News & Events

On September 27th, Rock Point students and staff will be participating in Hunger Free Vermont's Hike for Hunger. This annual event raises funds to help eliminate hunger and malnutrition in Vermont, works to improve the health of the community, and raises awareness of hunger issues in Vermont. We have participated in this event almost every year since it's conception! This year, the hike will take place at the Catamount Family Center in Williston. We are really looking forward to a fun morning of exercise, followed by wood-fired pizza, ice cream, and bluegrass music!

One of our beginning of the year traditions occurs the first weekend at school when the boys and girls split up to go camping! We have found there is nothing like snuggling together in a lean-to and eating s'mores by a fire to bond people together. This year, the girls went to Branbury State Park, located on the eastern shore of Lake Dunmore at the base of Mt. Moosalamoo. After a cold Friday night by the fire, the girls were glad to explore nearby Middlebury, go thrift store shopping, and get fries and shakes and the A&W. The boys stayed at Ricker Pond State Park, in Groton, Vermont. Although the park is located on the shore of the pond, none of the campers was eager to dive in! On Saturday morning, per boys floor tradition, they explored the wonders of the Tunbridge World's Fair, where they bought some kitschy t-shirts.

Rock Point School's beloved, long-time English teacher (now retired), Marylen Grigas, has a new poem, "About Muscle" forthcoming in The New Yorker. Paul Muldoon, the poetry editor of The New Yorker, wrote to her saying that he was "very taken by this poem." In addition to featuring the poem in an upcoming issue, the magazine is also making a sound recording of Marylen reading the poem. And ... Former staff Becky Kinkead has a show of her paintings on display through the month at the Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury, VT. To get information about gallery hours or to see Becky's paintings, click here. Becky worked as a dorm staff at Rock Point School, at which time, she was already an accomplished ceramicist. She then went back to school to pursue an education in painting. She has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, won awards and fellowships, and her paintings are in the collections of Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, and several major hotels and business. Congratulations to Marylen and Becky!

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