Sharon Academy

Post Office Box 207, Sharon, VT, 05065-0506
Tel: (802)763-2500
Grades: 7 - 12 | 166 students
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The Sharon Academy (TSA) is a Vermont state-approved, independent day school located in beautiful Sharon, Vermont. With 160 students, grades 7-12, TSA offers a lively and academically rigorous academy that seeks to "nurture intelligent, independent, and creative thinking in a small school community, awakening students to their immense potential and the difference they can make in the world".

School Overview:
Sharon Academy
School Type Alternative School
School Membership(s) Other school association(s)
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades 7 - 12
Year Founded 1996
Student Body
Total Students 166 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 5% (VT School Avg.: 7%)
Students by Grade
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 22 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 8:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)
% Faculty w/Advanced Degree 64%
Average Class Size 28 students
List of Courses Offered Link to List of Courses
Classroom dress code Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline Feb. 1 / Feb. 24 / rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost $10,921
Tuition Notes Due to Vermont’s funding laws, The Sharon Academy is considered a “public” school for over 80% of our students. Towns in Vermont without a designated middle or high school (sending towns) pay tuition for their students to attend any school of their choice
Admissions Director Amber Wylie
Sports
Total Sports Offered 6 sports
Sports
Baseball Basketball
Cross Country Lacrosse
Soccer Track and Field
Extracurriculars
Total Extracurriculars 6 extracurriculars
Extracurriculars
Community Service Dartmouth Model UN Conference
Prom Committe Science Bowl Team
Technology And Society Connection (TASC) Competition Yearbook

School Notes:

  • The community and student focused curriculum at The Sharon Academy is founded on the belief that all students have the potential to change their own lives as well as their communities. Therefore, community is woven into all of our activities: academic, athletic, dramatic, and artistic. Students are not only expected to participate and speak up in the decision making process at school, they are also encouraged to take responsibility for enhancing their own education. From independent studies, to junior and senior exhibition projects, to student driven extracurricular activities, and student-taught electives, TSA students are independent, innovative, and engaged. They make the school what it is. "Our students remind us daily that the operative word in education is learning not teaching. Learning is the thoughtful, creative and intelligent activity of learners. Learners make learning." - Michael Livingston, Head of School TSA offers a remarkably affordable private school education. In order to offer accessibility to all students, The Sharon Academy maintains its tuition at the state average ($10,921 for 08-09 school year). Therefore, 83% of our students are publicly funded from their town, and 23% will be first-generation college graduates.

    • Profile last updated: 02/08/2012

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