Grounded in Christian values, Mount Vernon prepares all students from infancy through Grade 12 to be college ready, globally competitive, and engaged citizen leaders. As a partner of Stanford's d.School, MVPS' Center for Design Thinking engages students in real-world, people-centered problem solving. The school also offers Interim Term -cultural arts trips, national college tours, mission trips, and internships that broaden students' learning experiences beyond the classroom. Mount Vernon students perform more than 10,000 hours of community service each year. Additionally, 85 percent of the school's students participate in one or more of the school's 45 teams.