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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. 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.
Based on its founder's principles, 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.




Campus



The original buildings on Putney's campus were overhauled or constructed by Putney work camp attendees, students, and faculty in 1935. 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".
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.




Academic program



In 1995, the Boston Globe described Putney as combining "a New England work ethic and a strong academic program." 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.




Tuition


Tuition for the 2023-24 academic year is $74,500 for boarding students and $45,400 for day students.




Notable alumni and faculty






= Alumni

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According to The Putney School 2008 Alumni Directory, alumni of The Putney School include (graduation date shown, where applicable):




= Faculty

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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






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.




External links


Putney School web site
The Association of Boarding Schools profile

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