honors ensembles; the Chamber singers (bass and treble voices), the Clef Hangers (bass voices), and the Tempo Tantrums (treble voices). Andrew conducts two honors ensembles; Cantiamo (bass unchanged), and Vivace (treble unchanged). Many students who participate in the music program are accepted into the New England festival, All-State festival and District five music festivals annually. Visual Arts Mill River's Visual Art department is led by Karen Swyler & Jonathan Taylor and includes comprehensive programs in Drawing, Pottery, Photography (darkroom and digital), and AP (Advanced Placement) Studio Art. Art facilities consist of two classrooms with separate pottery, painting/photo, and darkroom studios. Students have 1:1 access to college-level facilities from pottery studio & wheels, state-of-the-art MacBook Pro laptops, Adobe Creative Cloud, loaner DSLRs, 35mm & medium format film cameras, painting studio and photo darkroom. All art courses offer personalized, differentiated pathways supporting advanced work to level 3 & 4 classes, often culminating in AP Studio Art portfolios in drawing, painting, photography, new media, and 3D sculpture. Student work is exhibited every year at Fall, Winter, & Spring school shows as well as at the Castleton University Arts Engagement Festival and the Chaffee Art Center's Annual Student Art Exhibit. Trips to National Portfolio Day, Middlebury College Art Museum, Vermont Folklife Center, The Clark, Mass MOCA, and New York City are coordinated with the Stafford Technical Center. Jonathan Taylor's students have scored well on the AP Studio portfolio and been admitted to top college programs and art schools across the country. Activities Upward Bound (Castleton State College) References External links Mill River Union High School Mill River Unified Union School District website Buildings and structures in Clarendon, Vermont Public high schools in Vermont Schools in Rutland County, Vermont