RattleBag and Rhubarb

A New Schedule

Test, test, test and test some more. 

17 years ago

How the Arts Deepen Student Thinking

There was a great article in last week’s Boston Globe. The authors - Ellen Winner and Lois Hetland - dismiss…

17 years ago

They’re back …!

They came by bus, by van, by car, by foot, on bicycle and on crutches. They carried book bags and…

17 years ago

Student Orientation

It was the first day of school for ninth grade, fifth grade and all students new to Poughkeepsie Day School.…

17 years ago

Mission Tag Cloud and a Mystery Text

A tag cloud is a visual presentation of text. It uses word frequency to provide a blink-worthy read of information.…

18 years ago

Curiosity

Poughkeepsie Day School graduates students who: Are intellectually curious, active seekers, users and creators of knowledge Curiosity is the natural…

18 years ago

Global Eye-popping

Among other key attributes Poughkeepsie Day School graduates students who: Think globally with awareness and understanding of complexity and multiple…

18 years ago

Voice activated pencils: “The school we’d like”

A school in a giant submarine with waterproof maps of the underwater  world. Private helicopters to fly children to France…

18 years ago

A World Lit by Shooting Stars

The exhalations whizzing in the air Give so much light that I may read by them. Julius Caesar Act 2…

18 years ago

The School that I’d Like

Back in 1967 – the Observer newspaper in the UK organized an opportunity for children to write on the subject:…

18 years ago