seasons

Out and About: Weekend

There's a wonderful walk along the Housatonic in Kent, Connecticut. We were there early enough to have it to ourselves…

9 years ago

Before Endeavors Melt

It's been a cold winter here in the Hudson Valley.  Poughkeepsie records only go back to 1949  but this February…

10 years ago

The Christmas Truce: “A Day of Perfect Peace”

This well outfitted German trench has a lighted Christmas tree and soldiers celebrating with music and sausages! It's true -…

10 years ago

A Darkling Year or Joy Illimited.

BBC's Radio 4 first tweet for 2014 was a thrush with a bright blue sky background and a quotation from…

11 years ago

A Modern Village School: Christmas 1944

Wonderful pictures of what looks like a creative classroom in a pre-Plowden primary school. Look at the desk arrangements. From…

13 years ago

All this change ….

For adults like me who work in schools September means being confronted with a world of change.  There are new…

13 years ago

No More Snow Days

School is closed tomorrow - Wednesday - because of the impending storm. In anticipation, middle school director George Swain spoke…

14 years ago

“Three Cheers” for the Fall Festival team

I like these words about our Fall Festival Reimagined:  Three Cheers - from the Poughkeepsie Journal today: To Poughkeepsie Day…

14 years ago

The Welcome Back Assembly

Ever wonder what happens in an all-school assembly when all students and faculty pre-k through 12th grade gather in the…

14 years ago

Tradition and change

From the Poughkeepsie New Yorker (Over 78,000 Read-Round-the-Clock 35 Cents Weekly) December 1941 came this news item about Poughkeepsie Day…

15 years ago

Coal smoke and kippers

The farmers’ market is full of strange squash and gourds and pumpkins of every color, shape, and size. Autumn – …

15 years ago

The frozen Hudson River

Last year I bought some of those ice grippers you can velcro onto your boots. This year I put them…

16 years ago

Winter Festival Delayed

The weather played havoc with the  Winter Festival and instead of an all-school event it was presented in segments. We  managed…

16 years ago

Thanksgiving Time

When the night winds whistle through the trees and blow the crisp brown leaves a-crackling down, When the autumn moon…

17 years ago

Community

Halloween and time for some fun. It's one thing to talk about the importance of school community and quite another…

17 years ago