| I want to introduct something about Mini Gum | | | | 5 playing fields and 2 practice fields |
| Vending Machine. Mini Gum Vending Machi | | | | Skating Rink, with its artificial ice-making and |
| Vermont Academy | | | | maintenance system, and recently refurbished locker |
| Location | | | | rooms |
| Saxtons River, VT, USA | | | | 6 tennis courts("composition" courts, newly |
| Information | | | | resurfaced) |
| Type | | | | 13-station Ropes Course |
| Private Boarding/Day | | | | 20kilometres (12mi) of trails (for cross-country |
| Religious affiliation | | | | running and skiing, snowshoeing, and walks) |
| None | | | | Alpine skiing/snowboarding off campus |
| Head of School | | | | 77 Winter Sports Park, complete with snowmaking, |
| James Mooney | | | | three different sized ski jumps, a modest ski slope, |
| Facultyapprox. 50 | | | | lighting, and a grooming machine. |
| Enrollmentapprox. 230 | | | | Horseback Riding Program off campus |
| Average class size | | | | Outdoor Challenge (hiking, rock-climbing, kayaking, |
| 10 | | | | canoeing, camping) |
| Campus | | | | The school belongs to the New England Preparatory |
| Rural | | | | School Athletic Council. |
| Color(s) | | | | There has been a rivalry between the school and the |
| Orange Blackmascot = Wildcat | | | | other New England preparatory schools, especially |
| Website | | | | with its close neighbor, Kimball Union Academy. |
| Vermont Academy (also called VA) is an American | | | | Studio and Performing Arts |
| coeducational boarding/day school and college | | | | Theater productions( 2-3 per year, plus cabarets and |
| preparatory school for grades nine through twelve | | | | coffee houses) |
| and also offers acceptance for students seeking a | | | | Music (theory & composition, jazz & guitar |
| post-graduate year. Founded in 1876, it is located in | | | | bands, vocal ensemble, and music lessons) |
| Saxtons River, Vermont. The school is coeducational, | | | | Dance (winter and spring intensives: ballet, jazz, tap, |
| and college-preparatory, with a 515-acre campus. | | | | hip hop, and kick-boxing) |
| There are 228 students from 30 states and 12 | | | | Studio Art ( painting, drawing, pottery, 3-D art, |
| countries (46 international students - 20%). | | | | portfolio development) Filmmaking, Photography |
| History | | | | Buildings |
| The school was founded in 1876.[citation needed] | | | | A 350-Seat Performing Arts Center built in 2008. A |
| In 1934 with the school teetering on the edge of | | | | wireless technology with HP Tablet PCs purchased in |
| bankruptcy, Dartmouth College president Ernest | | | | 2008. A dance studio with Harlequin hard-wood |
| Martin Hopkins recommended a fellow Dartmouth | | | | sprung floor built in 2008. A fitness center and locker |
| graduate for the job of headmaster of Vermont | | | | rooms in renovated gym built in 2008. An |
| Academy. Laurence G. Leavitt was headmaster for | | | | observatory with high-powered telescope built in |
| 25 years, during which time he doubled enrollment, | | | | 2008. There are separate dormitories for boys and |
| retired the school's debt and made many | | | | girls. There is space for 20 girls and 111 boys. There is |
| improvements to the school's campus. | | | | a Winter Snow Park on campus for skiing, |
| Academics | | | | snowboarding, and jumping which was built in 2008. |
| 7:1 student-teacher ratio | | | | Notable Alumni |
| Honors and advanced level classes: AP exam tutorials | | | | John Barrett 1885, United States Diplomat. |
| Science Center: Classes include advanced biology, | | | | Christopher A. Sinclair 1967, retired chairman and CEO |
| biochemistry, kinesiology | | | | of Pepsi-Cola. |
| Foreign Languages: French and Spanish (5 levels) | | | | Paul Harris 1888, founder, Rotary International. |
| Learning Skills Center: Available to all students, 6 | | | | Russell W. Porter 1891, Arctic explorer and a founder |
| full-time faculty members | | | | of amateur telescope making in America. |
| Advisor Meetings: 6 advisees per advisor; four | | | | Archibald Query 1900, inventor of Marshmallow |
| meetings per week | | | | creme |
| School accreditations: NEASC, NAIS, TABS, ISANNE, | | | | Samuel B. Pettengill 1904, United States Congressman. |
| AISNE[clarification needed] | | | | Anthony 'Joe' Perry 1969, lead guitarist, Aerosmith. |
| Athletics and Outdoor Activities | | | | John Henry Williams 1989, son who froze baseball |
| The school offers 19 interscholastic sporting activities: | | | | legend Ted Williams' body. |
| Alpine Skiing , Basketball , Dance , Football , Golf , | | | | Mark W. Smith, 1987, New York Times Best-Selling |
| Lacrosse , Nordic Skiing , Snowboarding , Softball , | | | | Author and prominent attorney |
| Track and Field , Baseball , Cross Country , Equestrian | | | | References |
| , Freestyle Skiing , Ice Hockey , Mountain Biking , Ski | | | | ^ Laurence G. Leavitt, A Remembrance, Dartmouth |
| Jumping , Soccer , and Tennis. | | | | College, dartmouth. |