Class of 2022: Highest SAT Average in the History of the School
Class of 2022: Highest SAT Average in the History of the School
November 20, 2021
From the beginning to the end of each day, it all boils down to the students, doesn’t it? The student experience, students overcoming challenges, student growth and leadership. What these incredible kids do everyday is what draws me and my colleagues to the life of being an educator. Students are intrinsically resilient, partially because they are […]
ENCOUNTER WEEK REUNITES STUDENTS WITH LOCAL & REGIONAL COMMUNITIES
October 26, 2021
For Immediate Release October 25, 2021 Contact: Jill Strawbridge jstrawbridge@vermontcommons.org 802-865-8084 VERMONT COMMONS SCHOOL’S ENCOUNTER WEEK REUNITES STUDENTS WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITIES VCS’s signature program successfully resumes after hiatus necessitated by Covid South Burlington, VT — After 18 difficult months, Vermont Commons School joyfully resumed its unique and much-missed Encounter Week Program, an […]
Simon Rosenbaum, National Merit Semifinalist
September 27, 2021
We are honored to have Simon Rosenbaum, class of 2022, recognized as a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist. National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. 32 of these academically talented high school students hail from the state of Vermont. National Merit Scholars have […]
“To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.”
June 4, 2021
(photo courtesy of Concord Museum) Emerson wrote, “To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.” Yet, inescapably, here we are in the final steps of this journey, a truth shown to us through students’ stories, […]
Five Class Days to Go
May 28, 2021
As the days lengthen, the stretch between now and the school-year finish line only shrinks. Five class days to go. Three days of activities (thank you, Parent Ambassadors for hosting class gatherings the day after school ends!). Senior Projects end today. Graduation for the Class of 2021 is exactly two weeks from the moment I write […]
What You Cannot See
April 30, 2021
Seeing is believing. Blessed are those who believe without seeing. I came, I saw, I conquered. What did you see at the scene of the crime? This was captured on film. I will see you on Zoom…. An early graduate school professor of mine, the wonderful Jennifer Green-Lewis, taught a course on the impact of photography on literature during the […]
Milestones
April 16, 2021
Milestones. Old markers on the wayside to let you know how far you’ve come and have yet to go. Milestones, counting, predicting–all of these have to do with motion. I was reminded today, as I listened to Jennifer’s annual farewell song during which she both lauds each Senior and tells the group […]
The Class of 2021
April 9, 2021
The Class of 2021 has 17 members. Two of them are National Merit Finalists Collectively, the 17 of them have been admitted to the following colleges and universities, earning hundreds of thousands of dollars of merit scholarship offers along the way. Bard College Boston University Brandeis University Bryn Mawr College Cal State – San Marcos […]