Windsor Mountain School: A Beloved Berkshire Institution (Landmarks) - Softcover

Chartock, Roselle Kline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626194432 ISBN 13: 9781626194434

Publisher: The History Press, 2014

Synopsis

When their Jewish heritage and progressive philosophies made the Bondy family a target of the Nazi regime, they were forced to sell their school and start anew in America. Max and Gertrud Bondy first opened their innovative school in Windsor, Vermont, and moved the campus to Lenox, Massachusetts, in 1944. Windsor Mountain School was ahead of its time--the faculty honored diversity, and it became the first co-ed integrated boarding school in Berkshire County. Families like the Belafontes, Poitiers and Campanellas were attracted to the school for its multicultural and international curriculum. From its golden age to the rock-and-roll era, Windsor Mountain strived to stay true to its mission until hard financial times forced the school to close in 1975. Roselle Kline Chartock captures the spirit of this Berkshire boarding school that still lives on in the hearts of its alumni.

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About the Author

Roselle Kline Chartock is professor emerita of education at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Massachusetts. She is co-editor of an anthology on the Nazi holocaust and author of two education texts. After forty-five years of teaching on all levels, Chartock is now an artist and writer and lives with her family in the Berkshire Hills.

Edition details

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626194432
• ISBN 13: 9781626194434
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192