Lyndon Institute
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Lyndon, VT U.S. |
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| Type | Private boarding |
| Motto | "Per Aspera Ad Astra" Latin: Through hardship to the stars |
| Religious affiliation(s) | non-sectarian |
| Established | 1867 |
| President | Ms M. Feltus |
| Headmaster | D. Houck |
| Faculty | 62 |
| Enrollment | 594 |
| Average class size | 10 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| 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. The current headmaster is Daren Houck.
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.
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.
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.
In 2003 Lyndon Institute re-established its boarding program.
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.
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.
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