RattleBag and Rhubarb

The Masks

Watch The Masks written and directed by PDS student Haixu Liu - All American High School Film Festival Awards winner.…

12 years ago

The Invisible Bike Helmet

I like this story of imagination, design, persistence, invention and ingenuity. "We're going to save the world."  "It's chicken to…

12 years ago

An Age of Marvels

If there’s any doubt that we are living in an age of marvels just read these accounts of what happened…

12 years ago

A Message in Cupcakes

So this is the message I found on my desk when I returned from lunch today. The cupcakes were delicious…

12 years ago

The IBM Selectric Typewriter and Kenyon House: “You must have been drunk!”

Cross-posted from Josie's Blog Did you know that Poughkeepsie Day School now has a Fab Lab? It's short for fabrication…

12 years ago

My First and Last Poppy: Evermore and Nevermore

In Memory of Lance Corporal Frank Herbert Sims. Royal Army Medical Corps who died on 28 January 1919 Age 34 Son…

12 years ago

Why School? Why PDS?

We are at the beginning of a period of focused strategic thinking at school and the Board of Trustees has…

12 years ago

Ready or not, here they come

After more than a year of preparation we’re as ready as we’re going to be.  This Sunday a team of…

12 years ago

Middle School Learning Community

How we took four classrooms and a corridor and created a contemporary learning space for the middle school in the…

12 years ago

Beneath the Surface: The Hokey-Pokey and Jump Jim Joe

Most Wednesday mornings the lower school assembles in the Chapman Room and parents are welcome.  It’s usually a showcase for…

12 years ago