Reunion Schedule 2024

This schedule is subject to change.
Return to the reunion website.

Friday, June 7

2:30–8:30 PM Registration in Currier Center lobby
3:30 PM Putney Mountain walk
4:30 PM Afternoon barn chores (not mandatory)
5:15 PM Class of 1974 welcome back reception in KDU Faculty Room
5:30 PM Happy hour near KDU (location weather dependent)
6:30 PM Dinner for all classes. (Class of 1974 Dinner in reserved space under tent)
8:30 PM Sing in Barnes Assembly Hall
Ongoing Sing it Forward campaign display in Currier Center
Ongoing Archives viewing and gathering space in Currier Center Gallery

Saturday, June 8

Ongoing Archives viewing and gathering space in Currier Center Gallery
Ongoing Sing it Forward campaign display in Currier Center
5:45 AM Morning barn chores (not mandatory)
7:00–7:30 AM Continental Breakfast in KDU
7:15 AM Bird walk with ornithology teacher Todd Dowling. School will provide binoculars. Meet lower level of Reynolds Building. Listen and hopefully see some of the resident species on campus. Lower Farm and then up through the pasture. See the new MOTUS Tower used for tracking wildlife and the Bobolink research. Be prepared with shoes and clothes that can handle some insects and a walk through the pasture.
7:30–9:00 Hot breakfast in KDU
9 AM–5 PM Registration in Currier Center lobby
9 AM State of the School assembly with Danny O’Brien and board of trustees.
10:30 AM Morning sessions (tentative schedule is below)
  • Tea and stories: A story-sharing session of your time at Putney
  • “Empty Bowls” Ceramics with Naomi Lindenfeld in Ceramics Studio
  • Genderless Latin Dance with Language Department Chair Abelardo Almazán-Vázquez in Dance Studio [learn more]
  • DEIJB belonging workshop with Director of Equity and Inclusion Ann-Marie White in Calder Hall
  • Putney Mountain Hike. Meet in main parking lot.
  • Open fiber arts studio time with Melissa Johnson ’77. Bring your knitting. A loom will be set up as well.
  • Madrigals singing
12–1 PM Lunch in KDU and under tent
12:30–3:30 PM School store open in Old Boys dorm post office
1:00 PM Class of 1974 Assembly, followed by class of 1974 Putney Mountain hike and ceramics workshop
2:30 PM Class photos, followed by class meetings (see below for photo times)
3–5 PM Alumni interviews in library. Sign up at registration desk.
3:30 PM Campus tour / new dorm tour. Meet outside of Main Building.
4:30 PM All-Alumni Photo at Old Boys Dorm, followed by Farewell Party for Old Boys Dorm
5:30 PM Happy Hour outside of KDU
5:30 PM Class of 1974 photo outside of KDU
5:30 PM Putney Generations photo under red maple outside of KDU. Parents/children who both attended Putney please join.
6:30 PM Dinner and music — Food service and dining outdoors.
Bring an instrument if you would like to sit in and play.
8:30 PM Dancing! Get down to Motown music. Barnes Assembly Hall.
8:30 PM Contra dance in Currier Center

Class Photo Times/Locations

East Lawn Outside KDU
2:30 PM: Classes of 1950-54 2:30 PM: Classes of 1984–85
2:45 PM: Classes of 1967-69 2:45 PM: Classes of 2003–07
3 PM: Classes 2014–16 5:30 PM: Class of 1974
5:30 PM: 
Putney generations photo under red maple. Parents/children who both attended Putney please join

Sunday, June 9

5:45 AM Morning barn chores (not mandatory)
8–9 AM Continental breakfast in KDU
9 AM–12 PM Full brunch in KDU
9 AM –12 PM School store open in Old Boys dorm post office
9:30–11 AM Alumni interviews in library. Sign up at registration desk.
11 AM Dedication ceremony at Hepper House dorm. Dorm tour and a toast to Hepper Caldwell ’46. Meet at Main Building at 10:50 if you want to walk over with a group.
7 PM (bonus event) Tim Weiner ’73, “Will American Democracy Survive?”
at Next Stage Arts in Putney
Learn more and purchase tickets ($10)

Sports fans, we will be showing the following events, in response to alumni requests

Belmont Stakes Coverage starts Saturday afternoon in Faculty Room
French Open finals Saturday and Sunday mornings in Faculty Room