Academy Founders

The Academy marked Founders Day on March 29, with gratitude for the vision, energy, and dedication of those six educators whose legacy we celebrate.  Annually in May (May 2 this year), students, faculty and staff engage in a full day of service in area towns to honor this important component of their vision of our […]

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Classroom Close-Up

Students play a variation of the card game Spoons in Ms. Gouldreault’s Algebra 1 class to practice polynomial vocabulary! In the original game you grab a spoon once you have all four cards of the same number. Our special decks of cards had polynomial expressions and vocabulary on them instead of numbers, and students had […]

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Mr. Miller – Celtic Realm

Academy Math and Science teacher Will Miller says “I’ve long had a love of tabletop board games, and was intrigued from a young age by the artful games that my dad produced as a cottage industry. One of them, Celtic Realm, was a particular favorite. In 2016 I decided to resurrect the game, as it […]

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Purington Pi Day Observed

Former Academy teacher and dean Stephanie Purington returned to help us observe Purington PI Day on Wednesday, March 29, which is also Founders Day.  She brought four of her famous cookie dough pies, which were by far the most requested slices among many other options – apple, cherry, blueberry and chocolate pudding. Her daughter Elizabeth […]

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The Academy Mourns Dr. Robert Jaros

The Academy mourns the passing of Dr. Robert H. Jaros, P88, 90, 04, longtime trustee and board chair, and dedicated friend of the school.  Bob’s extraordinary service and commitment to The Academy have left a legacy felt by all those who are fortunate to be a part of its history and its future.  Our gratitude […]

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Lunch with an Alum

Jeannie Bartlett ’10 Skyped in this week to be our featured alumna in our Lunch with an Alum program.  After graduating Jeannie deferred her acceptance at Middlebury and took the year off to backpack in Patagonia with a National Outdoors Leaderships School (NOLS) program. At Middlebury she studied Conservation Biology and after graduating she interned on […]

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