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Kimball Union Academy

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• ACADEMICS We provide a challenging curriculum for students in grades 9–12 and PG.
• Small classes with an average size of 12
• Constant access to first-class faculty. Our student ratio is 6:1
• Strong advisor program with regular progress reports
• Traditional college preparatory curriculum ARTS The Arts have long held a prominent place in the life of Kimball Union Academy. This fact can be clearly seen in the breadth and depth of our class offerings, our numerous extra-curricular options, and through the creation and utilization of the “H Block”, a time slot designated solely for Arts ensembles. Whether your passion is instrumental or vocal music, dance, theater, or video, ceramics or woodworking, computer supported graphic design or traditional painting, Kimball Union offers the support of faculty, facilities, and opportunities to help your work flourish. The Flickinger Arts Center supplies not only the infrastructure to support your efforts, but a community of warm, committed students and faculty that make our work together joyous and sustainable. Come, visit, ask students, and see for yourself. ATHLETICS Whether you are playing ice hockey, soccer or lacrosse at the Division I level, playing football in the New England Evergreen League, or experiencing a sport such as tennis or Nordic skiing for the first time, you will be coached by highly qualified people who are engaged and passionate about the athletics they are coaching. The Whittemore Athletic Center houses the Akerstrom Ice Arena with a full complement of locker rooms, equipment and training facilities and indoor turf during the off season. Eight playing fields, including Pope Field, our lit artificial turf field, support our fall and spring programs. The KUA Fitness Center is open all day, everyday, where you can build a personalized program of fitness and strength training into your weekly routine. STUDENT LIFE Kimball Union Academy offers an open and safe community dedicated to stimulating intellectual curiosity while stewarding emotional and spiritual growth. Our Student Life Program is an integral part of a curriculum dedicated to educating the whole person. Furthermore, the Student Life Program is committed to discovering the most effective way to instill strong moral character, sound judgment, and individual integrity. Through a variety of opportunities, Kimball Union students will develop the necessary skills to reflect, critique and analyze in order to make a difference in the world.
• Living with your peers as well as your teachers strengthens your relationships with those in the community and enhances the academic experience.
• Residences range in size from small houses that accommodate as few as 5 students, to larger halls housing as many as 45 students.
• Kimball Union has a 6-day academic schedule with half days on Wednesday and Saturday to support extended student involvement in co-curricular programs those afternoons.
• The daily schedule includes designated office hours for faculty and advisor-advisee meetings to facilitate student-faculty interaction outside of the classroom.
• There are family style seated dinners weekly that promote community building and discussion.
• Morning meetings, run by the Student Body President, are held twice a week to inform the community about events and to celebrate student performances.
• Student proctors serve as liaisons between house parents and students. They are also a great resource for students with questions or concerns they would like to discuss with a peer.
• There are scheduled evening study hours six nights per week to help students manage their workload.
• All-school and special interest cultural events and social programs abound.
• Profile last updated: 01/13/2009

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• Shrine puts game back in Windsor (Rutland Herald)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 07:03:47 am
  WINDSOR — The Board of Governors of the Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl, at its October meeting, voted to hold the 2010 football game at Windsor High School. It will be the second year in a row that Windsor will be the site for the event and the third time that the game has been played in Vermont. ... - STAFF REPORT
• Kimball Union Gets Players From Some Unlikely Places (Valley News)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 01:22:29 pm
  Meriden -- As a healthy, active teenager interested in sports, growing up in Australia and with rugby and Aussie Rules football available, it's not as if Luke Robinson didn't have options for contact sports.
• High school roundup: Prospect Mountain girls stop Belmont, 2 1 (The Citizen of Laconia)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 07:16:15 am
  Belmont's Jahnna Dougherty boots the ball ahead of Prospect Mountain's Sarah Clifford during Wednesday's Class M contest at Prospect Mountain High School in Alton.
• Hockey makes return to Fresno (The Fresno Bee)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 06:18:39 am
  Hockey returns to Selland Arena this weekend wrapped in a new, smaller but more economical package.

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