the mountain is Guilder Pond, the highest fresh water pond in the state. Campus facilities Academic facilities The Morgan/Bellas/Dixon Math and Science Center is the school's 48,000-square-foot dedicated in 2012 housing math, science classroom/laboratories, and a teaching auditorium. The Fine Arts Center opened 2014 in Berkshire Hall at 14,700-square-foot. The Dixon Observatory which opened in 2000, houses state-of-the-art equipment that gives students and teachers the opportunity to make detailed observations of both solar system bodies as well as deep space objects. In addition, the tracking mount and CCD camera allows students to conduct advanced astro-imaging of faint galaxies and nebulae. Governing structure In the 1980s the school's board of trustees numbered 30. Notable alumni Artists, poets, and writers Stirling Dickinson - expatriate artist William Matthews - poet and essayist George Platt Lynes - fashion and commercial photographer C. D. B. Bryan - author and journalist Lincoln Kirstein - co-founder of the New York City Ballet Michael Gutenplan - magician and mentalist J. P. Davis - screenwriter and actor E.V. Day - sculptor and installation artist Kristin Baker - painter Finance Peter Kellogg - former CEO of Wall Street specialist firm Spear, Leeds & Kellogg Industrialists Harry Gale Nye, Jr. - industrialist, entrepreneur, and world champion sailor John Hugh MacMillan - businessman Media Calvin Tomkins - author and art critic for The New Yorker magazine Ryan Lizza - CNN contributor and the Washington correspondent for Esquire magazine Chester Currier - newspaper and magazine columnist and nonfiction book author Ryan Brandell - Blogger "Barstool Chief" of Barstool Sports Chicago. Co-host of Redline Radio Podcast and Sirus XM Barstool Chicago Radio. Politics Wynn Underwood - Former Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and former member of the Vermont House of Representatives Scientists William Standish Knowles - Nobel laureate in chemistry Oliver L. Austin - ornithologist and zoologist Sports Conal Groom - Olympian in rowing Jeff McLaughlin - Olympian in rowing Kacey Bellamy - ice hockey defenseman Kendall Coyne - ice hockey forward Matt Sewell - Canadian football player Kevan Miller - ice hockey defenseman Zeiko Lewis - Bermudan soccer player Jack Harrison - English soccer player Kevin Rooney - ice hockey forward Justin Donawa - Bermudan soccer player Rebecca Russo - ice hockey forward Jacob Shaffelburg - Canadian soccer player, Toronto FC (MLS) Joseph Lin - Chinese American professional basketball player References External links Boarding School Review Admissions Quest The Association of