Decisions, Decisions, Decisions…
May 1st is a few days away, and it is time for seniors to make THE BIG DECISION. While this can be a daunting task for many, here are a few strategies that may make it easier.
1) Make a…
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Art History Students Visit The Netherlands
by Wayne Toepp, high school and middle school art teacher
Students in the Seventeenth Century Dutch and Flemish art history course traveled to Amsterdam from March 28th through April 6th, visiting several museum collections topical to the course as well…
Eel Sampling
PDS is a participant in the NYSDEC’s Citizen Science Program and conducts Eel sampling work with the NYDEC (each Thursday in spring). A small group of high school students immerse themselves in the Hudson River water in order to gather…
Annual Blueback Herring Migration
In May of 2017, a group of high school students utilized an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to monitor and record the annual blueback herring migration during the group’s routine eel sampling at the Fall Kill in Poughkeepsie, NY. The…
Trout in Classroom
Trout in the classroom is led by the SUNY Cobleskill Coldwater Fish Hatchery an effort to get high school students and teachers involved in raising trout in the classroom. The Hatchery provides curriculum along with the following equipment a coldwater…
Advanced Experimental Science Course
Students in the Advanced Experimental Science course are pursuing experimental answers to questions they find engaging. By the end of the course each student is expected to have enough sound data to write up an experiment he or she designed…
Not Exactly Scary, but Takes Courage
At PDS, we’ve had student-led conferences since 2004, when my predecessor, George Swain, introduced them to our middle school. We started with a pilot for just grade 8, but quickly included seventh graders. The sixth grade followed suit a few…
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…
Aquatic Invasive Species Research
Aquatic Invasive Species Research – Hemimysis Anomala (Bloody Red Shrimp)
PDS Science teacher, Dr. Brent Boscarino, and a group of his students have been conducting a study of Hemimysis Anomala, an invasive species of bloody red shrimp, spreading throughout the…
Summer Praetorius ’98
Summer Praetorius
Class of 1998
Summer is an Ocean and Climate Scientist with the U.S Geological Society and works as a Research Geologist and Micropaleontologist. Her mission is to study past climate events and patterns in search of possible tipping…