The Mountain School Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
- "The Mountain School" is a semester program, started in 1984 by teachers from Milton Academy, and based in Vershire, Vermont. Students attend for one term (Fall or Spring) during their Junior year in high school. Each semester draws about 45 kids from public and private high schools across the country.
- The Mountain School (TMS) offers a variety of academic classes. All students take English and Environmental Science, and electives include US History, Chemistry, a variety of Math courses, Art, Humanities and Languages. In addition to five academic classes, TMS provides students with an opportunity to explore the community around them by integrating speakers and panels into the curriculum. Students explore the social structure of the school itself as well.
- TMS is also a working organic farm (To find out a bit about how to test your own organic green thumb out, try out this site: Organic Gardening. The farm provides the majority of food for the school and is tended to by the students, teachers and three farm managers. In addition to a garden with a full harvest, the school has turkeys, chicken, sheep, beef cattle, a ram, pigs and a llama. Students take care of all aspects of the farm with daily chores (morning and night) as well as a three-hour afternoon work period, five days a week.
- Work doesn't end when the students leave. A full summer crew of alums or other interested parties spend the summer working on raising the new animals (born during Spring semester), working on the vegetable harvest and, most importantly, haying.
- In the summer of 2003, alums from all years, as well as many of their family members, converged on Vershire in early August for a barn raising. Below is a picture of the barn, mid construction:
Anyone is welcome to drive up to Vershire and visit The Mountain School and, with a phone call ahead of time, enjoy a nice homecooked, homegrown meal. For more information, visit TMS at their website: The Mountain School
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