Academics
Commencement 2025
Families of the Vermont Academy Class of 2025
We are honored to invite you to our 2025 Commencement ceremony, to be held on Saturday, May 24, at 11:00 AM.
All family and friends need to RSVP using the form on this page.
All family and friends need to RSVP using the form on this page.
Here is the schedule of events:
Friday, May 23
5:00 to 7:00 PM: Family celebration with food trucks and refreshments
7:00 to 8:30 PM: Baccalaureate Ceremony in the Nita Choukas Theater, Horowitz Performing Arts Hall 5:00 to 7:00 PM: Family celebration with food trucks and refreshments
Saturday, May 24
10:15 AM: Class of 2025 assembles outside Proctor Hall in regalia
11:00 AM: Commencement, South Lawn
12:30 PM: Buffet Luncheon, South Lawn
3:00 PM: Deadline for all students to depart campus
Both ceremonies will be professionally photographed and video recorded. We will send the Class of 2025 and their parents an email when they are ready for viewing.
If you have any questions, please contact the Assistant to the Head of School, Kashanie Butler at kbutler@vermontacademy.org or 802-869-6200.
Parking Information
Parking is arranged by the dorm your student lives in. Day student families need to park at the Lucy Athletic Complex/Williams Gymnasium.
Reminder: Campus will be closed for entry from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
If you wish to attend graduation please be on campus before 10:30 AM. Dorms will be locked and room cleaning is strictly prohibited during graduation.
Entering campus:
Jones-Alumni-Day Students and Families
West Hill-Sturtevant-Dr. Brown and 25 House
Handicapped Parking
All cars coming to campus after 12:30 PM should proceed to designated parking lots for the dorms where their students reside.
There is NO PARKING ON LONG WALK at any time during moving. We will need this road accessible so that cars can enter and exit campus in a controlled manner.
Reminder: Campus will be closed for entry from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
If you wish to attend graduation please be on campus before 10:30 AM. Dorms will be locked and room cleaning is strictly prohibited during graduation.
Entering campus:
Jones-Alumni-Day Students and Families
- Designated parking is at Lucy Athletic Complex/Williams Gymnasium and Horowitz Performing Arts Hall.
- Traffic should enter campus by Main Street from the south. Please take the first right onto Pleasant Street, and proceed to the second left hand turn into Vermont Academy on Shepard Lane to access these parking lots.
West Hill-Sturtevant-Dr. Brown and 25 House
- Designated parking is at the end of Sturtevant Lane by the dorms.
- Traffic should enter campus by Main Street from the south. Please take the second right from Main Street onto Academy Ave, take a left onto Burke Hill Road and then a right onto Sturtevant Lane.
Handicapped Parking
- Designated parking is the small Admissions parking area at the intersection of Long Walk and Leavitt Lane.
- Traffic should enter campus by Main Street from the south. Please take the first right onto Pleasant Street, proceed to the second left hand turn into Vermont Academy on Shepard Lane, and then take a left on Leavitt Lane to access this parking lot.
All cars coming to campus after 12:30 PM should proceed to designated parking lots for the dorms where their students reside.
There is NO PARKING ON LONG WALK at any time during moving. We will need this road accessible so that cars can enter and exit campus in a controlled manner.
RSVP Today!
Vermont Academy is a coed college preparatory boarding and day school in southern Vermont, serving grades 9-12 plus a postgraduate year.
