Lyndon Institute

Lyndon Institute

"Per Aspera Ad Astra"
Latin: Through hardship to the stars
Location
Lyndon, VT
U.S.
Information
Type Private boarding
Religious affiliation(s) non-sectarian
Established 1867
President Ms M. Feltus
Headmaster D. Houck
Faculty 62[1]
Enrollment 594[1]
Average class size 10[1]
Student to teacher ratio 10:1[1]
Campus Rural
Color(s)      Maroon      White
Athletics 20 interscholastic sports
Athletics conference Division II
Mascot Vikings
Website www.lyndoninstitute.org

Lyndon Institute is a coeducational, independent, boarding preparatory school located on a 52 acres (21 ha) campus in the village of Lyndon Center, in the town of Lyndon, Vermont. It provides education for grades 9 through 12 for both local students and students resident on campus. Tuition is $45 000 for full boarders and $16,825 for day students[2] The current headmaster is Daren Houck.

History

Lyndon Institute opened 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 from 1886 and in 1910, Theodore Newton Vail, the first president of New England Telephone Company and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) founded the Vermont School of Agriculture on the campus. Vail served on the Board of Trustees for twenty years. As chairman, he saved the institution from financial ruin in 1912.[3]

Elmer Darling also 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 on his death in 1931 to expand the school's endowment.[3]

In 1923, the school was officially renamed Lyndon Institute. From 1923 to 1951, the Institute provided both secondary and post-secondary educational programs to area students. In 1951, the post-secondary programs moved to the newly founded Lyndon State College.[4]

In 2003 Lyndon Institute re-established its boarding program.

Student body

The school has more than 90 boarding students, including overseas students from Taiwan, China, Japan, Israel, Germany, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Brazil and South 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 for nearby small towns that pay tuition for their students rather than fund a public high school. The Town of Lyndon uses the Institute for its children; in turn, the Institute accepts students promoted from the town's eighth grade without further examination.

There is an annual fall "fun day" and a winter carnival.[5]

Academics

Students follow 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 such classes.[5]

The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges[6] and is approved by the Vermont State Department of Education. It is a member of the Independent School Association of Northern New England[7] and the Vermont Independent Schools Association.

Starting in the 2014-2015 school year, Lyndon Institute replaced the traditional mid-term and final exams with January Term, in which students take part in one of a variety of in-depth courses. The school defines the objective of the January Term as:

"…to allow every student to create an artifact, or final product, which reflects the acquisition of skill and knowledge in the field of study. These artifacts will be measured against predefined course requirements and objectives and could include: performances, videos, formal presentations, creation of web page resources, certification in a field, a business plan, a journal, a publication, or a product of some type."[8]

The yearbook lists book arts and printmaking as highlights of the art program. There is also a dance and music program.

Campus

The school has three campuses: Vail, Harris, and Darling. Technical programs are located on the Vail Campus, named after Theodore Vail. The dorms, language classrooms, visual arts, and business classrooms are located on the Harris Campus, together with the softball diamond and Sanborn Hall. The main building, where all other classes are held, is located on the Darling Campus, along with the auditorium, student services and the administrative offices. The lower campus includes dormitories and classrooms. This campus also contains the football practice and the hockey fields, and the girls' and boys' soccer fields. Below the main building is the football field, circling which is the asphalt track built in 2000. The campus is named after Elmer Darling.

In 2010, the McDonald Field, a new baseball field, was built above the Darling Campus with help from the technical education teachers. It was funded by the McDonald family and replaced the use of the Lyndon State College Field.

There are six residence halls; three cottage-style dorms for girls and three larger dorms for boys. Live-in house parents oversee the activities of each. Most dorm students have single rooms.[5]

Athletics

The school's teams compete in Vermont's Division II and in the Mountain League in a variety of sports including baseball, basketball and football for boys, and field hockey, soccer and softball for girls.[9]

Interscholastic sports include:[10]

Fall Winter Spring
Cheerleading Alpine skiing Track and Field
Cross country running Nordic skiing Baseball
Field hockey Ice Hockey Softball
Lacrosse Basketball Ultimate Frisbee
Football Cheerleading Golf
Soccer Bowling Tennis
Mountain biking Snowboarding Badminton

In addition to its recreation and physical education program, the school has an intramural volleyball program.[11]

St. Johnsbury / Lyndon Institute football game

Lyndon Institute and St. Johnsbury Academy have played football against each other since the fall of 1894, making this one of the oldest football rivalries in the nation. There have been 110 annual contests between the schools. There have been six ties and Lyndon Institute has 44 wins to St. Johnsbury Academy's 60.[12]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Private School Review.com
  2. ↑ https://www.boardingschools.com/school-profile/lyndon-institute
  3. 1 2 Lyndon, Vermont - Local celebrities retrieved April 26, 2008
  4. ↑ http://www.lyndoninstitute.org/Page/Our-School/History
  5. 1 2 3 Lyndon Institute 2009 brochure
  6. ↑ New England Association of Schools and Colleges retrieved June 22, 2008
  7. ↑ "School Search". isanne.org. ISANNE. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  8. ↑ http://www.lyndoninstitute.org/Page/Academics/January-Term
  9. ↑ "Lyndon Institute". MaxPreps. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  10. ↑ http://www.nsnsports.net/
  11. ↑ "Viking Athletics". Lyndon Institute. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  12. ↑ "Senate concurrent resolution commemorating the 100th football game between Lyndon Institute and St. Johnsbury Academy". Vermont General Assembly. 2004. Retrieved 2008-01-04.

Bibliography

Coordinates: 44°32′18″N 72°00′56″W / 44.5382342°N 72.0156225°W / 44.5382342; -72.0156225

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