Rock Point is a coeducational boarding school, with a small day program, serving 40 students in grades 9 through 12. We offer small classrooms and individualized attention. Our teacher-student ratio is approximately 1 to 10 in English, history, science, and art classes, and 1 to 4 in math. Rock Point has helped young people grow into their best selves for over 70 years.

Rock Point’s outdoor program includes hiking, camping, mountain biking, rock climbing, canoeing, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, weight training, bicycling, running, walking, cross-country skiing, and snowboarding. Our weekend program has featured trips to Montreal, New York, and Boston, hiking in the Green Mountains, and on-campus maple sugaring.

Rock Point provides real-life learning through internships and community service programs. When appropriate, juniors and seniors can choose internships at companies, offices, studios, farms, radio stations, and other places in the community. We offer a senior seminar to help students with college placement and applications.

Rock Point’s 150 acre campus, on the shores of Lake Champlain, includes open fields, wooded trails, beaches, and a private cove. And it’s only two miles from downtown Burlington.

Rock Point students are creative, self-aware young people who have found themselves off track personally and/or academically and are ready to make positive changes to build fulfilling, healthy lives. Our students have come from all over the country and from a wide range of backgrounds. Many choose Rock Point after becoming disillusioned with large, impersonal high schools. Some come to strengthen their skills for living harmoniously with others. When students arrive at Rock Point, what they have in common is their desire to grow, despite apprehension about facing the challenge of looking at themselves honestly, learning to love what is good and improve what needs improving. When students graduate from Rock Point, what they have in common is newfound self-confidence, positive direction for the next phase of their lives, and a clearer sense of what is real and good inside themselves.

The entire Rock Point community is like a large family, with all the accompanying love and frustrations. Faculty and staff challenge students to understand and embody responsibility, honesty, generosity, and respect for others. Teachers and dorm staff are here to help students learn, grow, and succeed. They meet with students in one-one-one and small group settings, recognizing and encouraging students in their inquiries and endeavors. Thanks to Rock Point's small size and high faculty-to-student ratio, teachers can work with each student at a pace that is consistently challenging and supportive.