Vermont pilot project challenges gifted juniors in education experiment
Twenty Vermont high school seniors spent July 6 to August 3 at Bennington College in a College Workshop for Exceptional High School Juniors, a four week program aimed at fostering creativity and advanced study in science social science art music and literature. A second group of 22 able but underachieving students studied at Johnson State College. The pilot, costing $30 000, could expand to 50 students next year with more teachers and schools.
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Vermont
Richard A. Gibboney
Bennington College
Johnson State College
Gibboney
Bennington
Joyce Anne Michniewich
Springfield
Andrew J.bruns
Bellows Falls
William Sherman
Scott Hastings
Woodstock
Bennington Boys Complete Long Trail Border To Border
Bart Howe and Dale Wilson, both 15, hiked Vermont’s 260 mile Long Trail in four trips last summer and this summer, totaling 28 days. They climbed Vermont’s four highest peaks, met hikers on the southern leg, and aided the Green Mountain Club by clearing shelters and repairing fires. They plan to hike the Appalachian Trail through New Hampshire and Maine next.
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Bart
Dale
Bart Howe
Convent Avenue
Dale Wilson
Elm St
Canadian
Massachusetts
Vermont
Green Mountain Club
The
Geff Locklin
Jefferson Heights
Mt. Mansfield
Styles Peak
Mt. Bromley
Phillip Viereck
Shaftsbury
Viereck
Marion Hardy
Bennington
Sterling A. Wilson
Robert J. Howe
Joseph A. Wilson
Mt. Anthony
Maine
Connecticut
Lake George
New Hampshire
Mt. Anthony High School
Hurlburt
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Ly Tyler Resch
Philip H. Hoff
Education Department
Jean Garvin
Special Education
Dr. Gibboney
Leonard Rowe
Bennington Social Science
Vanced
Robert Woodworth
Louis Calabro
Rowe
College
Bennington Area
Margaret M. Kaul
Hunt Street
Bendi
Susan Ann Miller
Manchester Depot
Burr and Burton Seminary
By Paul Hurlburt
Sherburne Pass
Rutland
Sucker Brook
Middlebury
Baker Peak
Emerald State Park
Dorset
Seth Warner
Massachusetts Line
Miss Hardy
Hazen’s Notch
Tillotson Camp
Porkies
Jonesville
Gorham Lodge
Cowles Cove
Conservation
Forestry Service