2009

With the Guns

With school closed for the day there was time for a walk. Buttercup Farm Sanctuary off Route 82 just north…

15 years ago

Objects of desire

Objectified - a film about the creative process of influential product designers – those people who create the “must have”…

15 years ago

“I deserve it, you don’t”: Marshmallows and crime

Deferred gratification – that ability to work for something now at the expense of immediate reward in order to receive…

15 years ago

Seven Suggestions for Messy Times

This morning’s presenter at NYSAIS – Mark Hurst – author of Bit Literacy And here they are: the techniques to…

15 years ago

Student Conflict Resolution: The 30 second solution

“I want the bike,” “No. You can’t have it.” A problem negotiated and solved. Friendship maintained, feelings expressed and managed,…

15 years ago

Go PDS …? The Search for a Name for our Teams

In September we announced that we would be seeking a name for the PDS Sports teams (as well as for…

15 years ago

From the archive: PDS finds a home 1934

  The Poughkeepsie Eagle-News Saturday Morning July 14th 1934 NRA – We Do Our Part  3 cents a copy Here it…

15 years ago

Walkway over the Hudson – past, present and future

A great video of our local bridge – the newly opened Walkway across the Hudson.  

15 years ago

Many Minds, Many Voices, Many Stories

The history of Nigeria and African colonialism is not Chinua Achebe and Things Fall Apart; the Holocaust is not Anne…

15 years ago

10 ways to boost job satisfaction: Resolutions for teache

There’s never a shortage of advice for teachers. And because everyone went to school  – everyone is an expert on…

15 years ago

Praising the Beast

We asked the captain what course of action he proposed to take toward a beast so large, so terrifying, and…

15 years ago

And the geeks should inherit the school….

Great essay by Daniel Roth in Wired magazine about “geeks” and school. Some extracts: “The driving force in the life…

15 years ago

Why give homework?

Every year at the annual Eagle Society poetry reading a lower school student demonstrates that s/he has spent homework time…

15 years ago

Educating Citizens

PDS has had a longtime commitment to service learning and getting involved to make a difference.  I was pleased to…

15 years ago