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We’re Thankful!

We’re Thankful!

In the spirit of giving thanks, we would like to share all that we are grateful for as a community.

Parent Coffee with Dexter

Please join us for coffee, juice, light fare, and conversation on October 29, 2015 from 7:45-9:00 am.  Dexter, available faculty and friends will be happily in attendance!

Community Calendar 2015-16

Please Note: Calendar content begins in August. Some events on this calendar are subject to change. Encounter Weeks and breaks (including Thanksgiving, Winter, February, April, etc.) are finalized.

2015-16 Core Calendar

As we look ahead to the coming school year, we would like to keep everyone informed regarding Vermont Commons’ activities. To that end, here is the current core calendar for the 2015-16 school year: —————– August 21, 2015:  New Family Orientation August 17-21, 2015: Faculty meetings August 25, 2015:  First day of school September 7, […]

Common Text Day! Friday, 10/10/14

Dear Vermont Commons Community, This coming Friday, October 10th is our VCS Common Text Day 2014. We are excited to spend the day focusing on the themes of our chosen text, I Am Malala. We will begin the day with a brief video from the New York Times that discusses Malala’s life, after which, students […]

The Opiate Effect

On December 18th, VCS will be screening The Opiate Effect, as a part of the ongoing VCS Documentary Film Series. A short description of the film reads: Will Gates died from a heroin overdose in 2009. His father, Skip needed a way to deal with this tragedy. As a math teacher, he took early retirement […]

VCS Students to Perform Twelfth Night

Join us at Contois Auditorium at Burlington’s City Hall on Church Street at 7:00 p.m. on April 5th and 6th to see this talented group of students perform William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night!

VCS teams up with SUDEF

Click here to watch a video created by 10th-grade Social Studies students as part of their service partnership with the Sudan Development Foundation to address the problem of Global Infectious Diseases.

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.