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Benjamin Turner Academy has been designated as a No Place for Hate School.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Regular Meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at The Board of Education, 165 N. Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553.
Members of the public may view the meeting LIVE on our website:
https://www.mtvernoncsd.org/our-district/board-of-education/meeting-video-library
Districtwide Autism Acceptance Day will be held at Benjamin Turner Academy at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The free event will feature cotton parent resources, popcorn, pizza, sensory stations and more! If you are interested in buying a shirt of donating, click here or scan the QR code. Come out to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month with the Mount Vernon City School District and the Special Education PTA!
NOTICE OF THE DISTRICT-WIDE BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL SCHOOL BOARD/BUDGET VOTE ELECTION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK AND THE MOUNT VERNON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Mount Vernon PTA Council is hosting the Edith Kaplan Scholarship Dinner Dance on Friday, April 25, 2025, from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. at Greentree Country Club, 538 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10805. Click to buy tickets.
View Parent Liaison and Parent Resource Center events in the Mount Vernon City School District here. Click here to register for Parent Resource Center workshops!
Click "Read More" or view the MVCSD Calendar to view 2025 dates for grades 3-8 New York State Computer-Based Testing.
The Mount Vernon City School District has opened its pre-K3 and pre-K4 lotteries from March 3 to June 27, 2025. Click here to visit the registration page and learn more.
Middle and high school auditions will be held at Denzel Washington School of the Arts on Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
An application must be complete prior to the audition.
Benjamin Turner Academy will be participating in Red Ribbon Week during the week of October 21. Red Ribbon Week highlights the importance of living a drug-free life. Each day for the week, the school will be hosting various spirit days for students and staff to patriciate in.
Benjamin Turner Academy will be hosting a Trunk-or-Treat Halloween event for K-4 students on October 31, 2024 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the BTA Media Center. This event is exclusively for BTA elementary school students. It is greatly encouraged that students dress up in their best Halloween costumes and bring treats for all to enjoy during the celebration.
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The Parent Resource Center is a place for parents, students and families to receive support. Click the link below for more information!
School News
In celebration of Easter, students took photos with the Easter Bunny in the Benjamin Turner Academy lobby on April 9. The lobby was decorated with a bench and a backdrop, and students were excited to enter the space and pose for pictures with the Easter Bunny. In some photos, students are holding the book “How to Catch the Easter Bunny,” a book by children’s author Adam Wallace.
The 2025-2026 proposed budget for the Mount Vernon City School District will be presented by Assistant Superintendent for Business Jose Formoso at the Board of Education meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Click here to access Board of Education videos and streams to view the presentation virtually. This will be the first presentation of the proposed budget, and a budget hearing will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6. The budget vote will take place on Tuesday, May 20.
Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith presented the second State of the District Address to staff at their monthly staff meeting on Wednesday. She provided updates to employees about the developments in the school reconfiguration process and what they can expect in the next few months.
This week, the Mount Vernon City School District celebrates all assistant principals who play a major role in making schools a beacon of learning and safety. From April 7 to 11, schools around the country are showing love and well-deserved praise for National Assistant Principal Week, highlighting the heavy impact these people have on schools.
Students in the Secondary Superintendent’s Advisory Council completed an exciting team-building activity on Wednesday, creating go-carts with everyday supplies and candy. The group who was crowned the winner, naming their cart “Alexzandria,” cheered as their vehicle began rolling past the other groups’.
Kamora Alston is a celebrated Mount Vernon High School senior whose hard work in academics and presence on campus has awarded her praise in her school community.
Mount Vernon High School barbering and cosmetology students visited the Doles Center to provide free haircuts to the over 30 people in the community on Wednesday. Their charitable visit, which also earned them class credit and valuable experience, was even featured on News 12!
Click here to view the story on News 12
Thank you to News 12 for featuring our students using their talents and education to help the community!
Parent liaisons are continuing their series of monthly workshops at the Parent Resource Center (PRC) with the We Bloom Together workshop in celebration of Earth Day on Thursday, April 10, at 11 a.m. Parent liaisons also offer daily support on school days to share information about what is available at the PRC and how parents can support their children.