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High School Chats Virtually With PDS Senior Interning in Russia!

Ed’s grade 9-10 Modern Human Geography and Culture history class had a chance to Skype with Charlie B. ’17 in Moscow, Russia where he is conducting his senior internship. The chat lasted the entire class period and students were able…

Learn more about the school, make friends and support our teachers

At the volunteer appreciation breakfast, attendees talked about why they enjoyed participating in the PDS Parents Association: “Its a great way to meet other parents.” “We have a lot of fun – laughter at every meeting.” “Whether I volunteer for…

12th Grade Internships Going Swimmingly

Another round of congratulations is in order for our 12th graders, who are beginning their third week at their internships. After much self-exploration and research, they have spread across the region, country and globe to work and learn. We have…

Join us for the PDS PA meeting on May 18

At this month’s Parents Association Meeting, we will be talking about Teacher Appreciation plans and priorities for next year. All parents are invited to attend. Join us on Thursday, May 18 at 8:30am in the Kenyon House Solarium. Added bonus:…

Animal Behavior Class Creates Learning Opportunities for Younger Students

Last week, high school students in the Animal Behavior class hosted a shared reading event with grade 2. The Animal Behavior students took on the challenge of either writing and illustrating original children’s books, creating a digital series of zoo…

Pre-k Interviews Community Members

by Judy Purcell, Pre-k teacher May has been a busy month in the  pre-k class! We have recently started our school community interviews. We are learning about a lot of the people we see around the school but didn’t know.…

ROV Used to Monitor Blueback Herring Migration

by Dr. Brent Boscarino, high school science teacher On May 11, 2017, a group of PDS HS students utilized an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to monitor and record the annual blueback herring migration during the group’s routine American eel…

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…

Congratulations to our seniors on their college decisions!

The Poughkeepsie Day School College Office is pleased to announce the colleges and universities that our seniors have chosen to attend in the fall. After many years of rigorous academic work, coupled with sincere exploration of ideas, activities and interests,…

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…