Academics
To graduate, students must earn 19 academic credits, including a minimum of 4 credits in English, 2 ½ credits in history, 3 credits in mathematics, 3 credits in science, 2 credits in world language, 1 credit in the arts, ½ credit in philosophy and religious studies and ½ credit in sustainability studies. Year-long courses are worth one credit; semester courses are worth ½ credit. Parents receive grade reports and teacher comments four times per year.
Outside the classroom, the school offers week-long field courses twice a year. Recent courses have included studies of Buddhism, Green Living in an Urban Setting, Winter Weather in the White Mountains, playwriting, the Island Culture and Ecology of Isle Au Haut, Maine, domestic service projects with Habitat for Humanity, international service projects in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, and a student exchange program in France.
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“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)