A CURRICULUM SHOULD BE a CALL to ACTION Here Students Do at PUTNEY, THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS EXTRACURRICULAR
A CURRICULUM SHOULD BE A CALL TO ACTION here students do AT PUTNEY, THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS EXTRACURRICULAR. EVERYTHING IS LEARNING. You are going to be learning all of the time—inside and outside, with teachers and fellow students, through your jobs and leadership roles, in independent study, at campfires, and in classrooms. This book is rogressive educator Carmelita Hinton founded a menu of choices, but it is also a call to action: a call to be creative P The Putney School in 1935. In 1954 the school and work hard. At Putney you will learn to be bold and innovative, to established eight goals for students and faculty: work and to lead, to consider yourself and others, to live at home and out in the world, and to build sustainability into all of your efforts. To work not for marks, badges, honors, but to discover truth and to grow in knowledge of the universe and in the understanding of men, to treasure the hard stretching of oneself, to render service. 4 The Putney Core 54 Afternoons To learn to appreciate and participate in the creative arts, 7 Throughlines 62 Evening Arts 13 Subject-Centered Objectives 6 8 J o b s where man gives expression to his struggle for 18 Essential Experiences 69 Leadership Positions communication of his inner life and for beauty, and to 26 Academic Curriculum grant these arts great prestige. 28 Courses 29 Long Fall To believe in manual labor, be glad to do one's share of it 30 Independent Work For a current and comprehensive look and proud of the skills learned in the doing.
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