Recent Play - The Youth of Taurus CharterWhile each class that a student takes, holds within it, the power to unleash deep personal growth, drama can be an especially remarkable force in … Read More
One of the many strategies employed by teachers across all grade levels and divisions is that of scaffolding. Instructional scaffolding is the process through which a teacher helps their students make progress towards, and eventually achieve, mastery level work or…
Project Based Learning – Food Bowl 2019!
Our Grade 6 & 7 students are participating in Food Bowl Hudson Valley, A Poughkeepsie Day School Community Project this year. This year, PDS is participating along with Randolph School and Green Chimneys.…
While each class that a student takes, holds within it, the power to unleash deep personal growth, drama can be an especially remarkable force in this respect.
Through collaboration and communication, drama cultivates a set of life skills that helps…
Alyssa and her adviser, Jake, discussing her academic goals.
Student Reports
As we head towards the completion of Trimester Two, and the publishing of Trimester Two reports on March 15th, our students and faculty have been engaging in important feedback…
In January, our eighth grade English students went to see To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway.
About the Play
Aaron Sorkin’s play adaptation diverges from the novel in several different ways, but perhaps the most significant difference is the overall…
As you know, a major goal of the new PDS Chamber of Commerce is to provide avenues for parents and the community to lend their expertise to enhance our amazing school programs. With that in mind, the Chamber is partnering…
Investigating stories using primary source materials
As part of our yearlong study of migration, our fourth graders had an exciting visit this week from Sarah Litvin who is the first director for the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History…
Peer Tutoring Program
One of the numerous benefits we have as a PK-12 school is the cross-division interactions that happen each day at PDS. One example of this is our ‘Peer Tutoring’ program, it provides middle schoolers with the opportunity…
Zori writing her Attitude of Gratitude card
Thanksgiving break heralds the end of fall season, and the beginning of winter. It is at this time that school seems to settle down, students find a groove, and we reach a level…
A Presentation on Money and Politics
Along with high schoolers, our 8th grade students attended a thoughtful and informative presentation recently by Dr. Joan Mandle on the topic of ‘Money and Politics’.
Joan Mandle has been the Executive Director of…
