Cherie Rogier awarded Top Agriculture Teacher in Illinois

Cherie Rogier, agriculture teacher and FFA advisor at Mt. Vernon Township High School was awarded the Top Agriculture Teacher of Illinois at the Illinois Association of Agriculture Teacher's Conference at Bloomington, Illinois on June 21, 2016.   Ms. Cherie Rogier was honored at the annual banquet on June 21, 2016, at the Marriot Hotel in Bloomington for all her hard work and dedication to Agriculture Education. She was chosen as the top agriculture teacher out of the 440 agriculture teachers in Illinois. Her application went through the 16 schools in Section . . .

2016-2017

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JAVA 2015

Available Online!

JAVA is a magazine designed and edited by MVTHS students for the enjoyment of students and faculty. It was founded in 1976 as a creative outlet for student expression in the arts. In the Spring of 2001, JAVA joined VERNOIS PUBLICATIONS GROUP, publishers of VERNOIS YEARBOOK and VERNOIS NEWS. "Click" here for Java 2015  

John Kabat Honored with Citation Award

  Congratulations to Mt. Vernon Township High School agriculture teacher John Kabat who has received the National Agriculture Service Citation Award. Only six people in the nation are selected for the honor each year. The award recognizes Kabat for his work as a teacher and FFA advisor, as well as his community service and commitment to agriculture. "It's an award I never dreamed I could ever get," Kabat said. He later added, "It's just basically being active in the community and really it's local, state and national level, just trying to . . .

Mr. John T. Kabat Cooperative Ag Teacher of the year

Congratulations to Mr. John Kabat, who won the State Cooperative of the year at the annual Agriculture Teacher Conference held at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Champaign, Illinois during the June Agriculture Teachers Convention. Mr. Kabat was chosen from 388 other agriculture teachers. He won this award by encouraging students to learn about cooperatives in their agriculture programs. Mr. Rod Stoll from Farm Credit Services presented this award to Mr. Kabat  at the Convention.  

Congratulations Keila Stumbaugh

Mt Vernon Township High School would like to congratulate Keila Stumbaugh on her success with her artwork, Night Sky. Keila submitted her art in January to a regional level Scholastic Art and Writing Contest at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts.  She received the highest honor called " American Visions Award." This award allowed her artwork to move on to the National Level in New York City, there Keila did it again!  She won again and received one of the highest ranks in our Nation. Keila recently received an email that informed her that her work was chosen to go on display . . .

Library News

Comfortably settled into the center of our new campus, the Stewart Library/Media Center  now houses the Ram Pride School Store where students may redeem Pride Points for pencils, pens, backpacks, lip balm, tissues, etc.    In addition to the several thousand books for check out in our own library, free interlibrary loan privileges remain available through the Illinois Heartland Library System.  Students may check with Mrs. Garrett or Mrs. Hutchison for details.   Eight laptops generously provided by the Mt. Vernon High School Foundation are . . .

Emily Glowicki receives American Visions Award

Congratulations to junior, Emily Glowicki for receiving a very high caliber award in Art. Emily is a recipient of the "American Visions Award" at the 41st annual Scholastic competition. Her ceramic art piece is on display at Cedarhurst Museum as the entry focal point to the main gallery. Her piece along with hundreds of high school student around the southern Illinois region has artwork on display for the Scholastic art show until February 15. The honor of the "American Visions Award" receives a Best of Show recognition and will automatically travel to New York to . . .

MVTHS thanks National Railway for innovative program

Two additional Mt. Vernon Township High School students will now participate in a special internship program at National Railway, thanks to an ongoing partnership between the company, MVTHS and the City of Mt. Vernon. The cooperative placement program, run by the Mt. Vernon Area Vocational Center, was launched last summer. MVTHS students James Campise and Jacob Williamson were the first to take part. With the program, the two students worked full-time at National Railway during the summer, then switched to part-time when school began. The experience gave them a taste of what . . .

Congratulations!

Students earn certification...

Congratulations to the twenty-six (26)students in Mrs. McKay's Word-Ppt-Publisher class who recently earned their Microsoft Office Specialist certification. " Click" here to see certificates earned... Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification is the leading IT certification in the world. More than 1 million MOS exams are taken every year in over 140 countries. MOS certification proves that these students have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to productively use Microsoft Office, thus resulting in heightened levels of individual performance, . . .