Eighth Grade Moves Up
The Class of 2021 has finished its middle school years and is getting ready for high school.
On June 12, we celebrated this rite of passage at our Middle School Moving Up event. Here are my opening remarks, sending them…
Farewell to Seniors 2017
Our last All School Activity for this year carried on the tradition of bidding farewell to the seniors.
The task for groups was to make a magic wand and write a special spell. One of the favorite “Caffeinator” to make…
PDSPA Used Book Fair and Book Cafe
By Lisa Kaul, chair PDSPA Used Book Fair
It’s that time of the year when you can de-clutter for a cause! Please consider donating books to the Annual PDSPA Used Book Sale. Proceeds are used, among other things, to help…
PDS PA meeting date change – Now on April 28 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The PDS Parents Association is trying a new day and time to provide more parents the opportunity to attend our meeting. The original meeting, scheduled on April 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., has been rescheduled to Friday, April…
April 4, Capitol
Framework of the day:
We left the 4-H Center at 8:33am. We returned at 9:30pm. My Fitbit has logged 20025 steps and 8 miles.
This was truly the quietest group at night that I have ever been on a PDS…
April 3, NMAAHC and Arrival
We made it out of town, no sweat! Thank you to all at home who managed to rouse the sleepy this morning for our on time departure. It was a little eery to be at school when almost no one…
Spring Cleaning? De-cluttering? We’re here to help!
Donate your used books (gently used children’s books, cookbooks, thrillers, fiction, non-fiction, books that you had to read for work, etc.) to the PDS Parents Association. You can drop them off at the school near the gym doors between now…
Registration for the Largest Summer Program Ever!
Registration is now open for our largest summer program ever! It has three unique themes:
Maker Camps (ages 7–13) include coding, programming and game design, 3D Printing, Minecraft, LEGO® Mindstorms® stop-motion animation, engineering and science.
Young Adventures Camps (ages 4–11)…
Get inspired! Registration now open for new Spring Enrichment courses
The Spring Enrichment Program features interesting new courses taking place both indoors and outdoors. Registrations for all spring courses are now open through Friday, April 7th. Courses will begin right after Spring Break.
Here’s a look at three new courses…
Fashion and Flying
Two captivating moments in different middle school classes last week:
The Fashion Show
In Erin Murphy’s 8th grade Spanish class, students presented a fashion show in order to practice vocabulary. They has a run way, outfits and, most important, accurate…