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Graduation 2009
On a serene Friday afternoon of June 12th, The Grammar School (TGS) in Putney, Vermont held its 8th Grade commencement. Beginning with a class performance by the graduating students of “All you Need is Love” by Lennon and McCartney, Steve Lorenz, the Head of School, welcomed the community. more...
Children’s Chorus Springs to Life This April
At 6:00 p.m., Thursday, April 2, in the Currier Center of The Putney School, student singers from local independent schools will join forces for a debut concert of the new Connecticut River Children’s Chorus. more...
The Library Birthday Party
Students at Putney’s Grammar School celebrated their school library’s 48th birthday today. This custom is as old as The Grammar School and was started as a way to acquire books. more...
The Grammar School Receives over $30,000 in Grant Funding
The Grammar School in Putney, Vermont recently received two grants in support of their financial aid program. Over 32% of the student population receives such support. more...
Native American Studies Brought Center Stage at The Grammar School
At recent all-school meeting everyone was treated by a visit from Roger Longtoe, a Native American of the El-Nu Abenaki tribe. Mr. Longtoe came dressed in traditional clothes and spoke of the many ways in which the Abenaki people took care of themselves. more...
"Tetes, epaules, genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds...”
Sung to the popular early childhood song “head, shoulders, knees and toes”, kindergartners at The Grammar School in Putney, Vermont, are learning the parts of the body, as well as other important things, in French! more...
Preschoolers at The Grammar School Learned to be Good Neighbors
Ken Brautigam and Libby Cowan helped the younger students at The Grammar School give back to the community by collecting food for the Putney Food Shelf. more...
The “Three Rs” at The Grammar School Means Something New This Year
As The Grammar School in Putney nears its 50th anniversary, the community is proving they can still teach and learn new things. This fall, TGS embarked on a rather ambitious environmental program of “Recycling, Reusing and Reducing”. This new “Three R’s” program is a school-wide phenomenon, relying not only on students, but faculty, staff, parents and indeed the whole community, for support and success. more...
Tree Plotting at The Grammar School Invites ACCLAIM
Recently, 7th graders at The Grammar Schoolin Putney attracted the attention of researchers studying connections between rural schools and communities – in mathematics. The Grammar School was selected from among nearly 60 schools that had been nominated, nationwide, on the basis of recommendations by experts in either mathematics education or rural education. more...
Brattleboro Reformer; November 10, 2007
Putney kids sing theme for new PBS series.
Annice Pelletier knew the chorus she
was singing in at The Grammar School's production of "Romeo and
Juliet" was good. The kids were hitting on all cylinders during the
performance, Annice, 8, said, in so many words during an interview
Friday. more...
Brattleboro Reformer; September 18, 2007
Read all about it! BUHS senior falls in love with journalism.
Who, what, when, and where are the classic
questions for the lead in a newspaper article. Maggie Dodge (TGS alumna, class of 2004), managing
editor of the Extempore, Brattleboro Union High School's student
newspaper, works on all facets of putting a paper together -- writing,
editing and layout -- every Monday after school in the back of Room
205 at BUHS. more...