![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fW0JEgEcrLI/default.jpg "This video captures the fun and adventure of the Vermont Commons School Canoeing Encounter Week in the Adirondack Mountains. Paddling along Long Lake, down the Raquette River, and finishing on Tupper Lake, the nine students braved days of rain and had the time of their lives! The focus of the Vermont Commons School Encounter Weeks vary widely, but the goal remains the same: to experience new ideas, people, and challenges, as well as to understand the qualities and skills needed to work together as a group. In addition to the arts and community-based projects, Vermont Commons values Wilderness Encounter Weeks. Set in the woods of Vermont and New York, students have a chance to experience the quiet beauty of the Northeast and develop a stronger connection to the natural world. The Encounter Week program provides some of the most innovative and memorable experiences for Vermont Commons School students. During fall, winter, and spring, students embark on week-long "encounters," learning a new set of skills and/or experiencing a new setting to expand their understanding of the world.")
![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ee3DugEVx7M/default.jpg "Yale's a capella group, "Out of the Blue," performs at Vermont Commons School.")
December 11,2012 - Vermont Commons School has made a huge difference in my son''s life. He was not particularly motivated by the academics or his peers at our public high school. At VCS he has become engaged in the academics which are more rigorous, more thought-provoking, and more fun than what he had before. The teachers are passionate about the subjects they teach and they are there to help the students learn and grow. He has close friends now. The sports program is perfect for him. The basketball team is coed and all the kids practice and play. He signed up for it happily and he is in better shape and healthier due to the program. He went on a school trip canoeing in the Adirondacks for a week which again was both fum and good exercise. He is getting a solid base for college both in terms of a wholesome community in which to thrive and academics in which he is given college level assignments.*-Posted by Parent *
Published
April 15, 2013
Here are a dozen or so girls' schools' public thoughts about themselves and their missions.
Make Summer a Special Time!
If you have children in private school, then you are most likely looking at three months, perhaps even longer, which you must fill with activities of one kind or another during the long summer break.
Are You Liable?
Is your DEL key about to get gaveled? It doesn't matter whether you teach in a public or private school setting. You expose yourself to legal risks every single day on the job.
