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Dancing into Spring

Let’s hope we have seen the last flake of snow for quite some time. With spring break fast approaching, I want to send you some information and reminders that might be helpful in the weeks to come. Dance into Spring                                                             …

Middle School Productions: Producing More with Less

It’s easy to forget, sometimes, just how much we ask of middle school students. Viewing today’s Saturday performance of the this year’s middle school plays helped me remember this. All of the students in the plays had chosen “Production” as…

Trailers for the Middle School Production

The middle school production of 2015 premiered yesterday for an in-school performance. The weather has postponed our evening performance until 2pm on Saturday afternoon. The actors would love to have a large audience for their final performance– see the “trailers”…

Winter Arts: Dancers take to the stage for MS assembly

There is energy in stillness. Holding still and not moving is active. Contradictory, but true, according to the middle school dancers who shared their work in this morning’s assembly. Today’s culmination of a winter’s arts classes ended in two performances.…

Seniors Save the Moment

We have a long tradition of taking middle school students on overnight trips. Trips away from school represent experiential learning at its best. Students and teachers are submerged in a new environment with learning from that environment and each other…

Peacemakers Dis-Assembly

Each year, the PDS community comes together in some fashion to celebrate those who promote peace and peaceful resolution to social conflict.  The Peacemakers Assembly, as it is commonly known, occurs in January or February in most years, coinciding with…

Welcome Advancement Team!

Advancement at PDS combines the work of admissions, development, communications, marketing and data management into a cohesive working unit. At the center of our advancement work are the students and their families. Our purpose is to ensure that they –…

Commemorating Peacemakers

This week we honor and reflect upon people who have challenged the status quo and improved social justice in their communities. We hold this event annually as an All School Activity called Peacemakers. The name Peacemakers is relatively recent at…

College Visits

As you head off for college visits during spring break, keep the following in mind:…

We read with Read Across America

The weather delay did not daunt us! Along with the rest of America, we began today with a middle school meeting to celebrate Read Across America! First held in 1998, the National Education Association began Read Across America as a…