Vermont Commons School is excited to announce that they are recipients of a $50,000 grant from the EDWARD E. FORD FOUNDATION (to be matched for a total of $100,000). The grant will underwrite a program to create access for Refugee students to attend Vermont Commons School and … [Read more...] about Vermont Commons School Receives Coveted Edward E. Ford Foundation Grant to Support Refugee Students and Increase Diversity
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Vermont Commons School Celebrates Twentieth Commencement
Vermont Commons School will hold its 20th commencement exercises this June. Founded in 1997, Vermont Commons School has been providing hands-on experiential learning and college preparatory academics for middle and high school students for 20 years. Known for its signature … [Read more...] about Vermont Commons School Celebrates Twentieth Commencement
Vermont Commons School Faculty Team Receives $10,000 “Fund for Teachers” Grant
HEATHER MOORE, Middle School Director and social studies teacher, and BEN PATRICK, Chair of the Fine Arts Department and art teacher at Vermont Commons School teamed up to create a teacher’s dream of a trip. They will tackle the age old questions of “How does art make us human?” … [Read more...] about Vermont Commons School Faculty Team Receives $10,000 “Fund for Teachers” Grant
Vermont Commons School Faculty Member Awarded Fulbright Fellowship
“You have to decide whether development means affluence or whether development means peace, prosperity, and happiness.” -Sunderal Bahuguna, activist, Gandhian and environmentalist. So begins the Program Brief describing a Fulbright Fellowship to India this summer. Fulbright … [Read more...] about Vermont Commons School Faculty Member Awarded Fulbright Fellowship
Vermont Commons School Opens with New Arts Wing, Physics Lab, Classrooms, Outdoor Space and 19% Increase in Admissions
Just last December, Vermont Commons School launched its Campaign for Arts and Science. It was a power campaign to raise $850,000.00 by summer with the goal of completing the work by opening day, August 25, 2015. And so it went. Though the students had their first day of school at … [Read more...] about Vermont Commons School Opens with New Arts Wing, Physics Lab, Classrooms, Outdoor Space and 19% Increase in Admissions