Invested in
John H. Clarke
During the past two years, students in the Pathways program at Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School in Bristol, Vermont, have
pursued a wide-ranging curriculum,
including automotive repair, rock-
band management, boat building, and
artificial intelligence. One 8th grade
student is developing a new hog-raising
operation on his family’s failed dairy
farm. A 9th grader expanded his inter-
est in metalwork into a small-scale
blacksmithing business. An 11th grader
compared surrealist, cubist, and Dadaist
art through essays and illustrations that
showed understanding of each style.
Students at the Center
At Mount Abraham Union, students
can earn all their credits at Pathways,
or they can mix Pathways experiences
with traditional classes or other forms
of student-designed learning to create
