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Mackenzie Ennis ’24 and Kaya Lay ’24 at the Marine Science Trip to Cape Cod Another teacher was telling me about a bike ride he took. He was traveling along a road when a second biker [...]

What is the meaning of a place like Buxton? And how do you preserve it?   For almost 100 years, Buxton has been taking a unique approach to education. Purposefully small and modest, the [...]

Creating Our Community, Choosing Our Tools When Ellen Geer Sangster started Buxton almost a hundred years ago, it was to provide something missing from the mainstream culture around her. [...]

  Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926-2022) described two ways of washing dishes. You can “wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes.” Or you can “wash the dishes in order to wash the dishes.” He [...]

Malina Mootoo ’25 at the Williamstown Holiday Walk The Buxton calendar has a predictable rhythm, with satisfying, familiar landmarks along the way. We just finished Fall Arts, now we’re [...]

  Earlier this month, Rec Committee hosted a pumpkin-carving evening. (For families who are new to the school, Rec Committee is an every-Friday activity designed and hosted by a small group [...]

It is with great sadness that Buxton School acknowledges and mourns the death of Brad Davis, one of Buxton’s longest-serving and most influential faculty members. We join generations of students [...]

On November 30th at 7pm, we will be presenting along with Bard Academy at Simon’s Rock, Darrow School, and Miss Hall’s School in a joint information session for prospective students [...]

Work Program is an incredibly important part of our Buxton experience: twice a week, all the students in the school come together to do the maintenance that keeps the school running. This [...]