The girls’ soccer team played at home today against Eagle Hill and the action was non-stop, right from the first whistle. Whether it was four on one against Natalie on the front line or the deadly duo of Jasmine sweeping and Tessa goaltending, the Eagle Hill crew had their hands too full to prevent the [...]
Nobody’s quite sure of the origin or timing, but when someone announces “Pirate Day” at The Putney School, it’s all hands on deck. Friday’s crew responded with gusto, as you can see from this gathering outside the Currier Center after morning assembly. There were more Arrrs and Ayes than a Rhode Island address directory. The [...]
What ought to be the proper relationship between progressive education and politics? In what ways should political activism manifest itself within the Putney School community? These are just a few questions that student, faculty members, and trustees considered last week in a symposium titled “Politics and Progressive Education.†The community colloquy was well-attended and manifold [...]
The varsity boys had their first home game of the 0809 soccer season today against Vermont Academy. The day was sunny and cool, but the action was hot–particularly in the last 45 minutes of the game in which Putney went from a 2-0 advantage to a 3-2 deficit. A good rally with just minutes to [...]
Mt. Monadnock, with its treeless summit, pokes from the eastern skyline like a, well, like a big granite pimple. No sense keeping it a mystery, so the incoming new students of 2008-09 climbed it on Wednesday. But we didn’t just turn them loose in the parking lot. After a full day of on-campus orientation Tuesday, [...]
Our farm hand, associate dean of students and the farm manager’s son have broken free of the grid to pedal miles from Alaska to Panama in the name of donated heifers. On June 20th, 2008. Noah Hoskins-Forsythe, Tim Whittemore and Sam Stickney began their ride from Anchorage, Alaska, to the Panama Canal. They are traveling [...]
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