School-Wide
Parent Portal - online ALL-School Directory, complete with student portraits, grade level filters, first/last name search, maps to plan carpool, and up-to-date contact information, which will all be at your fingertips on your mobile device or your desktop.
- BLOOMZ is your NEW parent-focused mobile communications app.
Bloomz is Mount Vernon's NEW parent-focused mobile app for parents to connect, communicate and coordinate. Receive school messages from the community development team, division leaders, and departmental staff to stay informed about life at Mount Vernon. bloomz replaces School Rush.
Several bloomz Highlights:
- Feed view for all subscribed Groups/Classes/Communities will show all posts in one location.
- Calendar View pulls from Master Calendar - but will include in-bloomz events as well (for your specific classes/communities).
- Downloadable Photos and documents (from posts or uploads) in one location.
- Documents section for links/pdf/static info.
- In-app alerts view for when you have pending invites/rsvps.
- Parents can sign up or RSVP to community or class events within the bloomz app.
- In-feed post including photos, links, documents, information.
- Community (Division) and class directories.
- Robust notification customization including quiet hours, email and/or app notifications.
- LookUp - Mount Vernon’s “Google” - a searchable resource for parents.
- Find forms, lists, dates, and other school information, specifically tailored for Mount Vernon families.
- ALL-School Online Directory - an interactive student directory.
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- Scroll through the alphabetical listing of ALL Mount Vernon students
- Filter your view by using the “Student Grade” filter on the right-hand side
- Search by first or last name for a specific student
- Change your view by choosing“List”, “Grid”, or “Map” buttons on the right-hand side
- All student photos will be updated once this year’s school portraits have been taken and processed
- If you would like to make any changes to your contact information, including adding privacy preferences for your phone, address, and/or email information, please complete and submit the online Contact Information Update form.
- MVPS website - an outward-facing resource for prospective families, educators, and national/local partners to get to know Mount Vernon.
- Mascot Media Athletic App - your mobile athletic resource for rosters, schedules, and scores.
- Download the app “Mascot Media” from the App Store or Google Play Store for all athletic team rosters and schedules.
- Receive notifications about final scores and connect to livestream for select competitions.
- For all athletic information, you can also visit www.MountVernonAthletics.com
Preschool (Early Preschool - PK5)
- Kaymbu - a digest of your child’s life in the classroom
- Kaymbu is an online platform that documents young learners’ growth through photos.
- Weekly newsletter updates and other reminders will be pushed to parents through Kaymbu.
- Progress reports for twice-yearly conferences will be created and shared through Kaymbu.
- Parents receive information from Kaymbu showcasing their child’s classroom storyboard.
- The mobile app for Kaymbu is Kaymbu for Parents.
- For questions about Kaymbu, please contact Erin Carey, ecarey@mountvernonschool.org.
Lower School (Grades K - 5)
- PowerSchool - access your child’s homeroom information/attendance/progress reports
- https://mountvernon.powerschool.com/public
- PowerSchool is a personalized database, keeping a record of students’ daily attendance and grades.
- Quarterly progress reports will be available for parents to view through PowerSchool in October, December, March, and May.
- The mobile app for PowerSchool is called PowerSchool Mobile. Our District code is: FXPD
- For questions about PowerSchool, please contact support, support@mountvernonschool.org.
- PowerSchool Learning - access your child’s class curriculum and teacher messages
- https://mvps.learning.powerschool.com
- PowerSchool Learning houses teacher announcements and tools/resources for students.
- Students log in to PowerSchool Learning using their Mount Vernon Google credentials
- Returning parents can access PowerSchool Learning with the same credentials they used to access Haiku last year.
- All PowerSchool Learning pages are public and available to view without logging in. However, upon logging in with personal credentials, students and parents can easily toggle between classes.
- The mobile app for PowerSchool Learning is called PowerSchool Learning. Please note, this app is currently in its first version since release and may sometimes be less reliable than the PowerSchool Learning website.
- For questions about PowerSchool Learning, please contact Katie Cain, kcain@mountvernonschool.org.
- FreshGrade - a digest of your child’s learning in the classroom
- https://parent.freshgrade.com/#login
- FreshGrade is an online portfolio platform that makes learning visible. Students and their teachers will contribute to FreshGrade throughout the year, adding photos and other demonstrations of learning. Students, teachers, and parents have the ability to comment on learning, adding reflections and offering feedback.
- Each student’s portfolio is only visible to that student, the teacher, and parents.
- Classroom teachers have invited parents to view their child’s eportfolio.
- For questions about FreshGrade, please contact Elisse Hayes, ehayes@mountvernonschool.org
Middle School and Upper School (Grades 6-12)
- PowerSchool - access your child’s schedule/attendance/grades
- https://mountvernon.powerschool.com/public
- PowerSchool is a personalized database, keeping record of students’ daily attendance and grades. Students in grades 5-12 can access their “gradebook” in any course at any time.
- Students received their unique usernames and passwords to PowerSchool in the first few days of school.
- The mobile app for PowerSchool is called PowerSchool Mobile. Our District code is: FXPD
- For questions about PowerSchool, please contact support, support@mountvernonschool.org.
- PowerSchool Learning - access your child’s class curriculum and teacher messages
- https://mvps.learning.powerschool.com
- PowerSchool Learning houses teacher announcements and tools/resources for students.
- Students log in to PowerSchool Learning using their Mount Vernon Google credentials
- Returning parents can access PowerSchool Learning with the same credentials they used to access Haiku last year. New parents should have received their unique username/password in an email during the first few weeks of school.
- All PowerSchool Learning pages are public and available to view without logging in. However, upon logging in with personal credentials, students and parents can easily toggle between classes.
- The mobile app for PowerSchool Learning is called PowerSchool Learning. Please note, this app is currently in its first version since release and may sometimes be less reliable than the PowerSchool Learning website.
- For questions about PowerSchool Learning, please contact Katie Cain, kcain@mountvernonschool.org.