The Putney School at a Glance

 

 Campus

Year founded: 1935
Size: 500 rural acres
Location: Scenic Southern Vermont, 10 miles to Brattleboro, close to major Green Mountain ski areas, 115 miles to Boston and 213 miles to New York City
Facilities: 9 dorms (4 boys, 5 girls), 34 on campus residences/apartments
32 classrooms, visual & performing arts center, dining hall, school store, infirmary, observatory, dairy farm, horse barn, 2 greenhouses, 6 gardens
40 Km Cross Country Skiing trails, 3 athletic fields, weight room, boat house


 School Population

Director: Emily Jones
Administrators: 7 Staff: 40
Faculty: 35 full time, 24 part time/adjunct
Faculty/Student Ratio: 1:6
Average Class Size: 9-15 Students
Student Enrollment: 226 - 55% Girls, 45% Boys
Boarding Students: 162
Day Students: 64
Geographic Distribution: 23 States, 15 Countries
Diversity Ratio: 14% American Minority, 21% International
Financial Aid Recipients: 44%

 Academic Program

Courses: Arts, English, Modern Languages, History, Library, Mathematics, Sciences, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Astronomy, Independent Study

College Placement: During the past four years, Putney graduates have attended such colleges as Alfred, Amherst, Antioch, Art Institute of Chicago, Bard, Bates, Beloit, Bennington, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brandeis, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Carnegie Mellon, Clark, Colorado College, Cornell, Dartmouth, Earlham, Eugene Lang, Evergreen State, Grinnell, Hampshire, Harvard, Kenyon, LAMDA, Lawrence, Lewis and Clark, Macalester, Marlboro, McGill, MICA, MIT, Mount Allison, Mount Holyoke, New College (Florida), New England Culinary Institute, New York University, Oberlin, Prescott, Reed, Rhode Island School of Design, Saint John's, Sarah Lawrence, Scripps, Skidmore, Smith, Spelman, Stanford, Tufts, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, University of Chicago, University of Edinburgh, University of Vermont, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Warren Wilson, Wesleyan, Wellesley, Whitman and Willamette.

Alumni: 3,971

 Financial

Enrollment Cost
Boarding Student - $41,100*, Day Student - $26,900
* Tuition covers @ 70% of the cost of a Putney education

Philanthropic Support
Annual Fund '07-'08: $790,712
Endowment: $20 million

 Farm

Award Winning Milking Cows, Cattle, Oxen, Horses, Sheep, Pigs, Turkeys, Laying Hens

 Special Programs/
 Features

Project Week, Land Use, Farm Semester, Art Semester, Community Service, Assembly, Senior Exhibitions, Sunday Evening Meeting, Long Spring
Afternoon and Evening Activities: Drama, Arts, Crafts, Music, Dance, Skill-Building
Work Program: Dining Room and Kitchen Crews, Garden, Farm, Woods, Maple Sugaring, Maintenance Crews

 Arts

Music: Orchestra, Chamber Music, Chorus, Jazz, MIDI Lab for music composition
Visual Arts: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Fiber Arts, Photography, Book Arts, Jewelry, Blacksmithing, Woodworking
Drama: Drama, Advanced Drama, Theater intensive, On-going productions, Drama tech (lighting and sets)
Dance

 Sports

Boy's & Girls Team Sports: Soccer, Rowing, Cycling, Cross Country Running, Cross Country Skiing, Basketball, Lacrosse, Ultimate Frisbee,

Co-Ed Recreational Sports: Hiking, Mountain Biking, Alpine Skiing, Horseback Riding, Boxing, Weight Training, Dance, Yoga, etc.

 Library

Titles: 26,000+
Periodicals, Newsletters: 100
Inter library Loan Service
Special Collections: donated by alumni and friends

 Summer Programs

High school age boarding and day students enroll in arts, music, theater, dance, writing and ESOL programs. Younger students can join our weekly Young Riders Horse camp.

The Putney School
Elm Lea Farm
Putney, Vermont 05346-8675
(802) 387-6219 or (802) 387-5566  (802) 387-6278 (fax)