2021-22 Community & Core Calendars
2021-22 Community & Core Calendars
May 7, 2021
Note: To view next year’s events, please adjust the month/year field at the top-left of the calendar. **Additional dates may be added to the list below as they are determined. August 26th, 2021: All-School Hike/Community Day August 27th, 2021: Orientation Day August 30th, 2021: First Day of Classes September 6th, 2021: Labor Day (No School) […]
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 […]
Returning to the Building
March 28, 2021
To our Vermont Commons Parents/Guardians, Beginning Monday, March 29th, your children have the opportunity to return to the building for classes two days a week. In addition, we also have our Encounter Experiences on Wednesdays. 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders can come to school Mondays and Tuesdays 11th and 12th graders will be based […]
Lions and Lambs, Part II
March 15, 2021
That weather whiplash I wrote about last week is certainly playing out right now. 55 degrees while I write this; predicted to be 9 degrees in 60 hours! But it’s all fine, isn’t it? Last night I spent a few restful moments after the second Evening of Readings outside in the warm wind looking at […]
Lions and Lambs
March 5, 2021
In like a lion, out like a lamb. I remember my second-grade teacher, Ms. Thomason, telling us this old saying about the month of March. In the mid-west, that rang pretty true. Frosts and freezes and even the errant epic snow storm were regular companions for the month, but by April, you could pretty much […]
Two VCS Students Named as National Merit Finalists
February 11, 2021
We are delighted to announce an incredible honor just bestowed upon two members of the Class of 2021. Each year, just under 4 million 11th graders from high schools across the country take the PSAT. During the fall of their Senior year, the students with the top scores on the PSAT nationally are awarded Semi-Finalist […]