On Saturday morning, 7 DS staff (including the Head of School, Cecil Stodghill) took to the highways and backroads of 5 counties to present our senior class with 2021 yard signs! After a few dozen doorbells, 100+ miles of driving, and some loud singing, all were delivered and we had a slew of happy parent …
Every year, our school celebrates “Founder’s Day”. It’s a day to stop what we are doing and reflect on where we have come from. We talk about our school history, traditions, people that have made meaningful, lasting impacts on our lives, and the memories we made here. We share these with our current student body …
The women of Doane Stuart are powerful, smart, strong, and bold. They are creative, nurturing, diplomatic, and funny. They are such a large part of who we are as a school, as we were founded from two all-girls schools, St. Agnes & Kenwood. The history of these schools and Doane Stuart now is steeped in …
Last week, we celebrated “hat day”. On hat day, we all come into school wearing our favorite hats. Some hats recognize famous baseball teams, some hats are silly (the eagle was especially entertaining), and some are creative (a vending machine equipped with lights)! A hat we really loved seeing was a Saint Agnes throwback to …
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In the spring of 1939, a young, intelligent, creative, and curious woman graduated from Saint Agnes School. Vollmer, seeking adventure, independence, and new experiences, left her hometown of Loudonvillle, NY to enroll at Barnard College, majoring in journalism. There met a similar spirit in Edie Parker (first wife of Jack Kerouac) and moved in with her. Sharing an apartment on 118th Street in NYC, their place became the hub for the meeting of the minds. Lucien Carr, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Vollmer’s future husband, William Burroughs, often frequented their flat to discuss writing, literature, philosophy, music, and world affairs.
