Vermont Academy
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Vermont Academy is an American
coeducation
al boarding/day school and college preparatory school for grades nine through twelve and also offers acceptance for students seeking a post-graduate year. Founded in 1876, it is located in Saxtons River, Vermont
. The school is coeducational, and college-preparatory, with a 515 acres (208.4 ha) campus. There are 228 students from 30 states and 12 countries (46 international students - 20%). Tuition and room and board for the 2010-2011 school year at Vermont Academy is $42,500. Tuition for day students is $24,000.
In 1934, with the school teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, Dartmouth College
president Ernest Martin Hopkins
recommended a fellow Dartmouth graduate for the job of headmaster of Vermont Academy. Laurence G. Leavitt was headmaster for 25 years, during which time he doubled enrollment, retired the school's debt and made many improvements to the school's campus.
Honors and AP level classes
Science Center: Classes include advanced biology
, biochemistry
, kinesiology
, robotics
Foreign Languages: French and Spanish (5 levels), Russian
Learning Skills Center: Available to all students, 4 full-time faculty members
Advisor Meetings: 6 advisees per advisor; four meetings per week
School accreditations: NEASC, NAIS, TABS, ISANNE, AISNE
The school has five playing fields and two practice fields; a skating rink, with its artificial ice-making and maintenance system, and recently refurbished locker rooms; six tennis courts ("composition" courts, newly resurfaced); a 13-station ropes course; 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) of trails (for cross-country running and skiing, snowshoeing, and walks); and a winter sports park, complete with snowmaking, three different-sized ski jumps, a modest ski slope, lighting, and a grooming machine. Off-campus activities include alpine skiing/snowboarding; a horseback riding program; and Outdoor Challenge (hiking, rock-climbing, kayaking, canoeing, camping).
The school belongs to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council
.
There has been a rivalry between the school and the other New England preparatory schools, especially with its close neighbor, Kimball Union Academy
.
United States
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coeducation
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al boarding/day school and college preparatory school for grades nine through twelve and also offers acceptance for students seeking a post-graduate year. Founded in 1876, it is located in Saxtons River, Vermont
Saxtons River, Vermont
Saxtons River is an incorporated village in the town of Rockingham in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 519 at the 2000 census. For over a hundred years, Saxtons River has been the home of Vermont Academy, an independent secondary school.The Saxtons River Village Historic...
. The school is coeducational, and college-preparatory, with a 515 acres (208.4 ha) campus. There are 228 students from 30 states and 12 countries (46 international students - 20%). Tuition and room and board for the 2010-2011 school year at Vermont Academy is $42,500. Tuition for day students is $24,000.
History
The school was founded in 1876.In 1934, with the school teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
president Ernest Martin Hopkins
Ernest Martin Hopkins
Ernest Martin Hopkins served as the 11th President of Dartmouth College from 1916 to 1945.- Dartmouth Presidency :...
recommended a fellow Dartmouth graduate for the job of headmaster of Vermont Academy. Laurence G. Leavitt was headmaster for 25 years, during which time he doubled enrollment, retired the school's debt and made many improvements to the school's campus.
Academics
7:1 student-teacher ratioHonors and AP level classes
Science Center: Classes include advanced biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
, kinesiology
Kinesiology
Kinesiology, also known as human kinetics is the scientific study of human movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, mechanical, and psychological mechanisms. Applications of kinesiology to human health include: biomechanics and orthopedics, rehabilitation, such as physical and occupational...
, robotics
Robotics
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
Foreign Languages: French and Spanish (5 levels), Russian
Learning Skills Center: Available to all students, 4 full-time faculty members
Advisor Meetings: 6 advisees per advisor; four meetings per week
School accreditations: NEASC, NAIS, TABS, ISANNE, AISNE
Athletics and outdoor activities
The school offers 19 interscholastic sporting activities: alpine skiing, basketball, dance, football, golf, lacrosse, Nordic skiing, snowboarding, softball, track and field, baseball, cross country, equestrian, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, mountain biking, ski jumping, soccer, and tennis.The school has five playing fields and two practice fields; a skating rink, with its artificial ice-making and maintenance system, and recently refurbished locker rooms; six tennis courts ("composition" courts, newly resurfaced); a 13-station ropes course; 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) of trails (for cross-country running and skiing, snowshoeing, and walks); and a winter sports park, complete with snowmaking, three different-sized ski jumps, a modest ski slope, lighting, and a grooming machine. Off-campus activities include alpine skiing/snowboarding; a horseback riding program; and Outdoor Challenge (hiking, rock-climbing, kayaking, canoeing, camping).
The school belongs to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council
New England Preparatory School Athletic Council
The New England Preparatory School Athletic Council was founded in 1942 as an organization of athletic directors from preparatory schools in New England.-Member schools:* The Albany Academy* American School for the Deaf* Applewild School...
.
There has been a rivalry between the school and the other New England preparatory schools, especially with its close neighbor, Kimball Union Academy
Kimball Union Academy
Kimball Union Academy is a private boarding school located in New Hampshire. Founded in 1813, it is the 22nd oldest boarding school in the United States...
.
Studio and performing arts
The academy offers theater productions (2-3 per year, plus cabarets and coffee houses); music (theory and composition, jazz and guitar bands, vocal ensemble, and music lessons); dance (winter and spring intensives: ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, zumba); studio art (painting, drawing, pottery, 3-D art, portfolio development); filmmaking; and photography.Buildings
Buildings include a 350-seat performing arts center built in 2006, a wireless technology center with HP Tablet PCs purchased in 2004, a dance studio with Harlequin hard-wood sprung floor built in 2004, a fitness center and locker rooms in a renovated gym built in 2004, and an observatory with high-powered telescope built in 2003. There are separate dormitories for boys and girls. There is space for 20 girls and 111 boys. There is a Winter Snow Park on campus for skiing, snowboarding, and jumping which was built in 2003.Notable alumni
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