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VCS Students Perform West Side Story April 17-18

VCS Students Perform West Side Story April 17-18

Please join us for a cool night of dancing, song and west side fights with the Shark and the Jets! Actors at Vermont Commons School have been working tirelessly to produce this sensational Broadway musical. Roll up your sleeves, wear your Converse All Stars and get ready to defy the laws of Officer Krupke! We […]

VCS Student Eli Hulse Creates and Sells iPhone Apps

Vermont Commons 9th grade student Eli Hulse has been developing and selling iPhone apps. He is featured in the recent issue of KidsVT! Read the article.

Film Screening – Miss Representation March 29, 6pm

Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation (90 min) uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. […]

An Interview with VCS Alum Jonathan Mann

Jonathan Mann, VCS grad of 2000 and YouTube singing sensation, has created a video about our school and the Annual Fund! Jonathan is the creator of the Song of the Day Mann project on YouTube, where he has been writing, producing, and uploading a song a day for over 1,000 days. Jonathan has been interviewed […]

Turtle Tracks Newsletter 3-27-12

Dear VCS Community, Please click here to read this week’s edition of the Turtle Tracks Newsletter. Thank you for reading! Liz

Students Work With VT Department of Environmental Conservation

This semester, a hearty band of seventh, ninth, and eleventh – graders are working in our local watershed to better understand some recent changes and how we might be able to address some of those changes. We started the semester with a workshop led by Jim Pease of the VT Department of Environmental Conservation. Jim […]

Turtle Tracks Newsletter 3-20-12

Dear VCS Community, Happy first day of Spring! Please click here to read this week’s edition of the Turtle Tracks Newsletter which contains information about the 2013 Big Trips. If you wish to apply for a trip please click here to access the application. Thank you, Liz

World Language Celebration Friday, March 23

Please join us this Friday, March 23 from 1:20-3:15pm for a World Language Celebration, highlighting students’ work in Chinese and Spanish. There will be songs, games, story telling, a dragon dance, calligraphy booths, and more. All ages are invited. It will be a fun and unique event.

Scholarship. Community. Global Responsibility.

Students emerge from their time at Vermont Commons School intrinsically motivated to seek out their role for improving the world, with the skills and competencies to do so.