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Notes From the Hilltop
Thoughts fromHead of SchoolDr. Jennifer L. Zaccara
2024
List of 5 news stories.
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Reflections on the Past Year and Looking Towards the Summer
Vermont Academy’s 2023-2024 school year has drawn to a close, and we are coming off our awards ceremonies, dorm cleanouts, faculty grading and comment writing, and the culmination of everything: our commencement ceremony.Read More -
Becoming You - 2024 Head of School Commencement Address
Read MoreGood Morning Faculty, Class of 2024, and Families!Believe it or not, you are attending the 140th graduation at Vermont Academy, and our wonderful school is just two years away from being 150 years old. Our school has existed for three centuries, and it has continually been focusing on enabling students to strive toward self-understanding, to thrive in the discovery and expression of their talents, to be valued for their authentic selves, and to, in finding and defining a purposeful life, have empathy for others, finding ways to make positive impacts on their neighborhoods, families, communities, and even in some cases, on a national and international level. As most of you know, our motto, created in 1889 by graduate Clara Converse from Grafton, is “Be True to Your Best Self.” It seems like a simple statement, but it bears consideration to think about what your Best Self looks like and what it means to be “True” to it. -
Living with Principles - 2024 Baccalaureate Remarks
Welcome to the 2024 Baccalaureate, Class of 2024, faculty and staff, and families. We are so excited to celebrate the achievements of our students and so nostalgic and proud at the same time.Read More -
Head of School Dr. Jennifer L. Zaccara Inducted into the Heads and Principals Association
Dr. Jennifer L. Zaccara, Vermont Academy’s Head of School, was recently honored by being inducted into the Heads and Principals Association (HAPA). The association was founded in 1893, on the principle that it was to be a “unique amalgam” of the secondary schools that are serving the nation.Read More -
The Holiday Season at VA
Every year I wonder how we arrived at winter break so soon! This past Wednesday night was a magical evening as I drove from spending the day with the students, faculty, and administrators at Vermont Academy at Mount Snow in time to arrive back in Saxtons River for the Geminids meteor shower. Stepping outside at 10:00 pm, I walked over to the field around our campus observatory to see a dozen shooting star-like displays in a symphony in the sky. The shower managed to appear after a snow squall laid out a blanket of an inch or two of snow.Read More
Vermont Academy is a coed college preparatory boarding and day school in southern Vermont, serving grades 9-12 plus a postgraduate year.
