Outdoor Education and Field Study Fall 2020
Outdoor Education and Field Study Fall 2020
August 29, 2020
We are excited to share a sampling of our fall Encounter Experiences continuing the tradition of learning outside of the classroom. This year is obviously very different. We have adapted our Encounter Program to be full-day, outdoor, in-person experiential education every Wednesday. These multi-week Short Courses will be held outside in small, socially-distanced, cross-grade […]
Changing the Community Through Connections: a COVID-19 Story
June 24, 2020
Vermont Commons School science instructor Mark Keegan assembling face shields for donation to local health care organizations Written by Kent Vaccaro, Class of 2020: One of the strongest places for community and connection across fields is locally at schools. Local Middle and High School, Vermont Commons School, began an intracommunity partnership seeking to help […]
Kindness
June 14, 2020
Student government president, Sama Mahdi, gave a tribute to the graduating class at Vermont Commons School Commencement on Friday, June 12, 2020: Good afternoon. First, I want to congratulate and thank my class for making it to this day and for entrusting me with this honor. I also want to thank the amazing faculty who […]
We All Have Our Teacher Story
May 29, 2020
We all have our teacher story. That one person who made the difference, who believed in us or connected with us or at least shared a genuine laugh at some point and connected with us as if we were real people. As if we mattered all for ourselves, as ourselves, not just for who […]
Ian Hollyer, ’09, earns his M.D.!
May 19, 2020
Congratulations ot Ian Hollyer, Class of ’09, upon his graduation, summa cum laude, from the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University! Three cheers for our Flying Turtle who trekked the long road from 7th-grade Ecology with Peter Goff to a newly minted M.D.!!!
End of Year Frenzy
May 15, 2020
15 May 2020 Four weeks? Is that really possible? Somehow, it is. This is the time of year when everything–everything—suddenly moves very, very quickly, pandemic or not. Here’s the blow by blow: Next week is a half-week of regular classes, followed by two days of Encounter Experiences. The following Monday, May 25th, is Memorial Day, and we are […]
Open House Live – Sunday, May 17th
May 12, 2020
Join us for our first-ever Open House Live (via Zoom). See why parents and students rave about their Vermont Commons learning experience. Open House is an excellent chance to meet our faculty, parents and students. Hear first hand what attracts families to our vibrant community. Loving school—even online—is an option. Learn More
Disruptive Innovation
May 9, 2020
9 May 2020 Disruptive innovation. This term was all the rage over the last several years. I remember when Jasmine and I went to the NAIS conference in Boston back in 2015 and there were tons of sessions on the power of educational innovations that completely disrupted the norm. Shake things up. Work to make […]