School in Houghton Brook Road, Putney, VT, U.S.
The Putney School 418 Houghton Brook Road,
Putney , Type Private independent co-educational boarding and day high schoolEstablished 1935 Founder Carmelita Hinton Dean Tarah Greenidge Head of School Daniel O'Brien Faculty 35 full-time, 24 part-time/adjunct Secondary years taught 9th through 12th grades Enrollment 221 Average class size 12 Student to teacher ratio 6:1 Classes offered Humans in The Natural World, American Studies, Ceramics, Fiber Arts, Astronomy, Existentialism Campus size 500 acres (200 ha) Campus type Rural Color(s) Green, White Mascot Elm Tree Rival Dublin School Annual tuition $74,500 Feeder schools The Grammar School Website http://www.putneyschool.org/
The Putney School is an independent high school in Putney, Vermont . The school was founded in 1935 by Carmelita Hinton on the principles of the Progressive Education movement and the teachings of its principal exponent, John Dewey . It is a co-educational, college-preparatory boarding school , with a day-student component, 12 miles (19 km) outside Brattleboro, Vermont . Danny O'Brien became head of school in 2022.[ 1] The school enrolls approximately 225 students on a 500 acres (2.0 km2 ) hilltop campus with classrooms, dormitories, and a dairy farm on which its students work before graduating.[ 2]
Based on its founder's principles,[ 3] the school continues to emphasize academics, a work program, the arts, and physical activity. Its curriculum is intended to teach the value of labor, art, community, ethics, and scholarship for individual growth.[ 4] [ 5]
Campus
Animated panorama from the center of the quadrangle on the Putney campus.
The original buildings on Putney's campus were overhauled or constructed by Putney work camp attendees, students, and faculty in 1935.[ 6] The Currier Center is a departure from Putney's customary white, colonial-style architecture, instead using stone and concrete walls in an angular design. It is used for dance, music, movie-making and visual-art presentations. The Field House, which opened in October 2009, was designed as a "net zero-energy building ".[ 7]
There are ten active dormitories on campus: Huseby, New Boys, Leonard's Keep (Keep), Noyes, White Cottage, John Rogers (JR), Hepper, Gund, Gray House, and Heights. A few faculty members live in each.[ 8]
Academic program
Then-Director Brian Morgan addresses the graduating Class of 2004.
In 1995, the Boston Globe described Putney as combining "a New England work ethic and a strong academic program."[ 9] It is a member of the Independent Curriculum Group and in 2009 received a 10-year accreditation review by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges .[ 10]
Tuition
Tuition for the 2023-24 academic year is $74,500 for boarding students and $45,400 for day students.[ 11]
Notable alumni and faculty
Alumni
According to The Putney School 2008 Alumni Directory, alumni of The Putney School include (graduation date shown, where applicable):[ 12]
Sam Amidon , musician
David Amram '48, composer
Tim Asch '51, anthropologist, filmmaker
Carlos Buhler '72, mountaineer
Peter L. Buttenwieser , educator, philanthropist, member of the Lehman family
Tim Caldwell , Olympic cross-country skier, son of John Caldwell [ 13]
Jonathan Crary , art historian
Dave Cole '96, sculptor
Carlton Cuse '77, television writer/executive of LOST [ 14]
Tim Daly '74, actor
Alicia Dana '87, U.S. Paralympian
Lydia Davis '65, writer, Man Booker International Prize recipient[ 15]
Thulani Davis '61, playwright, journalist, librettist, novelist, poet, and screenwriter
Anna Dewdney '83, children's book author and illustrator
Barnaby Dorfman '86, inventor, technology products
Mahdi ElMandjra '50, Moroccan futurist , economist and sociologist
Kai T. Erikson '49, sociologist
David Griffiths '60, physicist, teacher
William B. Gray , U.S. Attorney for Vermont[ 16]
Andrea Gruber , soprano
William Hinton '36, author, agricultural advisor, People's Republic of China
Joan Hinton '39, atomic physicist, dairy farmer in China
Lee Hirsch '90, filmmaker.
Jeffrey Hollender '73, CEO of Seventh Generation Inc.
Reid Hoffman '85, web entrepreneur, co-founder of LinkedIn
Felicity Huffman '81, actor[ 17]
Jeffrey Jones '64, actor
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend '69, lieutenant governor of Maryland
Kerry Kennedy '77, lawyer and human rights activist
Bill Koch '73, Olympic cross-country skiing medalist
Steven Kunes '74, TV writer and producer
Mike Ladd , hip-hop artist
Jonathan Lash '63, Hampshire College president
Ellen Hamilton Latzen '99, actor
Téa Leoni (Pantaleoni) '84, actor
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt , '52, journalist, critic, novelist[ 18]
J. Anthony Lukas '51, Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist and author
Sally Mann '69, fine-art photographer
Jared Martin , actor
Joanna Miles '58, Emmy award-winning actress in The Glass Menagerie
Adrian Morris , painter
Errol Morris '65, filmmaker
Nell Newman '78, co-founder/owner, Newman's Own
Heather Nova '83, musician and songwriter
Eli Noyes '60, film animator[ 19]
Ken Olin '72 actor, director and TV producer
Priscilla Paetsch '50, violinist, composer
Bob Perelman '64, poet, literary critic and professor
Jonathan Piel '57, science journalist, past editor of Scientific American
Tyler Rasch '06, television personality
Noel Rockmore '47, painter, portraitist
Martha Rockwell '62, Olympic cross-country ski racer[ 20]
Jonathan Rosenbaum '61, film critic
Demetria Royals , filmmaker
Jonathan Schell '61, author
Wallace Shawn '61, actor, playwright
Lucy Shelton '61, soprano
Harper Simon '90, singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer and son of Paul Simon
Alexis Stewart '83, television host, daughter of Martha Stewart
Peter Willcox '72, Greenpeace activist, Arctic Sunrise captain[ 21]
Ellen Winner '65, professor specializing in the psychology of art[ 22] [ 23]
John Bell Young , American concert pianist
Faculty
Some Putney faculty members (subject taught in parentheses) had careers that extended beyond their teaching.
Eric Aho (art), American painter
John H. Caldwell (mathematics), Nordic skier on the U.S. Olympic Ski Team, author and Nordic coach of the U.S. Olympic Ski Team
Chard deNiord (English, philosophy), Poet Laureate of Vermont
Eric Evans (English) Olympic canoeist
Fernando Gerassi (art), artist
Peter C. Goldmark, Jr. (history), environmentalist, publisher, and executive
Margarete Seeler (art), German-born American artist, designer, educator, and author
References
^ "Putney to Welcome New Head of School" . The Putney School . Retrieved 2022-09-22 .
^ "Putney at a glance" . Website . Putney School. Retrieved 2014-01-30 .
^ "Our 9 Fundamental Beliefs" . The Putney School . Retrieved 2023-06-24 .
^ Barton, April (May 12, 2021). "Why one Vermont school is considered among the 50 most influential high schools" . Burlington Free Press . Retrieved 2023-06-24 .
^ Feloni, Richard. "The billionaire founder of LinkedIn attended a progressive Vermont boarding school that skipped AP classes in favor of carpentry and blacksmithing" . Business Insider . Retrieved 2023-06-24 .
^ Lloyd, Susan M. (1987). The Putney School, A Progressive Experiment . Yale University Press. pp. 21– 3, 31. ISBN 0-300-03742-2 .
^ "Our Field House's Green Features" . The Putney School . 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2020-11-06 .
^ "Campus Map" . The Putney School . Retrieved 2024-04-30 .
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Cohen, Muriel (January 1, 1995). "Putney - A Vermont School that Dared and Succeeded". The Boston Globe : A42.
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State Board of Education (May 19, 2015), Renewal of approval to The Putney School, Putney, VT to serve students in grades 9-12 (PDF) , State of Vermont Agency of Education, retrieved 2015-11-11
^ "Tuition and Financial Aid" . The Putney School . Retrieved 2024-01-05 .
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The Putney School 2008 Alumni Directory . Bloomington, Indiana: University Publishing Corporation. 2008.
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Robidoux, Carol (January 21, 2015). "Olympic Skiing Runs in Lebanon Lawyer's Family" . Bar News . New Hampshire Bar Association.
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Poniewozik, James (April 29, 2010). "Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof" . The 2010 TIME 100—Artists . TIME. Retrieved 2014-03-28 .
^ Sherwin, Adam (2013-05-23). "World's most concise short story writer Lydia Davis wins Booker International Prize 2013" . Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2013-05-23 .
^ "Class of 1964 Obituaries: William Barton Gray" . HR 1964.org . Cambridge, MA: Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1964. 1994. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
^ "Felicity Huffman, actress charged in college-admission bribery case, has Vermont ties" . Burlington Free Press .
^ Aspen (30 August 2016). "Christopher Lehmann-Haupt '52" . putneyschool.org .
^ "Elm Lea Circle | Community | The Putney School" . www.elmleacircle.com . Retrieved 2024-03-27 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Martha Rockwell Olympic Results" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2018 .
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Walker, Shaun (24 November 2013). "Arctic 30 captain re-evaluates protest methods after Russian jails Veteran Greenpeace skipper Peter Willcox was also captain of Rainbow Warrior – which was bombed by French agents in 1985" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2014-03-28 .
^ Cuerdon, Don (Fall 2015). "Putney Post" . Putney Post . p. 23. Retrieved 2021-04-15 .
^ Bloom, Paul (2018-09-06). "What We Know About Art and the Mind" . The New Yorker . ISSN 0028-792X . Retrieved 2019-04-05 .
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