PDS Blog

Decision-Time for Seniors

Whether through an envelope, by e-mail from colleges, or a website post, each day brings news of joy or dismay to students. Years of hard work and study, hours spent preparing for admissions tests, and all that time given over…

Alleviating Hunger Through Food Bowl™ Hudson Valley

By Andrea Tufts, advancement communications coordinator Our creative PDS grade 6 team and High Meadow School students not only brought attention to the critical issue of local hunger, but collected thousands of pounds of non-perishable food through Food Bowl™ Hudson…

Functional Art-Upcycle Plus ~ The Jean Project

By Morgan A. (2018) A new art course in the high school – Functional Art/Upcycle Plus takes the “old” and makes it fashionable and useful. The “Jean Project” is an example of how we transform the faded and worn to…

Spanish 2 Develops Grammar Skills and Vocabulary through Blogging

By Joan Garcia, instructor in Spanish The most recent update to our Spanish curriculum is the addition of the Spanish 2 student blog postings. It came about because grade 9 student, Hannah, has been blogging since she was in Shirley’s…

PA Awards Faculty Grant to the Campus Upcycling and Recycling Project

The PDSPA is happy to announce the award of the first Faculty Grant in Honor of Josie Holford.  The grant goes to Li Pipman Denault for her proposed Campus Upcycling and Recycling Project. Li’s innovative project will encourage students to…

Student Centered Science Learning: Finding the Question (and Answers)

By Jonathan Heiles, HS and MS science Students in the Advanced Experimental Science course are pursuing experimental answers to questions they find engaging. Some of the questions are new and other build on work done by previous Poughkeepsie Day School…

Food Bowl 2016

This year’s project: “The Hungry CAN Take a Bite out of the Big Apple” Sixth grade students returned to school triumphant this week after completing the Food Bowl build on Friday night. Food Bowl, (formerly Canstruction) which I have blogged…

Collaborative Music Program offers Professional-level Engagment

By Damon Banks, adjunct music teacher The high school music program is not just a set of courses. It is both a space and a culture of collaboration and learning that brings in workshop experts such as Paul Beretta (drums)…

PDS Competes in Academic WorldQuest

Each year since 2007, a small group of dedicated high schoolers has devoted weeks and sometimes months to investigating world affairs through the lens of the World Affairs Council of America annual “Academic WorldQuest Study Guide.”  As they prepare for…

Adams Gift Cards for Sale!

Order Adams gift cards and earn cash for PDS while you shop!   Place your order by March 10th for delivery on March 17th. There are 2 ways to order Adams Cards: Paper form. You can find a paper order form…