Lyndon Institute

Infobox Private School
background = #f0f6fa (standard color)
border = #ccd2d9 (standard color)
name = Lyndon Institute


motto =
established = 1867
type = Private, Boarding
religion = non-sectarian
head_name = Headmaster
head = Richard Hilton
city = Lyndon
state = VT
country = U.S.
campus =
enrollment = 651 [http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/27938 Private School Review.com] ]
faculty = 51 [http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/27938 Private School Review.com] ]
class =
ratio = 13 to 1
year = 2007
SAT = 1022 [http://books.google.com/books?id=2dWlfCeu_3kC&pg=PA368&lpg=PA368&dq=lyndon+institute+vermont+SAT&source=web&ots=pbcAowSidd&sig=cNnYpEmVWVHARp44Ca4xAmFrTGY&hl=en#PPA368,M1 Private Secondary Schools 2004-5] retrieved April 25, 2008]
ACT =
athletics = 19 Interscholastic Sports
colors = Maroon and white
mascot = Vikings
conference = Division II
homepage = [http://www.lyndoninstitute.org 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. [http://books.google.com/books?id=2dWlfCeu_3kC&pg=PA368&lpg=PA368&dq=lyndon+institute+vermont+SAT&source=web&ots=pbcAowSidd&sig=cNnYpEmVWVHARp44Ca4xAmFrTGY&hl=en#PPA368,M1 Private Secondary Schools 2004-5] retrieved April 25, 2008]

tudent body

The school has more than 80 boarding students including some from Taiwan, China, 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.

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.

The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges [ [http://cis.neasc.org/cis_directory_of_schools/#Vermont New England Association of Schools and Colleges] retrieved June 22, 2008] 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 is comprised of 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 theater, 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.

The yearbook has book arts and printmaking as highlights of the Art program. There is a dance 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). [http://www.lyndoninstitute.org/our-history.asp retrieved July 24, 2007]

Vail served on the board of trustees for twenty years. As chairman, he saved the institution from financial ruin in 1912. [http://www.vermonter.com/nek/lyndon5.asp Lyndon, Vermont - Local celebrities] retrieved April 26, 2008]

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. [http://www.vermonter.com/nek/lyndon5.asp Lyndon, Vermont - Local celebrities] retrieved April 26, 2008]

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. [cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/DOCS/2004/ACTS/ACTR459.HTM|title=Senate concurrent resolution commemorating the 100th football game between Lyndon Institute and St. Johnsbury Academy|publisher=Vermont General Assembly|date=2004|accessdate=2008-01-04]

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 Sports. The softball team has had an unbroken streak of victories since 2004. This reached 70 in 2008. The 2004 season concluded with the team's only loss of that year. [cite book | author = |title = Vikings streak hits 70 | publisher = Burlington Free Press | year = May 30, 2008]

*Golf - Division II Champions for 2005, 2006 and 2007
*Softball – Division II Champions for 2005, 2006 and 2007
*Track and Field Girls’s State Champions for 2006, Baseball [ [http://www.lyndoninstitute.org/athletics.asp Lyndon Institute website] retrieved April 25, 2008]

Notable alumni

*John Eliot authorFact|date=April 2008
*Daniel Heath, international economist and civil servantFact|date=April 2008
*Moses Pendleton, dance pioneer [ [http://www.momix.com/ Momix.com] retrieved April 25, 2008]
*General Michael Boera, USAFFact|date=April 2008
*General John Ruggles, USAFact|date=April 2008
*Judi St. Hilaire Olympian. 10,000 meter run in Barcelona 1992Fact|date=April 2008
*Andrew Johnson, Nordic skiing in Salt Lake City (2002) and Torino (2006)
*Ashley Wheeler Miss Vermont 2008Fact|date=September 2008

Footnotes

External links and references

* [http://www.lyndoninstitute.org/ Lyndon Institute website]
*"Lyndon Institute" by Harriet Fletcher Fisher, Images of America, Arcadia Publishing, 2000 - history