Twenty three students from The Putney School were honored by the Vermont Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The prestigious program offers exhibition opportunities and scholarships for young artists and writers across the Green Mountain State. Their award-winning work will be on display at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center from...
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For her project week, Amber ’23 designed and made three dresses to donate to a charity fashion gala benefiting Mother’s Choice, an organization which supports children without families in Hong Kong. “I designed three dresses that were inspired by Latin-American culture, Chinese culture, and a modern dress to fit the...
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You only consider yourself a night person until you’ve discovered the value of morning time. This is the conclusion I’ve come to this fall. There’s something so special about those quiet hours when the weight of the world feels lighter, especially on our hilltop—the morning fog and autumn colors adding...
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By: Jason ’22 My block one class that I have first thing every morning (except Saturday, which only has blocks 3 and 4) is Writing and Research with Kevin Champney. And I couldn’t have asked for a better teacher. Writing and Research is basically what it says on the tin;...
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Where am I from? Great question! Honestly I struggle to answer this question every time someone asks. If you mean ‘Where does your immediate family live?’ I would say the capital city of Kyrgystan, Bishkek. If you mean ‘What is your country of origin?’ I would say that I was...
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A photo of me (in the middle in black) with the studio members of Tokinoha My name is Lingwen Zhang and I am a Putney international student from Chongqing, China. Thinking about the time I spent at Putney, three years went past so quickly, and I’m now already a senior....
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My name is Gio and I am from Vernon, Conn. While on my way to my interview and first ever visit to the Putney School—and the state of Vermont, for that matter—something quite unexplainable happened. In my hometown about an hour and a half away, only two minutes from my...
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Model UN was never my vibe. Something about the polished packs of smartly dressed high school students migrating across college campuses for a weekend seemed…wrong. They were put together, and I most certainly was not. I was awkward in a crowd and they blended seamlessly. I preferred to live in...
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My name is Amber Liao and I was born and raised in Hong Kong. I am currently 16 years old and will be a sophomore at Putney. In my previous school, the arts were often overshadowed, and unfortunately for me, I am a big fan of the arts. This is...
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By: Jason ’22 Hello Putney community, and welcome back to another (or maybe your first!) year at Putney! My name is Jason, and I am a junior here on the hill. I am returning to Putney from NYC (currently known as Plague Inc.) where I live with my parents, my...
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