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Students Celebrate Diversity with Family Recipes

Students Celebrate Diversity with Family Recipes

The school-wide luncheon on October 13 was part of “Common Text Day,” which was a celebration of multiculturalism and diversity. Read the story in the Burlington Free Press.

Lex Jackson, Profiled on WCAX-Channel 3 News

Vermont Commons School Student, Lex Jackson, was recently profiled on WCAX-Channel 3 News. Click here to watch the video.

Turtle Tracks Newsletter 11-8-11

Please click here for this week’s edition of Turtle Tracks. Thank you for reading, Liz

Students Wow Branch Out Burlington!

The ‘Greening Our Cities with Trees’ Research & Service class has been busy this month! The students continue to wow Branch Out Burlington! with their incredible weeding and mulching at the nursery – the director of the organization has never seen the nursery look so good! We also had a chance to work with trees […]

Sibling Shadow Day – December 1st

Thursday, December 1st is our annual Sibling Shadow Day at Vermont Commons.  Brothers and sisters of current students, grades five and “up” are invited to spend the day at VCS attending classes.  To register, please contact Sarah Soule, Director of Admissions at ssoule@vermontcommons.org

Exciting Things are Happening in Research & Service this Semester!

In addition to teaching English to new immigrants from Nepal each Friday, the Changing Face of Vermont Research & Service class has been working with English Language Learners at the Sustainability Academy, a public elementary school in Burlington. Working together with these students who have all immigrated recently to Vermont, the VCS class is collaborating […]

Turtle Tracks Newsletter 11-1-11

Please click here to read this week’s edition of Turtle Tracks. Happy November! Liz

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.