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McCain vs. Obama in Econ Class Tax Plan Debate
Kristin Dawley’s Economics class debated the proposed tax policies of our presidential candidates recently. Each side made opening statements, then elucidated their main points. After a quick break to prepare notes, each side offered two rounds of rebuttals, followed by closing statements.
Both sides spoke of alleviating taxes on the middle class–the Obamans with direct [...]
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Kristin Dawley’s ESOL U.S. History class had a hands-on Thanksgiving feast lesson on Friday when they rolled up their sleeves and helped Executive Chef Marty Brennan-Sawyer prep for dinner on Saturday afternoon, featuring our newly revived “March of the Turkeys.” (Click here to see a gallery of images from the Saturday feast.)
Before they were [...]
Our students do not get taught leadership in a classroom, but rather must practice it and learn it by experience. They run work crews, lead dorms, sit on faculty committees and the board of trustees, and debate how to run a community in which individual freedoms must mesh with responsibility to the group. There are [...]
Putney CFO and clerk of the works for both the Michael S. Currier Center and the pending Field House, Randy Smith, introduced DEW Construction Inc’s man-on-the-ground, Tony Papa, in assembly recently. Tony was also the construction manager for the Huseby House dormitory and Currier Center and is gifted in integrating students, faculty and curricula into [...]
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