I am not a fan of Halloween. There - I've said it! What a killjoy, spoil sport, and miserable curmudgeon! Ok…
Building community means getting to know each other. And that means time. Last week we had the first ASA (all-school-activity)…
There’s solid evidence that American students do well when they are encouraged to think for themselves and expected to collaborate…
We received a wonderful letter yesterday and here it is: Dear Ms Holford: I volunteer at The Queens Galley in…
I like these words about our Fall Festival Reimagined: Three Cheers - from the Poughkeepsie Journal today: To Poughkeepsie Day…
100% of PDS high school students agreed with all of these statements on the HSSSE : I feel safe in…
The coffee houses of the Enlightenment; the Paris salons of Modernism - two examples of the spaces conducive to innovation…
Turns out that we may be hard wired to co-operate and help out. And this behavior occurs in children before,…
From the Poughkeepsie New Yorker (Over 78,000 Read-Round-the-Clock 35 Cents Weekly) December 1941 came this news item about Poughkeepsie Day…
“I want the bike,” “No. You can’t have it.” A problem negotiated and solved. Friendship maintained, feelings expressed and managed,…
From UniversityAffairs in Canada comes this technology tale of mayhem, menace, mischief and malice: The Wild Web. There's even a…
There's an animal sanctuary in Saugerties and today students from the high school were there giving a helping hand. There…
Did you catch this NYTimes article on open-source science and seeking collaborative solutions to new challenges? “If You Have a…
Halloween and time for some fun. It's one thing to talk about the importance of school community and quite another…