teachers

Operation Pied Piper: What were they thinking?

In Hamelin in Lower Saxony. there's an inscription on a wooden beam on the side of the Rattenfangerhaus (rat catcher's…

4 years ago

Good Enough

The signs are everywhere. Along with so many other institutions, schools - and all those who work in them and…

4 years ago

The Welsh Connection

This is a follow-up to The Queen of Mean and one of a series about Headlands Grammar School and what…

5 years ago

The Queen of Mean

When Senior Mistress Miss A. Jacob retired from Headlands School Mr.Magson had this to say in the school magazine: Two…

5 years ago

Can and May and Merv

Everyone who ever had Merv Comrie as a teacher at Headlands has a story to tell. Merv left an indelible…

5 years ago

And of Course We Called Her “Nutty”

Before I learned to be afraid of Miss Jacob I was terrified by Miss Almond. First week, first form at…

5 years ago

Escape from the Spirit People

When a re-wired, pack-rat educator takes a deep dive in the basement there's no telling what she will find in…

5 years ago

New Recycling System Open for Business

The high school Enviro Club reports that the new recycling facility has been rolled out and is ready to use…

10 years ago

Paper Cuts: Josh at the Sewing Machine

The first day of alleged spring and another day disrupted by the rituals and routines of early dismissal. By  mid…

10 years ago

Violin Vinyasa Yoga for PDS Parents

"Violin Vinyasa Yoga," an after-school enrichment program FOR PDS PARENTS begins on January 21. Violin Vinyasa Yoga is for yoga…

10 years ago

Problem-solving is what you do when ….

Problem solving is what you do when you don't know what to do. - Alinda. That's just one of the…

16 years ago

In Honor of Don Fried

In honor of Don Fried and his three decades at Poughkeepsie Day School: Past and present colleagues, students, parents and…

17 years ago

PDS Teacher Honored

Here's a link to today's Poughkeepsie Journal about the grants awarded to upper school history teacher Bernadette Condessa.Congratulations Bernadette.

17 years ago

My Life as the Ink Monitor and How Not to Introduce 1:1 Laptops

Technology is always disruptive. Think of the introduction of the printing press, or the combine harvester, or the mechanical looms…

18 years ago