In today’s technology-filled world, the college application process can be simpler for students. For those of us who used typewriters to complete our college applications, today’s online tools would certainly have aided our research of colleges and enabled streamlined online…
Last week middle school covered the world and beyond.
Seventh graders study water this year with middle school teacher, Emma Sears. Water is a a very earthly topic, but some of its life is hard to see. High school science…
Yes, students often do learn inside the box — if one thinks of the classroom as a “box.” In the high school this can mean anything from the wonderfully bright “Solarium” that abuts the Kenyon Student Center to the larger…
The next PDS Parents Association meeting is on Thursday, November 12 at 8:15 am in Gilkeson Room 18A.
Agenda will include:
Poughkeepsie Mini Maker Faire
Budget
High School Parent-Teacher Dinner
New Book Sale
Is there anything you’d like to discuss? …
Our well loved, Halloween tradition:
Gather in All School Activity groups
Dress your senior(s) in recyclable materials
Carve a few pumpkins
Move to the theater
Have a senior fashion show
Oooh and Aaah over the pumpkins
Middle schoolers get an…
By Rachel Silverman, grade 1 teacher
Recently, the first grade visited Market Street in Poughkeepsie to explore this key component of our yearlong study of community. With the support of several parent volunteers, we broke up into small groups to…
A few weeks ago, we gathered the middle school students and advisors together and began to read Fish, by L.S. Matthews. Reading aloud is not uncommon in middle school, but on this particular day, we joined with hundreds of classrooms…
The Fall Box Tops for Education Campaign will end on Friday, October 30. Bring those Box Tops you’ve been collecting to PDS now! You can deposit them in the Box Tops For Education boxes at the front desks in Gilkeson…
By David Jordan, grade 4 teacher
This blog post shares its title with a popular children’s picture book created by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. The premise of the story, I Wish You More, is a parent sharing with…
Adams gift cards are back! Earn cash for PDS while you shop at Adams!
Order by October 28th (for delivery on November 4th)
Why buy Adams gift cards?
The PDSPA receives 10% of every Adams Fairacre Farms gift card purchased…
