The final performance of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” took place on Friday evening in the James Earl Jones Theater. Students ran the entire show– not only acting, but also as set designers, sound and lighting technicians, and costume…
Barbara Beisinghoff at PDS
PDS, and the middle school in particular, were fortunate to have the internationally known artist Barbara Beisinghoff spend a day on campus.
Barbara was brought to Poughkeepsie by Vassar College through their Creative Arts Across Disciplines…
We had a warm and community focused ending to this amazing week. The last school week of 2015 could not have been better– from Food Bowl to Mozambique to the concert and today’s end of year festivities, everyone shone.
With…
The middle school art class was without its usual and very competent teacher this morning. I jumped in to fill the gap. More or less. Truthfully, mostly less…I don’t know how to felt.
Lucky for me, the students have learned…
Last week, the seventh graders added to their artistic exploration of the novel Chains, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, by performing skits based on scenes in the novel. This, in addition to their already fine work with poetry around the…
It’s easy to forget, sometimes, just how much we ask of middle school students. Viewing today’s Saturday performance of the this year’s middle school plays helped me remember this.
All of the students in the plays had chosen “Production” as…
The middle school production of 2015 premiered yesterday for an in-school performance. The weather has postponed our evening performance until 2pm on Saturday afternoon. The actors would love to have a large audience for their final performance– see the “trailers”…
There is energy in stillness. Holding still and not moving is active. Contradictory, but true, according to the middle school dancers who shared their work in this morning’s assembly.
Today’s culmination of a winter’s arts classes ended in two performances.…
