The Dalton School (New York, NY)

Abstract, Scope, Contents Philosophy and Practice is a compilation of senior high school student papers written during a 1989-1990 education course of the same name. From the editor’s statement, “the papers to follow represent an attempt by students and teachers to reflect on the tension between theory and practice in education. The topics vary enormously but they share the characteristic philosophical concern with concepts, the problem of explicating their meaning, and the attempt to specify the consequences for...

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Quantum Leaps was the newspaper of the high school student science committee of the same name. It began publication in approximately 1985 with articles and illustrations covering diverse topics in science. Issues from 1990 and 1991 are held in the archives.

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Dalton's first Asian Literary Magazine produced by the Asian Culture Club. The translation of "silk" is "zh", very close in sound to the Chinese word for "poem", "sh".

Abstract, Scope, Contents Storyville was written by the junior class to be presented to the class of 1953 at the Junior-Senior Tea Party. Junior students, in honor of the graduating class, traditionally hosted this annual luncheon at which juniors performed skits about the faculty and senior students and the seniors read their “Will” for the school. This tradition is mentioned in The Daltonian as early as 1936 and as late as 1974.From the forward...

Abstract, Scope, Contents "We offer you different aspects or “stripes” as we call them of the Dalton student’s life. Our lives extend beyond the classroom and we want Stripe to be the platform to share these experiences. Culture, passions, interests, adventures—that’s what enriches the Dalton experience and we hope that by reading Stripe, you gain a firmer grasp of who and what surrounds you. We were born into a world among storytellers and this magazine tells the...

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The Awful Truth was a newsletter issued by the student Public Affairs Committee. With the purpose of informing Dalton students about the “major goings on in the world... The paper condenses many items in the news today and often adds a touch of humor.” The newsletter was published from 1976–1977.

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This publication was the work of members of the Dalton Student Curriculum Committee. Progressive education and aspects of the Dalton Plan were some of the topics covered in this collection of editorial articles.

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Conceived as a collection of editorials, The Dalton Alternative was a submissions based newsletter “aimed at provoking an open, dynamic and unrestricted forum for the voices of the student body.”

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“This present journal recalls the name of Bloch’s Annales d’historie economique et sociale to remind students that the writing of history is indeed a craft, and one worth mastery. With one exception, the papers presented here were written by students in the high school. One 8th grade paper was included because of its sensitivity.”