2008

Farewell

The end of the school year and an express train filled with events, final exams, feasts, pageants, displays, presentations, performances,…

16 years ago

School goes wild

Graduation was on Wednesday and all the students were gone by the end of the day. And then the rains…

16 years ago

Summer Drama: Powerhouse Apprentices

Nice article about two PDS students in the Poughkeepsie Journal Students to study theater at Powerhouse Hannah and Wiley, rising…

16 years ago

Why Teach Science?

...you don’t have to be a scientist for science to be transformative... Some years ago I had the pleasure of…

16 years ago

Our Hudson River

This was the culmination of a year long study, investigation and exploration of the life and history of the Hudson…

16 years ago

Testing: There are Better Ways to Identify Gifted and Talented Students

It's testing season and here's a timely reminder that traditional testing for ability is not the last word in thinking…

16 years ago

Blocked: Did Kindergarten Invent Modernism?

The maple wood blocks . . . are in my fingers to this day. - Frank Lloyd Wright I have…

16 years ago

Kindergarten Collectors

It was part of a math number and counting project and then both kindergarten classes brought in their personal collections…

16 years ago

The Effort Effect: The Audacity of High Hopes

The effort effect on display at Buttercup Farm Nature Reserve, near Poughkeepsie. See below for a photo of the dam.…

17 years ago

Color

Seeing red, going green, in a purple haze , once in a blue moon. Pictures from the first and second…

17 years ago

American Life

The final project for the eleventh grade drama class was the stage presentation- directed by Laura Hicks - of American…

17 years ago

The pH rises … Science Symposium 08

The pH rises and the bubbles stream out; pop, From the misty stream. The water running and the fish swimming…

17 years ago

Echoes

We don't own the words of course, but it was fun to come across these words from the PDS mission…

17 years ago

Education’s Rock Star: Standing Room Only for Ken Robinson

It was standing room only at Radio City for Sir Ken Robinson's keynote speech at the NAIS annual conference last…

17 years ago

A Day of Ice Pellets

A day of ice pellets and time to catch up a little. And it's been a busy season as usual.…

17 years ago