We are delighted to bring this important film to Poughkeepsie Day School as part of our ongoing work and dialog around community. There will be an in-school screening for students in grades 7-12 followed by a facilitated discussion with…
Our mission statement at PDS:
Poughkeepsie Day School develops educated global citizens with a passion for learning, leading and living.
Many students find a particular passion as early as elementary and middle school. Zach, in grade six, has developed his…
By Bernadette Condesso, director of college counseling and high school history teacher
Adults in your life have likely have told you: “Enjoy high school—these are the best years of your life!” But, can high school actually be a happy experience?…
We had a warm and community focused ending to this amazing week. The last school week of 2015 could not have been better– from Food Bowl to Mozambique to the concert and today’s end of year festivities, everyone shone.
With…
We use the letters MSLC to represent our middle school learning commons, and our middle school learning community. It was all about the community in our first ever, middle school concert.
This fall, we undertook an ambitious program. Every student…
We are pleased to announce the PDSPA Faculty Grant Program in Josie Holford’s honor. The PDSPA is proud to support our faculty in their creative, innovative endeavors in the classroom through this grant program. The faculty may now apply, individually…
Amid all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, the Poughkeepsie Day School Parents Association would like to wish a warm and wonderful Winter Break to students, families, faculty and staff. Be happy, stay healthy, and come back in…
What if you could create a school program that combined empathy for the cause of food justice with engineering, design and English Language Arts? What if that very program required collaboration with organizations outside of school, as well as massive…
By Jay Celuch, high school Spanish teacher
Anyone who has ever studied a language other than his or her native tongue would agree: becoming comfortable with thinking in and speaking a language is the best way to learn and remember…
Education brings the world to students. Knowledge opens minds. As technology advances, finding its place in the classroom has been seen as important over and over again. Moveable type made textbooks possible, television and video made seeing breaking news and…
