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Art! 3 DS Students Featured at Gallery

March is National Youth Art Month, and Albany Center Gallery announced the winners in student work from 22 regional high schools. We are so excited to share that 3 of our students have been selected to present their work in the 22nd Annual High School Regional.  Exhibition Dates: Thursday, March 25 – Friday, April 16, 2021 On …

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The Doane Stuart School’s Beat Generation Connection

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. 

Most Loved Facebook Post of 2020? One guess.

This morning we spent some time going over 2020. While it may have been a wild, and sometimes weird ride, with Covid-19, we also have to acknowledge we had some beautiful moments too. We were able to connect every day virtually having full-day classes every day, we were able to have a graduation on our …

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