Lyndon Institute
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| Lyndon Institute | |
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| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Religious affiliation(s) | non-sectarian |
| Established | 1867 |
| Headmaster | Richard Hilton |
| Faculty | 51[1] |
| Enrollment | 651[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13 to 1 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and white |
| Athletics | 19 Interscholastic Sports |
| Athletics conference | Division II |
| Mascot | Vikings |
| Website | www.lyndoninstitute.org |
Lyndon Institute is an independent high school and boarding school located in the village of Lyndon Center, in the town of Lyndon, Vermont. It provides education for grades 9 through 12 for both commuting local students and students resident on campus.
Tuition for commuting students was $8885 in 2005. Tuition for fulltime boarding students was $24,040.[2]
Student body
The school has more than 80 boarding students including some from Taiwan, China, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Mexico and Korea. Students from Vermont communities that are not within easy commuting distance take advantage of a five-day boarding program. The Institute is also the high school of choice for nearby small towns that pay tuition for their students to attend rather than fund a public high school. The Town of Lyndon selects this school for their children. In turn, the Institute accepts their students promoted from their eighth grade without further examination.
There is an annual winter carnival and school spirit week, both organised by the student body council.[3]
Academics
Its 625 students take a program of studies that includes a college preparatory curriculum as well as a program of athletic activities, visual and performing arts classes and performances, and technical education courses. Every student takes at least one arts course. A third of the students take two or more classes.[3]
The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges[4] and is approved by the Vermont State Department of Education. It is a member of the Independent School Association of Northern New England and the Vermont Independent Schools Association.
Campus
The school has three campuses: Vail, Harris, and Darling. Technical programs are located on the Vail Campus, named after a founder, Alfred Vail. See history below.
The Harris Campus is where the dorms, English classrooms, Visual Arts, Consumer Sciences and Business classrooms are located. It is also where the baseball and softball diamonds, and Sanborn Hall athletics are based.
The Darling Campus is where the Main Building is located, where all other classes are held. The auditorium, Student Services, and the Administrative offices are located there. The lower campus includes dormitories, houses that serve as dormitories, and classrooms. This campus also contains the football practice field, field hockey and the girls' and boys' soccer fields. Below the main building is the football field. Circling it is the asphalt track built in 2000. The campus is named after Elmer Darling, a major contributor.
There are four residence halls. Three cottage-style dorms are for girls, one large one for boys. Live-in house parents oversee the activities of each. Most dorm students have single rooms.[3]
The yearbook has book arts and printmaking as highlights of the Art program. There is a dance and music program.
History
The school began in 1867 as the Lyndon Literary and Biblical Institution. Its first academic term was in 1870. The campus served as home to the Lyndon Commercial College in 1886, and the Vermont School of Agriculture, founded in 1910 by Theodore Vail, the first president of New England Telephone Company and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T).[5]
Vail served on the board of trustees for twenty years. As chairman, he saved the institution from financial ruin in 1912.[6]
Elmer Darling served as president of the Lyndon Institute's Board of Trustees. When the Institute's main building was completely destroyed by fire in 1922, Darling led a successful campaign to raise funds to replace the building. He left a substantial amount of money to expand the school's endowment at his death in 1931.[6]
In 1923, the name was officially changed to Lyndon Institute.
Between 1923 and 1951 the Institute provided both secondary and post-secondary education for area students.
In 1951 the post-secondary program moved and became Lyndon State College.
In 2003 Lyndon Institute re-established its boarding program.
Athletics
Varsity teams compete in the Mountain League.
Interscholastic sports includes:
Fall Sports: Cheerleading, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Soccer. In one of the longest-standing rivalries in the nation, the school has played St. Johnsbury Academy in football every year since 1894.[7]
Winter Sports: Alpine Skiing, Nordic Skiing, Hockey, Basketball, Cheerleading
In addition to its recreation and physical education program, the school offers an intramural volleyball program.
Recognition
Sports that have received recognition are all spring activities. The girl's softball team has had an unbroken streak of 79 victories from 2005 until 2009. The 2004 season concluded with the team's only loss of that year.[8][9]
- Golf - Division II Champions for 2005, 2006 and 2007
- Girl's Softball – Division II Champions for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008[9]
- Track and Field Girls’s State Champions for 2006, Baseball[10]
Notable alumni
- John Eliot author[citation needed]
- Daniel Heath, international economist and civil servant[citation needed]
- Moses Pendleton, dance pioneer [11]
- General Michael Boera, USAF[citation needed]
- General John Ruggles, USA[citation needed]
- Judi St. Hilaire Olympian. 10,000 meter run in Barcelona 1992[citation needed]
- Andrew Johnson, Nordic skiing in Salt Lake City (2002) and Torino (2006)
- Ashley Wheeler Miss Vermont 2008[citation needed]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Private School Review.com
- ^ a b Private Secondary Schools 2004-5 retrieved April 25, 2008
- ^ a b c Lyndon Institute 2009 brochure
- ^ New England Association of Schools and Colleges retrieved June 22, 2008
- ^ http://www.lyndoninstitute.org/our-history.asp retrieved July 24, 2007
- ^ a b Lyndon, Vermont - Local celebrities retrieved April 26, 2008
- ^ "Senate concurrent resolution commemorating the 100th football game between Lyndon Institute and St. Johnsbury Academy". Vermont General Assembly. 2004. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ^ Vikings streak hits 70. Burlington Free Press. May 30, 2008.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b Ted Ryan (June 13, 2009). Otters' title ends anther Lyndon streak. Burlington Free Press.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Lyndon Institute website retrieved April 25, 2008
- ^ Momix.com retrieved April 25, 2008
External links and references
- Lyndon Institute website
- Lyndon Institute by Harriet Fletcher Fisher, Images of America, Arcadia Publishing, 2000 - history