What Makes the Burr and Burton Experience So Special
Individual Attention and Support
Burr and Burton is an independent day school with 708 students in grades 9 through 12. Most of the classes have less than 20 students. The faculty is composed of experienced and caring teachers who are always available for extra help. The school offers a wide variety of courses from the Advanced Placement level to those of technical interest. All students have an advisor and an assigned guidance counselor to support them in planning their studies.
Exceptional Opportunities
On the lower level of the Smith Center for Science and Communications is the Jonathan Levin Center for Media Arts & Sciences, where the Communications and Information Sciences Department is located.
Courses in this department include Television News, Documentary Production, and Independent Film Making which give students experience with sophisticated cameras and editing stations.
Facilities include:
• an 1,800-square-foot room with 40 computer stations. This room may be divided in half by a flexible wall and is equipped with two overhead computer monitors.
• A multi-camera television studio complete with state-of-the-art digital television equipment where Television News classes produce a weekly news broadcast, the BBA News show, which is broadcast every week . A CNN satellite link is in place giving students access to live continuous news feeds which they use in their television news shows.
• The Vermont Country Store Newsroom brings together journalism, high-end video production and graphic arts to produce stories for the weekly BBA News show in a real-world framework. The newsroom is equipped with state-of-the-art Macintosh graphics workstations and includes three soundproof editing rooms with non-linear editing stations.
• The southern Vermont home for Vermont Public Radio's broadcast facilities that features digital audio editing equipment as well the ability to “go live” on VPR and National Public Radio.
The Smith Center for Science and Communications is supported by an endowment from Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Smith, ensuring that Burr and Burton is well positioned to implement the inevitable changes in technology that will occur in the future.
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