City School District now until Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Voter registration will be held on Mondays at Mount Vernon High School from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Tuesdays at Denzel Washington School of the Arts from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wednesdays at Mount Vernon STEAM Academy from 11:50 a.m. to 1:20 p.m., and Fridays at Rebecca Turner Academy from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Cynthia Crenshaw at 914-446-2750.
SPECIAL EDUCATION MEET AND GREET - WED., SEPTEMBER 18, 2024, AT RTA
The Mount Vernon City School District will hold a meet and greet for special education families on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Rebecca Turner Academy. Attend to meet the Office of Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) and special education staff. Families will also receive an overview of PPS and the Special Education Department.
