 WHO WE ARE
The Vermont Rural Partnership (VRP) is a coalition of 17 of Vermont's smallest, most rural, economically challenged schools and communities. The schools are located in seven counties and range in size from Newark School with 49 students K-8 to People's Academy in Morrisville with 450. Our mission is accomplished with the full engagement of community members and resources, the ability to network and learn from others within the Partnership, and the help of selected technical assistance partners.
"Thanks to the VRP, our school has been able to feel part of a vital, meaningful network of like-minded Vermont schools."
Martha Rich, Head of School, Thetford Academy
OUR MISSION is to work together to foster and sustain active participation of
youth and adults to support and strengthen our communities.
VRP's History Highlights
OUR GOALS
The work of our member schools is organized through the following focus areas:
•Service-Learning and Curriculum of Place
•Student Leadership
•School Community Partnership
•Reflections
•Documentation and Assessment
(SEE Curriculum and VRP Reports)
 VRP is a member of the Rural School and Community Trust whose mission is to enlarge student learning and improve community life by strengthening relationships between rural schools and communities and engaging students in community-based public work.
The Rural School and Community Trust believes that in goods schools people are:
1. Working together on learning and developing the capacity to live well in a place;
2. Acting on the belief that every person contributes to our shared future; and
3. Connecting to local cultures and ecology."
Rachel B. Tompkins, President
The Rural School and Community Trust
The work of the Vermont Rural Partnership is supported by the following organizations:
The Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Fouindation • The Rural School and Communities Trust • A.D.Henderson Foundation • Learn and Serve America ~The National School Reform Faculty • The Snelling Center for Government ~Vermont Community Works Inc. ~The Vermont Department of Education. Our work is supported in innumerable ways by the 17 small communities that comprise the core of the network.
Special Thanks to the Rural School and Community Trust, and to photographer Rob Amberg, for their contribution of a number of the wonderful photographs used on this Web site.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret MacLean
Vermont Rural Partnership (VRP)
P.O. Box 213, Peacham, VT 05682
tel: 802-592-3513 email: margmaclean@netscape.net
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