Students Work With VT Department of Environmental Conservation
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 […]
Second Evening of Student Readings March 22, 6pm
March 6, 2012
On Thursday, March 22nd, students will once again take part in the tradition of the Vermont Commons School Evening of Readings. Students from each grade will be reading a short piece of writing composed this year. Expect traditional and slam poetry, excerpts from short stories and memoirs, even “deleted scenes” from Shakespeare plays! The event […]
Willard Sterne Randall to Speak at VCS March 7th
February 22, 2012
Parents are invited to attend the Wednesday, March 7th Common Hour at 9:40 a.m. when noted author, Willard Sterne Randall speaks to the VCS community about his new book, Ethan Allen: His Life and Times (2011). It is a portrait of the flamboyant guerrilla fighter and Vermont patriot, Ethan Allen, a hero of the American […]
Winter Vacation February 27th -March 5th
February 13, 2012
There will be no school February 27th through March 5th. School will resume Tuesday, March 6th. Have a great vacation!
Vermont Commons School Students Travel to Belize
February 7, 2012
Ten students from Vermont Commons School recently ventured to Belize for an intensive 11-day learning experience. Every moment of the trip was designed to engage students with the world. Vermont Commons student Elsa Hollyer felt that “The home stay visits really made me appreciate how little we need. I was happier in Belize than I […]
Evening of Readings – February 16 at 6pm
February 3, 2012
On Thursday, February 16th, students will once again take part in the tradition of the Vermont Commons School Evening of Readings. Students from each grade will be reading a short piece of writing composed this year. Expect traditional and slam poetry, excerpts from short stories and memoirs, even “deleted scenes” from Shakespeare plays! The event […]