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Barton Academy was a high school in the town of Barton and also served surrounding towns for over a century. The high school (the Academy) was replaced by the Lake Region High School on September 11, 1967. The Academy alumni continue to meet annually. They fund scholarships for graduates of Lake Region. The building also housed the town's grammar school. ==History== The Academy started in the fall of 1852 in a building on the location now occupied by the school parking lot. There is an early list of students who were enrolled.〔(Rootsweb ) accessed March 31, 2008〕〔Mistakenly identified as "senior class." There was no such class separation then. A student was either ready to take the college entrance exam or not. Students matriculatred individually when they were ready. There were no classes beyond elementary for students who were not intending to attend college〕 It was chartered by the legislature in 1854. A listing of graduates from 1926, lists the first class as 1886.〔(NEKG - Vital Records of Vermont Schools )〕〔Early scholars were being tutored to take the college entrance exam, the only method of entering college then. There were no expectations of a formal "graduation" from a "high school" per se. A student would "matriculate" alone and could only tell if their tutoring was effective if they were admitted to the college of their choice. There was no formal training for children not attending college until after WW I and the educational revolution started by John Dewey〕 The cornerstone of the current building is marked "1907." the project was the biggest building project, the town had ever seen. It cost $42,000. An Indian burial ground was discovered during the excavation. There is no record of what happened to those artifacts. The former school was moved across the street in 1909 and later used as a gymnasium and cafeteria. It was torn down in 1980.〔 In the early 1900s, Barton Academy ranked eighth among all high schools, public and private, in Vermont.〔(Barton, Vermont - Schools & Community - Northeast Kingdom )〕 The Academy closed in 1967, replaced by the Lake Region Union High School. The former building, with the name, "Barton Academy and Graded School", carved on a granite slab over the entryway, is used as an elementary school. An addition was completed in 1979.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barton Academy (Vermont)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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