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PDS Teacher Honored

Here's a link to today's Poughkeepsie Journal about the grants awarded to upper school history teacher Bernadette Condessa.Congratulations Bernadette.

18 years ago

The Weekend

The view from Huckleberry Point in the Platte Clove Preserve just before the rainstorm. Saturday June 17th ...and along the…

18 years ago

Connect Joy to Neuroscience

In their zeal to raise test scores, too many policymakers wrongly assume that students who are laughing, interacting in groups,…

18 years ago

Moving up: Words of Wisdom

When you have an idea don't keep it inside you. Speak up and say what you have to say. Even…

18 years ago

Strategic Plan delivered

There was no fanfare of trumpets or marching band but the PDS Strategic Plan arrived on Monday. Victoria accepted delivery…

18 years ago

What’s the difference between school and prison?

I take my title from Gary Stager. Read his commentary and research to answer the question for yourself. (To read…

18 years ago

The High School – Original Research and a Car Wash

Learning is all about making meaning; seeking and making meaning are what human beings do. Schools have the opportunity to…

18 years ago

Memories: “…one cannot get another set.”

You see, there are all those early memories; one cannot get another set; one has but those. Willa Cather, Shadows…

18 years ago

Dancing and Drumming

First there was an intensive and interdisciplinary study of Ghana and West Africa including geography, science, history, literature and art.…

18 years ago