In recent weeks, the high school has reaped the rewards of sending talented graduates into the world. Alums Matt Buccelli ’06 and Jake Horsey ’07 returned to share their experiences and their creative talents with high schoolers.
Matt, who attended…
We are lucky to be here at the school. We’re lucky for where PDS is situated, in Poughkeepsie, in the heart of the Hudson Valley. And we’re lucky because of the people who are here now, and because of those…
On February 23, a group of PDS alums gathered at a terrific eatery in San Francisco for a first ever West Coast Reunion! Attending, were alums and former students from the Bay Area, and included a former PDS teacher, Harriet…
When I first came to the Day School, in 1965, I brought with me a document I had put together with a colleague at the Harley School in Rochester. It described the attributes we wanted to see in a really…
PDS’s Don Fried was honored the evening of June 25th in NYC at the largest PDS alumni reunion ever! The room was bursting with stories about how Don and PDS have so deeply impacted the lives of our amazing students. …
When my late husband, Tony, was interviewing for various head of school positions in the spring of 1991, I’ll never forget his reaction to PDS when he returned home from his interview there. It was “I can’t believe what I…
We caught up with Kathryn Buccelli ’08 for the 80th anniversary of Poughkeepsie Day School’s founding. Kathryn spent 17 years as a member of the PDS community as both a student and as the daughter of former Head of School…
