The Mount Vernon High School Parent Teacher Student Association (MVHS PTSA) is sponsoring a fun, safe, and alcohol and drug free celebration for our Class of 2023 graduates to celebrate their success.  At one time, we offered an All Night Grad Party (ANGP) but historically, fewer than 25% of our seniors attended this event.  5 years ago, we polled the senior class to see if there was interest in moving our ANGP to a daytime event during senior week.  Our reasons for this move included increasing participating and reducing the cost, as the cost of ANGP included food, entrance fees/rental fees (to places like our community rec center or indoor laser tag facility) and transportation.  Holding our event at the school reduces the overall cost per student and has increased our participation from 25% of the students to more than 75% of the students attending.

We currently have 467 students in the Class of 2023.  The celebration will include a carnival and lunch in the school's stadium, along with door prize raffles.  Our goal is to provide the celebration at no cost to the student.  Over 60% of our students qualify for federal free and reduced lunch.  Other high schools within our district, Fairfax County Public Schools, host similiar graduation celebration events and charge their students an average of $70.00.  We are budgeting a celebration that would cost approximately $32.00 per student, so well below the average cost of the other high schools in Fairfax County.

We are reaching out for in-kind donations for door prize raffles or monetary donations to assist us in funding our carnival.

Thank you for your consideration.

Mount Vernon High School PTSA, Senior Celebration Committee