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Featured News
Renowned Architect of Huseby House Dies at 86
David Sellers, a renowned architect whose work includes Putney’s Huseby House, died at 86. An article in The New York Times states, “he believed that architects could design better building if they did the construction themselves.” True to form, he used wood from Putney land to build the common room and staircase, and included Putney students as a major part of the design process. His legacy lives on in Putney largest dorm, and all the expressive, innovative structures he erected in Vermont, and beyond.
Harvard Business School Highlights Path of Lee Martin '15
From Chicago to Putney, from Swarthmore to Harvard, an articled published by Harvard Business School tells the story of Lee Martin ’15, and his journey as an artist, an athlete, a leader, and a young adult committed to mission-driven work in the business world.
News & Events
Fall 2024
Putney Post
The gift of being here, at Putney, now, is this message of trust and responsibility and its transformative properties. I read once: “The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.” This is possibly what Putney does best, and this lesson has been key to raining children I trust, who trust themselves, and who trust the world around them, even when it’s not simple, straightforward, or easy.
However, the concept of trust is neither simple nor straightforward. It’s a practice, a neurological/emotional state, a religious experience, an evolutionary fact. We asked alumni to grapple with the concept and it’s consequences from various vantage points.
Articles
Alumni Newsletter
March 2025
Yesterday was Town Meeting day. And while our students are currently on spring break, the issues the town of Putney wrestles with remain relevant to life on campus. Small communities are like families-at our best, we laugh together often, occasionally disagree, and ultimately take care of each other. Thank you all for being a part of the Putney family. May your maple trees run with sap this spring, and may the emerging blooms brighten your day.
Family Newsletter
This year we reimagined our partnership exchange with the Bedales School in Petersfield, England. Eight students and two adults from Putney are there now, and when they return, they’ll bring back nine Bedales students and two adults to stay, learn, and experience our version of a progressive boarding school.