Resources

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  • Health Services

    Health Services and Infirmary
    A student’s well-being is essential for effective learning and is uppermost in the mind of the Vermont Academy community. Our on-campus infirmary is staffed by registered nurses 24 hours/day. The infirmary is open during the class day, until 9:00 pm on weeknights, and as needed after hours. Counseling services are offered by a licensed mental health counselor and certified alcohol and drug counselor on staff. Certified athletic training services are offered for practices, games, evaluation, and rehabilitation. On-site weekly primary care clinics are staffed by our medical directors. Monthly on-site psychiatric services are available.

    Contact us:
    Phone (802) 869-6239
    Email nurse@vermontacademy.org
    After-hours pager 802-741-2440
  • Effort Marks

    Effort marks are crucial to a student's success at Vermont Academy. They serve as an indication of whether a student is working to his or her potential. All advisors receive their advisee’s effort marks on a bi-weekly basis. The advisor discusses the marks with each advisee, and the reports are compiled to keep track of trends. If there is an area of concern, the advisor will seek out the teacher, coach, or dorm parent to discuss the situation and find out how the student could improve. Effort marks are available to parents on line.
  • Course Selection

    Each spring, advisors meet with their advisees individually to discuss appropriate course selections for the upcoming school year. Advisors help students keep track of the academic credits necessary to graduate and to choose courses at the correct level. Parents receive a copy of the course selections for approval.
  • Advisory/Class Deans

    Advisors
    The basis of student support at Vermont Academy is the advising system. In addition to providing academic guidance, faculty advisors also mentor, motivate and advocate for their advisees. Students meet with their advisors 4-5 times per week. If a student has a problem, his or her advisor is usually in the best position to direct the student to the appropriate support person. If a teacher, coach or dorm parent has concerns about a student, the advisor is the first line of communication. The advisor is also the direct link from Vermont Academy to the parents.

    Class Deans
    Every faculty advisor works with a small group of students who are all in the same grade. All of the advisors for a given grade level meet weekly with their Class Dean. The Class Deans oversee all academic and social concerns for their grade, and they are the link between the advisors and the Head of School.
  • Dormitories

    Each dormitory is supervised by dorm parents, who help create a “home-away-from-home” atmosphere. All dorms are locked at 10:30 p.m. and a night watchman patrols the campus after hours. Vermont is one of the safest states in the country and offers a bucolic setting perfect for both study and enjoyment.
     
    A balanced mind and body are the cornerstones of academic achievement. At Vermont Academy, we pride ourselves on the strong connections we forge with our students and the many opportunities we offer them as they work and play.

    In each dormitory, dorm parents strive to create a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere while providing essential guidance and supervision. They are readily available for extra academic help, confidential chats about life's challenges, baking cookies, or maybe taking the group to the local pizza parlor or ice cream store. Advisors work closely with students and parents to keep the lines of communication open, resolve conflicts and questions, and help students maintain academic focus.
  • Parent Communication

    Parents and advisors communicate as frequently as both deem necessary. Parents will be contacted by their student’s advisor within the first few weeks of school to become acquainted and discuss any issues of concern to the parent.
  • Outdoors and Activities

    Our students embrace the Vermont outdoors and physical activity and have fun together in a close-knit, supportive community. We offer a freshman support group each fall to help 9th graders adjust to life away from home. Class camping trips offer an early opportunity to bond with classmates and faculty, and campus activities ranging from yoga to rock climbing help reduce stress throughout the year.

    Vermont Academy offers students a positive mixture of serious and cheerful, focus and relaxation, independence and interaction—a time-proven mixture that leads to self-confidence, independence, and effective learning.
Parents

Welcome Parents

 
Vermont Academy is so pleased to welcome you!

We are a close-knit community and we feel privileged to guide students towards a life which reflects care, concern, and a desire to make a difference in the world. We truly value our relationship with parents, grandparents, and other family members as our partners in this mission. 

Vermont Academy has designed this page to be a resource for any information you might need to know about the life of your student at Vermont Academy. We also welcome phone calls, e-mails, and visits!  

Our password-protected parent portal is a source of information just for you, containing calendars, forms, the school calendar, and your student’s official academic record. This is also where you can update your contact information. 

Staying Informed
Every day at Vermont Academy is full of transformational activity and so we want you to feel a part of it!  
  • On Fridays, we will send an electronic parent newsletter with important information for the week.
  • Our Vermont Academy Facebook and Instagram pages are wonderful resources. We hope you will choose to follow them! The Flickr page also is updated frequently with photos of our students and their activities.

Vermont Academy Parents Association
The Vermont Academy Parents Association (VAPA) warmly welcomes you to our wonderful school! All parents and guardians of current students are members of VAPA.
  • Participation in VAPA is a way for families to support the Vermont Academy community and enhance student educational experience. 
  • Throughout the year, VAPA works closely with Vermont Academy to support and host activities including parent Zoom calls with VA Leadership, Family Weekend, faculty appreciation events, athletic activity support, class calls led by VAPA Class reps, admissions programming, fundraising and much more. 
We’d love to have you join our team!  Please volunteer… for a day, a week, a month, a year. Chair an event, assist with fundraising, or anything in between -- we can always use your help.  Participation with VAPA offers a wonderful opportunity to meet other parents while supporting your child at Vermont Academy.

If you have any questions about VAPA, please contact VAPA President, Jennifer Palmiotto P ’21, P’24, at jenopalm[at]comcast.net, or Tonia Fleming, Director of Advancement and VAPA liaison at tfleming[at]vermontacademy.org. We look forward to meeting you.

Go Wildcats!  Go VA!

Education for Life - One Student at a Time

Vermont Academy is a coed college preparatory boarding and day school in southern Vermont, serving grades 9-12 plus a postgraduate year.