By Geoffrey Dubas, high school math teacher
Being a first year mathematics teacher at PDS, I had no clue I would have the opportunity to be an assistant coach as well and therefore a part of such an amazing accomplishment…
By the end of each school year, the teachers and I can all glimpse the future high schoolers that the eighth graders will soon become. At this point in the year, they have registered for their high school courses, and…
All on the same stretch of Boardman Road,came two debuts this fall: We established a chorus in the middle school and a retirement residence, The Landing, opened up across the street from our campus. With both new endeavors up and…
While grade six works on research papers and presents Lego missions, grade seven is deep in the midst of grappling with proportional thinking in math and literary analysis in English.
Of all the concepts in middle school math, the leap…
By Michelle Holmes, grade 3 teacher
Odd question to ask a third grader during math, right? Not if that third grader is reading Demi’s “One Grain of Rice.” In our exploration of number patterns, several of our students became…
Who doesn’t love a robot? Even with robots in our daily lives, it is still a fantasy to think of what else could be engineered to help us. Our sixth graders work each spring, to imagine robots. They also spend…
By Hannah Sunshine, grade 4 teacher
This spring, 4th graders took a big step in taking ownership over their own learning. When it came time to confer with parents and share work from the year, students took the lead. This…
The 2016 Post-Spring Benefit Online Auction is open! New Items have been added and previously displayed items are available at special prices.
If you already registered to bid via smart phone or computer either at the time of the auction…
Counting down until the end of the school year is a bittersweet experience. Sometimes it seems as though just when we have the students performing at their highest level, the year is over. The end of the year is full…
“Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.” – Unknown
The PDS Parents Association is a priceless asset to the PDS community. From providing grants to teachers to promoting a sense of community in our school,…
