Five Mount Vernon Intermediate 6th grade G. T. students brought back awards after competing against other 6th, 7th and 8th graders in the Northeast Texas Regional History Day competition on March 24 in Commerce. Bailey Bohlken and Taylor Rose won 1st place for their group exhibit. Alexa Marquardt took 1st place honors for her historical paper. Marcus Hollingsworth was awarded 2nd place for creating an original historical website. Colton Wylie received a 3rd place medal for his historical paper.
Bailey, Taylor, Alexa, and Marcus will be advancing to the Texas History Day state competition. Colton will be an alternate. The students, sponsored by Intermediate Gifted and Talented teacher, Pam Hope, will be competing May 3-4 in Austin at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.

The Intermediate "Destination Imagination," sponsored by Pam Hope, placed first at Regional competition on Saturday in Mesquite!! Team members are Randal Meredith, Kathleen Gekiere, Blake McCurdy, Beverly King, Audrey Shropshire, Zackary Auringer, and Lorelie Pierce. They will advance to state competition in Round Rock on April 5th. Students who place first or second in their competition at state will advance to Global Finals in May in Tennessee.

ORDER YOUR MT. VERNON "INTERMEDIATE" YEARBOOKS TODAY! ASK FOR AN ORDER FORM OR SEND $17 WITH AN ATTACHED NOTE OF YOUR INTENTIONS FOR ORDERING ONE.
YEARBOOKS WILL ARRIVE LAST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL - BUT DEADLINE IS "MARCH 20!!!"

The Tiger Explorers went on a bus tour of local historical sites around Mt. Vernon. The group traveled down the Choctaw Trail to the Cherokee Trace to the original site of the 1841 Ripley Massacre, east of Mt. Vernon. The next stop on the tour was Fannin Springs on Holbrook Street. This was the original site of the city of Mt. Vernon. Tour guide was Mr. B.F. Hicks. The group also enjoyed a delicious lunch at the Mt. Vernon Cafe.

Kyler Deal, along with many other 4th grade friends, waltzed into school this past Wednesday in cowboy/cowgirl gear.

Local "prestigious" citizens of the community competed against Mt. Vernon 5th graders in a mock version of the famous tv show - "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" Attendance was extraordinary. Pizza was served. And all of those in attendance got a good taste of what the upcoming taks tests is like. Oh. . .by the way - the 5th graders won!!!

5/7/2008: Lunch Pal End of the Year Party @ 11:00 A.M.

5/7/2008: 4th Grade P.E. Field Day

5/8/2008: 5th Grade P.E. Field Day

5/9/2008: Staff Development/Student Bad Weather Day


5/12/2008: 2nd & 3rd Grade P.E. Field Day

5/12/2008: MVISD Regular School Board Meeting in HS Lecture Hall @ 6:00 P.M.

5/19/2008: 5th Grade White Team presents "Bullies Anonymous" and 4th Grade presents "Lights! Camera! Action!" in Auditorium @ 2:00 P.M.

5/20/2008: Academic Banquet

5/21/2008: Intermediate Talent Show in Auditorium @ 1:15 P.M.

5/22/2008: Senior Slideshow at First National Bank

5/26/2008: Memorial Day - District Holiday

5/28/2008: High School 7th Period Exam 2:05-3:20

5/29/2008: High School 2nd Period Exam 8:00-9:15

5/29/2008: High School 4th Period Exam 9:25-10:40

5/29/2008: High School 6th Period Exam 10:45-12:00

5/29/2008: Early Release - Busses run at 1:30 P.M.

5/30/2008: High School 1st Period Exam 8:00-9:15

5/30/2008: High School 3rd Period Exam 9:25-10:40

5/30/2008: High School 5th Period Exam 10:45-12:00

5/30/2008: Junior High Graduation in the High School Gym @ 12:30 P.M.

5/30/2008: Early Release - Busses run at 1:30 P.M.

5/31/2008: Teacher Workday

5/31/2008: MVHS Graduation at the stadium @ 10:00 A.M.

6/2-4/2008: Mt. Vernon Basketball Camp 2008 for K-8th grade; for more information, click www.mtvernonisd.com/basketball_camp_2008.htm

M.V. Intermediate teachers and staff now have their very own web page - click on the link on the upper tool bar entitled "Teacher Web Pages" to be directed to a listing of individual sites.