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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
-William Butler Yeats
Imagine a school...
where "intellectually excited" youngsters study on a mountaintop,
drawing inspiration from a panoramic view of more than five thousand
square miles. Where students compose poetry, program computers, and
learn how to create computer-assisted music while reaching for the
stars.
Imagine an environment...
where the air is crisp and clear and the challenge to explore,
discover, and invent is the norm. Where language arts is integrated and
balanced with science, mathematics is related to art, and music
combines with technology to synthesize new sounds for young ears. Where
all students learn a foreign language and enjoy special weekly
enrichment sessions in an already enriched program. Where teachers,
students, and parents are all active partners in the learning process.
Imagine a classroom...
where young girls and boys plot sunspots using telescopes, measure
raindrops, create snowflakes in June, track hurricanes and tornadoes
with color Doppler radar, and explore the heavens with a wide array of
photographic and telescopic devices.
Well, you need imagine no further. The Talcott Mountain Academy
is the only
elementary/middle school in Connecticut which offers an entire program
exclusively for academically talented youngsters all day, every school
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