by Hannah Sunshine, grade 4 teacher
I recently listened to a segment on NPR, in which Lois Lowry and Christopher Paul Curtis were interviewed. Both are authors who have written historical fiction geared toward elementary aged students. Though they have…
The Building and Design course has gotten a wonderful start to the Green Future Mural, a mural that will reflect a Hudson Valley scene and one that will use upcycled glass, china and ceramics!
The Mural is part of the …
Answering 90 multiple choice questions about international affairs topics may not be high on the list of weekend activities for many students. But for our PDS Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) competitors, it is what they have been preparing to do for…
The sixth grade is in the final two days before the big Food Bowl build on Friday evening (March 3) at the Poughkeepsie Galleria!
Behind the scenes, the students have to practice. What looks like simple stacking has to carefully…
This month I’ve invited parents of grade 5 students to visit with me, tour the Holford Learning Commons and hear about the middle school program. Of special interest are parts of the program that work to build a bridge between…
I’ll start by apologizing for the weather — no, really! I’m sorry about all the delays at the start of the day. I know it throws your day for a loop. I’ve never spent so much time looking at weather…
The PDS PA is asking all PDS parents to submit their Box Tops to school by February 16. Students can hand them in to their teachers. The PDS Parents Association uses the money raised by the Box Top program to…
PDS has partnered with NY Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2017 and will receive money when parents purchased tickets.
Tickets are selling quickly! NY Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2017 is just around the corner (February 24 – March 19th) and will…
By Debby Brooks, LS & MS Art Teacher
Lower School Parent Art Days are back in full swing in the Gilkeson café!
On Friday, January 27th, Pre-K and Kindergarten artists welcomed their families and shared three of their favorite art…
If you’re ever wandering around the Gilkeson hallways, you might want to pause to see the busy block building that goes on in the After room.
The wooden blocks get continuously built up and taken down and put away again…
