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[thekaiqueen]

Yall i live like 72 minutes away from from GDST :)

[snedits]

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[putneyhighschool]

Happy Birthday to Us!

Birthdays come and go and there are always some that are more memorable than others. This year will certainly be one of those - a day that calls for more than just cake and candles, as we mark a very significant milestone - the school’s 125th birthday on Wednesday 19 September.

It was an auspicious date from the beginning, New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote on that day in 1893 and since then, pioneering women have not only founded the GDST of which we are a part, but achieved women’s suffrage and set the foundation stones of a movement which continues to gather momentum as new generations take up the baton for gender equality.

Then and Now

It is hard to comprehend just how much the world has changed since the school, then East Putney High, first opened its doors to 54 fearless young women on 19 September 1893. Education for girls was of course, by no means the norm at the end of the nineteenth century, but you’d be mistaken to think it was all a question of demure study and preparation for marriage. Rope climbing was on the curriculum in the gym and astonishingly, cycling was actually a timetabled lesson at school, held on the tennis courts and by no means an easy feat in the long skirts that were worn at that time.  

From Violets to Oak Trees

Purple has run through Putney’s veins from the very beginning. The school’s original emblem was a violet, but even at the beginning of the twentieth century, it was patently apparent that Putney girls were far from being “shrinking violets”, so in the 1920s, the delicate petals of the violet were replaced with the more robust oak tree logo which we know and love today.

From East to West, and Beyond

From a leafy Victorian enclave in South West London, Putney’s outlook today truly has gone global. As modern, technological advancements make the world smaller and more accessible, there are new frontiers to be explored, packed with exciting opportunities.

The curious and ambitious pupils of the early 1900s would no doubt be intrigued to learn that lessons in Botany, Drill and Elocution have today been replaced with Psychology, Computer Science and recently added subjects: Arabic and Italian - the latest additions (this September) to a Modern Languages department where girls are already excelling at Chinese Mandarin (100% A* at A Level this year). The world is moving east, and our students will be ready for it.

On the other side of the world, five Putney students this autumn begin their further education in the USA and Canada. This year alone, after another astonishing year of A Level results, destinations include Bowdoin College, Louisiana State and Universities of Southern California and British Columbia.  Our US and World Class University specialists are supporting sixth formers in their applications to the finest universities that the world has to offer. Our pupils’ ambitions continue to know no bounds.

 An Eye to the Future

Looking back at old photographs, the Putney spirit has remained the same but both its cohort and also the school itself have expanded and changed almost beyond recognition. It seems only yesterday that (in 2016) our state-of-the-art Performing Arts Centre was opened by alumna and actress, Olivia Poulet. Today, proposals for the delivery of a new state-of-the-art science, music, debating and drama block, are beginning to take shape. The new development aims to support the school’s promise to invest in the future of its pupils and to offer the kind of forward-thinking education that is truly fit for the 21st century.

On Wednesday 19 September I hope you will join me in raising a glass to Putney High School, to the happy home of our thriving school community and to all of those who, through its history, have made it the very special place that is has become, and which I love. I am sure that you are all as excited as I am to see what the future holds.

Suzie Longstaff

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[beesbuzzsblog-blog]

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[astrofigs]

What I learned in my Intro to GDST class

GDST = Gender and Diversity Studies

I genuinely enjoyed this class, even though it was an abridged version held during the summer. I had a nice professor named Margo who had a really drawn-out, awkward laugh (you know, with the big sigh afterward). We had seven students in the class. Context.

I’m not much reactive towards offensive things. We would bring up hate speech examples, politically incorrect speeches, things like that. I always had something to discuss and, of course, I cared that these things were being said, but I would think before reacting. Maybe it's because I don’t have personal experience with offensive speech or acts, but I still think about these actions and their effects. I just don’t get heated about them.

I’m privileged. Of course, I’ve thought about this topic more than most, but this class instilled in me how I think of my personal life in regards to privilege. I shouldn’t think of this as a confession at all. Privilege is not an insult to one’s character or whatever. It’s a step towards solving social issues in society through understanding my role in society.

I knew more about U.S. History than I give myself credit for. I know less about current events than I give myself credit for. 

Social work isn’t for me. I knew this coming into the class. I go to a liberal arts college so credits like this are required to graduate, hence why I signed up for the class. Although I want to keep myself humble and up-to-date on current events, my passion for physics is far stronger. If I can combine these somehow into creating change in society and a legacy for myself, hell yeah. 

No matter how much I hate doing papers, I do not procrastinate. For all the papers I’ve had to do in the past couple of weeks for this class, I have no waited until the last second to do any of them. It’s so strange because I don’t want to do them, yet I do them anyways in a reasonable amount of time. How does this happen? Also, I’ve realized how much I really do hate writing papers. Check my major. 

I might continue on with this thread, as I have yet to take the final coming up in about a week.