…and we’re off!
The first week of school is always exciting for grown ups as well as children, but there’s also relief when Friday evening comes, and as an adult you can look back and say, “Right! We’re back to school! Let’s get…
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Opening Day, So Far, So Good
We’re back! After our separate summers of action, our middle school learning community began to reform, today, for the new school year.
It was a day of getting acquainted and reacquainted. In whole group meetings, and in advisory, students learned…
Welcome Week 2016!
PDS is coming to life! After a wonderful Faculty Work Week and pre-season sport’s practices, teachers, staff and the Parents Association are getting ready to welcome the entire community through our doors on Wednesday, September 7. Don’t forget the following…
Getting Ready for a Great School Year
The Parents Association hopes everyone had a fantastic summer. Although it is always hard to leave summer behind, the start of the school year brings excitement as well. Representatives from the PDS Parents Association will be on-hand during the first…
Remembering Moving Up as We Start to Gear Up
The Class of 2020 photo op!
In June we celebrate each student moving up to the next grade, with a special emphasis on the eighth graders. As they finish the “grammar school” part of their educations, they have much to…
Recommendations for Parents of Seniors
If, like me, you are wondering why your child is suddenly ignoring you, talking back to you, refusing to clean his room, or running out of the house at every opportunity to be with her friends, worry not. This is…
Two Faculty Grants Awarded
The PDS Parents Association coordinates several fundraisers during the year and receives money from each family at the beginning of the school year. Each and every parent is a member of the PDS Parents Association. Money that is raised by…
Celebrations on June 14, 2016
The end of the year brings many celebrations: completed work, successful projects, moving on to a new grade in the fall, moving up into a new division. This year, we added one more celebration to middle school: We celebrated decades…
I feel very lucky to say goodbye
While speaking with a friend on the difficulty of saying goodbye to PDS, she noted something that struck a chord with me: “You know you are lucky to know someone when it is so hard to say goodbye.” As I…
Lower School Reflections
By Mary Ellen Kenny, assistant head of school, lower school dean
These days, the emphasis naturally shifts to bringing closure to the studies that have occupied students and their teachers for many months and to providing time to take stock…