VCS Core Calendar 2022-23
VCS Core Calendar 2022-23
April 26, 2022
August 29, 2022: New Family Orientation (3:30pm) August 31, 2022: First Day of School September 5, 2022: Labor Day (Closed for Holiday) September 19-23, 2022: Fall Encounter Week October 5, 2022: Yom Kippur (Closed for Holiday) October 10, 2022: Indigenous Peoples Day (Closed for Holiday) October 21, 2022: Parent/Guardian-Advisor Conferences (No classes for students) November […]
VCS Players Presented Harvey
April 8, 2022
On Friday, April 1st and Saturday, April 2nd, the VCS Players presented Harvey. After a two-year hiatus of performances at VCS, students, faculty, and families were thrilled to experience live theater once again! We all had the chance to meet the eccentric Elwood P. Dowd, who insisted on inviting his friend to all of his […]
VCS Hosts Model UN Conference
March 22, 2022
On Saturday, March 19, Vermont Commons School hosted the state’s largest conference of the Model United Nations, a simulation of the UN General Assembly where high school students perform an ambassador role while debating topics such as gender equality, climate action, global health, and more. The conference, currently the only in-person Model UN in Vermont […]
Vermont Poetry Out Loud Championship 2022
March 21, 2022
March 14th, Amelia Foster ’25 participated at the Poetry Out Loud state competition at the Barre Opera House. Weeks earlier she competed in a class competition by reciting a poem from memory. Developing her public speaking skills, she was judged in six categories: Physical Presence, Voice and Articulation, Dramatic Appropriateness, Evidence of Understanding, and […]
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, […]