{"id":317,"date":"2018-07-09T18:45:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T18:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willistondev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=317"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:39:46","slug":"signature-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/academics\/signature-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Signature Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Williston\u2019s Signature Programs are designed to make sure your educational experience here extends beyond the classroom, connecting you through technology, supportive relationships, and visiting artists to the big ideas of our time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]

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Ninth Grade Program<\/a><\/h2>\n

Beginning with an orientation trip and continuing through the year with special workshops, assemblies, and projects, the Ninth Grade Program is designed to foster curiosity, organization, reflection, and empathy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”807″ img_size=”large” css=””]\n

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The Grum Project<\/a><\/h2>\n

Launched in the fall of 2016, the Grum Project is Williston\u2019s visiting artist program. Funded by a generous alumna from the Northampton School for Girls, the Grum Project is a signature program which brings artists of all kinds\u2014musicians, actors, visual artists, dancers, and more\u2014to campus for mini-residencies so that the entire Williston community can participate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1019665″ img_size=”large” css=””]\n

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Writers' Workshop<\/a><\/h2>\n

For more than 20 years, Williston\u2019s Writers\u2019 Workshop Series has brought celebrated authors to campus to teach, share insights on the writing process, and inspire the next generation of writers. For students in the Writers\u2019 Workshop class, the trimester involves the study of a visiting author, culminating in a master class and community-wide reading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]

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Photographers' Lecture Series<\/a><\/h2>\n

Each year, an outstanding group of guest documentary photographers, photojournalists, commercial photographers, photo editors, and others involved in the field, visit campus to show examples of their work and offer technical and creative advice to student photographers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”804″ img_size=”large”]\n

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Curricular Technology Program<\/a><\/h2>\n

Our Curricular Technology Program teaches you how to use technology thoughtfully to communicate, solve problems, and think critically. Microsoft\u2019s Surface Pro is the centerpiece to this system that connects you to classmates and teachers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”957330″ img_size=”large”]\n

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Academic Concentrations<\/a><\/h2>\n

Williston offers our most passionate and motivated students the opportunity to sharpen the focus of their high school coursework by fulfilling the requirements of an academic \u201cconcentration\u201d in one of four areas of study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]

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