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| head = Emily Jones
| city = 418 Houghton Brook Road, [[Putney, Vermont|Putney]]
| state = [[Vermont|VT]]
| country = [[United States|U.S.]]
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'''The Putney School''' is an independent [[high school]] in [[Putney, Vermont]]. It 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, located {{convert|12|mi}} outside of [[Brattleboro, Vermont]]. Emily Jones is the director. The school enrolls approximately 225 students on a {{convert|500|acre| km2}} hilltop campus with classrooms, dormitories, and a dairy farm on which all of its students work before graduating.<ref name = "website">{{cite web
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| title = Putney at a glance
| work = Website
| publisher = Putney School
| date =
| url = http://www.putneyschool.org/content/putney-glance
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2014-01-30
| archiveurl =
| archivedate = }}
</ref>

The school emphasizes academics, a work program, the arts, and physical activity. The school's curriculum is intended to teach the value of labor, art, community, ethics, and scholarship for individual growth.

==Campus==
[[Image:Putpan.gif|thumb|right|200px|Animated panorama from the center of the quadrangle on the Putney campus.]]
Most of the buildings on the school's campus were partially or completely built by Putney students and faculty, with the exception of the most recent additions, the Michael S. Currier Center and the Field House. This 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]]", which means that it is expected that its net use of carbon energy over a year will equal zero. It does so by innovative design and construction features plus a field of solar panels.

==Academic program==
The ''[[Boston Globe]]'' wrote: "The school's combination of a New England work ethic and a strong academic program, its pioneering of coeducation and community service and its emphasis on music and the arts have made it a model for other independent schools...Putney remains committed to the total community of work and schooling that goes far beyond the more limited pieces of its tradition adopted by other schools."<ref>
{{cite journal
| last = Cohen
| first = Muriel
| authorlink =
| title = Putney - A Vermont School that Dared and Succeeded
| journal = The Boston Globe
| volume =
| issue =
| pages = A42
| publisher =
| location =
| date = January 1, 1995}}
</ref>
[[Image:04Putgrad.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Then-Director Brian Morgan addresses the graduating Class of 2004.]]
The school is a member of the Independent Curriculum Group and in 2009 had a 10 year accreditation review by the [[New England Association of Schools and Colleges]].

== Notable alumni and faculty ==
===Alumni===
According to The Putney School 2008 Alumni Directory, notable alumni (graduation class shown) of The Putney School include:<ref name = Directory>
{{cite book
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| title = The Putney School 2008 Alumni Directory'
| publisher = University Publishing Corporation
| date = 2008
| location = Bloomington, Indiana }}
</ref>
<!---need class years. Please add alphabetically and include footnote that shows they graduated from Putney--->
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* [[Sam Amidon]] '99, Musician
* [[David Amram]] '48, composer<ref name = Directory/>
* [[Tim Asch]] '51, anthropologist, filmmaker
* [[Carlos Buhler]] '72, mountaineer
* [[Dave Cole (artist)|Dave Cole]] '96, sculptor
* [[Carlton Cuse]] '77, television writer/executive of ''[[LOST]]''<ref>
{{cite web
| last = Poniewozik
| first = James
| authorlink =
| title = Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof
| work = The 2010 TIME 100—Artists
| publisher = TIME
| date = April 29, 2010
| url = http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984940_1985533,00.html
| format =
| accessdate = 2014-03-28}}
</ref>
* [[Tim Daly]] '74, actor
* [[Lydia Davis]] '65, writer, [[Man Booker International Prize]] recipient<ref name="Ind-Man">{{cite news | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/worlds-most-concise-short-story-writer-lydia-davis-wins-booker-international-prize-2013-8627388.html | title=World's most concise short story writer Lydia Davis wins Booker International Prize 2013 | publisher=Independent | date=2013-05-23 | accessdate=2013-05-23 | author=Sherwin, Adam}}</ref>
* [[Barnaby Dorfman]] '86, inventor, technology products
* [[Mahdi ElMandjra]] '50, [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[future studies|futurist]], economist and sociologist
* [[Kai T. Erikson]] '49, sociologist
* [[David Griffiths]] '60, physicist, teacher
* [[Andrea Gruber]], soprano
* [[Joan Hinton]] '39, atomic physicist, farmer in China
* [[Lee Hirsch]] '90, filmmaker
* [[Jeffrey Hollender]] '73, CEO [[Seventh Generation Inc.]]
* [[Reid Hoffman]] '85, web entrepreneur, co-founder of [[LinkedIn]]
* [[Felicity Huffman]] '81, actor
* [[Jeffrey Jones]] '64, actor
* [[Kathleen Kennedy Townsend]] '69, Lieutenant Governor, Maryland
* [[Kerry Kennedy]] '77, lawyer and human rights activist
* [[Bill Koch (skier)|Bill Koch]] '73, Olympic [[cross-country skiing]] medalist
* [[Jonathan Lash]] '63, [[Hampshire College]] President
* [[Ellen Hamilton Latzen]] '99, actor
* [[Téa Leoni]] (Pantaleoni) '84, actor
* [[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt]] journalist, critic, novelist
* [[J. Anthony Lukas]] '51, [[Pulitzer prize]]-winning journalist and author
* [[Sally Mann]] '69, fine-art photographer
* [[Joanna Miles]] '58, original cast member on [[All My Children]]
* [[Adrian Morris]], painter
* [[Errol Morris]] '65, filmmaker
* [[Nell Newman]] '78, co-founder/owner, [[Newman's Own]]
* [[Heather Nova]] '83, musician and songwriter
* [[Ken Olin]] '72 actor, director and TV producer
* [[Bob Perelman]] '64, poet, literary critic and professor
* [[Jonathan Piel]] '57, science journalist, past editor of ''[[Scientific American]]''
* [[Tyler Rasch]] '06, television personality, South Korea
* [[Noel Rockmore]] '47, painter, portraitist
* [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] '61, film critic
* [[Christopher Rowland]] '81, journalist
* [[Jonathan Schell]] '61, author
* [[Wallace Shawn]] '61, actor, playwright
* [[Lucy Shelton]] '61, soprano
* [[Alexis Stewart]] '83, television host, daughter of [[Martha Stewart]]
* [[Peter Willcox]] '72, [[Greenpeace]] activist, ''[[Arctic Sunrise]]'' captain<ref>
{{cite web
| last = Walker
| first = Shaun
| title = 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
| publisher = The Guardian
| date = 24 November 2013
| url = http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/24/arctic-30-captain-protest-methods-russia
| accessdate = 2014-03-28 }}
</ref>
{{div col end}}

=== Faculty ===
Some Putney faculty members (subject taught in parentheses) had careers that extended beyond their teaching.
* [[John H. Caldwell]] (mathematics), Nordic skier on the U.S. Olympic Ski Team, author and Nordic coach of the U.S. Olympic Ski Team
* [[Fernando Gerassi]] (art), artist
* [[Peter C. Goldmark, Jr.]] (history), environmentalist, publisher, and executive.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book
| last = Lloyd
| first = Susan McIntosh
| authorlink =
| title = The Putney School: A Progressive Experiment
| publisher = Yale University Press
| date = 1987
| location = New Haven
| pages =
| language =
| isbn = 0-300-03742-2 }}
* {{cite book
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| title = Carmelita Chase Hinton and the Putney School
| publisher = Palgrave
| series = Founding Mothers and Others: Women Educational Leaders During the Progressive Era
| volume =
| editor-last = Sadovnik
| editor-first = Alan R.
| editor2-last = Semel
| editor2-first = Susan F.
| edition =
| date = 2002
| location =
| pages =
| language =
| isbn = 0-312-29502-2 }}

==External links==
* [http://www.putneyschool.org/ Putney School web site]
* [http://www.putneyschool.org/admissions/putneyinfo/explore/mission.htm Putney School mission statement]
* [http://www.schoolfair.tv/vt_putney.html Putney School Admissions Video on SchoolFair.tv]
* [http://www.independentcurriculum.org/index.php/ Independent Curriculum Group web site]
* [http://www.putneyschool.org/resources/09_accreditation_report.pdf/ Accreditation report from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.]
* [http://boardingschools.com/school-profile.aspx?schoolid=1171 The Association of Boarding Schools profile]

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Revision as of 20:07, 7 September 2015

The Putney School
Location
Map
418 Houghton Brook Road, Putney
,
VT

U.S.
Information
TypePrivate independent co-educational boarding and day high school
Established1935
FounderCarmelita Hinton
DirectorEmily Jones
Faculty35 full-time, 24 part-time/adjunct
Enrollment223
Student to teacher ratio6:1
Campus500 acres
Campus typeRural
Color(s)Green, White
Websitehttp://www.putneyschool.org/

The Putney School is an independent high school in Putney, Vermont. It 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, located 12 miles (19 km) outside of Brattleboro, Vermont. Emily Jones is the director. The school enrolls approximately 225 students on a 500 acres (2.0 km2) hilltop campus with classrooms, dormitories, and a dairy farm on which all of its students work before graduating.[1]

The school emphasizes academics, a work program, the arts, and physical activity. The school's curriculum is intended to teach the value of labor, art, community, ethics, and scholarship for individual growth.

Campus

Animated panorama from the center of the quadrangle on the Putney campus.

Most of the buildings on the school's campus were partially or completely built by Putney students and faculty, with the exception of the most recent additions, the Michael S. Currier Center and the Field House. This 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", which means that it is expected that its net use of carbon energy over a year will equal zero. It does so by innovative design and construction features plus a field of solar panels.

Academic program

The Boston Globe wrote: "The school's combination of a New England work ethic and a strong academic program, its pioneering of coeducation and community service and its emphasis on music and the arts have made it a model for other independent schools...Putney remains committed to the total community of work and schooling that goes far beyond the more limited pieces of its tradition adopted by other schools."[2]

Then-Director Brian Morgan addresses the graduating Class of 2004.

The school is a member of the Independent Curriculum Group and in 2009 had a 10 year accreditation review by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Notable alumni and faculty

Alumni

According to The Putney School 2008 Alumni Directory, notable alumni (graduation class shown) of The Putney School include:[3]

Faculty

Some Putney faculty members (subject taught in parentheses) had careers that extended beyond their teaching.

References

  1. ^ "Putney at a glance". Website. Putney School. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  2. ^ Cohen, Muriel (January 1, 1995). "Putney - A Vermont School that Dared and Succeeded". The Boston Globe: A42.
  3. ^ a b The Putney School 2008 Alumni Directory'. Bloomington, Indiana: University Publishing Corporation. 2008.
  4. ^ Poniewozik, James (April 29, 2010). "Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof". The 2010 TIME 100—Artists. TIME. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  5. ^ Sherwin, Adam (2013-05-23). "World's most concise short story writer Lydia Davis wins Booker International Prize 2013". Independent. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  6. ^ 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.

Further reading

  • Lloyd, Susan McIntosh (1987). The Putney School: A Progressive Experiment. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-03742-2.
  • Sadovnik, Alan R.; Semel, Susan F., eds. (2002). Carmelita Chase Hinton and the Putney School. Founding Mothers and Others: Women Educational Leaders During the Progressive Era. Palgrave. ISBN 0-312-29502-2.

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