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Bard Academy at Simon's Rock
About:
During the last two years of high school, many students spend less time learning and more time preoccupied with the college admission process. At Bard Academy at Simon’s Rock, we have a different philosophy about high school. We keep the focus on deep learning and intellectual discovery by ensuring that all students in good academic and social standing are accepted into Bard College at Simon’s Rock: the Early College after the 10th grade. Founded in 2015, our enriched curriculum and student-centered teaching style enable students to earn an associate degree when most of their peers are just finishing high school, and earn a bachelor degree in just six years.
Location:
Great Barrington, Ma
2015
Year Founded:
Number of Students:
50
Average Class Size:
12
Co-Ed
Gender:
Specialty Program(s):
All Bard Academy students take a series of courses in English and Social studies, both grounded in class readings and examinations of topics such as gender relations and sexuality, industrialization, and cross-cultural encounters. Science courses at the Academy build the groundwork for more advanced study in biology, chemistry, physics, and the environment; similarly, after completing the 9th- and 10th-grade math curriculum, students may go on to take calculus and advanced college-level mathematics courses. Academy students also take at least one world language course, choosing from Spanish, French, Chinese, and linguistics. Most arts courses offered are taught as half-semester courses, including music, drawing and painting, ceramics, fabric arts, sculpture, dance, photography, film, and theater. After 10th grade, all students in good academic and social standing are accepted into Bard College at Simon’s Rock: the Early College.
