In addition to completing the school’s demanding college-preparatory program, all seniors participate in a four-week, off-campus internship in May.

For more than 25 years, the school’s internship program has enabled PDS seniors to explore or further develop their academic and personal interests through real-world, unpaid on-the-job placements.

Last year, sponsors include such area organizations as Vassar College, Planned Parenthood Mid-Hudson Valley and The Chamber Foundation, Inc., as well as Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Half Moon Books and Clinton Vineyards. Students also volunteer at Studio Russell James, MTA New York City Transit, Children’s Museum of the Arts and Women’s Environment and Development Organization in New York City and in not-for-profit and corporate settings as far away as China and South Africa. A formal presentation detailing students’ internship experiences is held for their families the evening prior to graduation.