Students in the Trees
Students in the Trees
April 11, 2012
The Tree Research & Service class has been busy helping the trees around the Burlington area. This month, we started by meeting with Kit Anderson, a professor at UVM. She taught us about relationships between trees and humans, such as the Live Oak society in Louisiana, made up completely of live oak trees. Then, we […]
Students Work With Immigrant Children at the Sustainability Academy
April 10, 2012
In this Research & Service class, we have been working with immigrant children at the Sustainability Academy (SA) as well as with adults from the Association of Africans Living in Vermont (AALV). We have been having discussions about where this population comes from, how they might have ended up here and why. We also began […]
April Vacation April 20-27
April 6, 2012
There will be no school April 20th through 27th. Have a great April vacation!
VCS Students Perform West Side Story April 17-18
March 30, 2012
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 […]
Film Screening – Miss Representation March 29, 6pm
March 28, 2012
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. […]
Students Work With VT Department of Environmental Conservation
March 21, 2012
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 […]
World Language Celebration Friday, March 23
March 19, 2012
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.
Director Colin Trevorrow Talks About Film March 21
March 16, 2012
As part of our speaker series held during Common Hour, we are delighted to announce that Colin Trevorrow will be talking about his film, Safety Not Guaranteed, Wednesday, March 21 at 9:40am. During the January Encounter Week to the Sundance Film Festival students and faculty enjoyed seeing this sci-fi comedy based on an actual ad […]