OUTCOMES

Poughkeepsie Day School graduates are independent and entrepreneurial individuals who are intellectually curious, active seekers, users and creators of knowledge, who know who they are and follow their own compass with optimism and courage

Poughkeepsie Day School graduates engaged educated global citizens who think globally with awareness and understanding of complexity and multiple perspectives and who have compassion and empathy, and commit to their communities.

Poughkeepsie Day School graduates environmental stewards  who exercise ethical discernment and who lead and inspire others through example, dedication and commitment to a sustainable future and to equity and justice.

Poughkeepsie Day School graduates empowered creative contributors  who communicate effectively, work well collaboratively and care to make a difference.

Poughkeepsie Day School graduates bold navigators who are unafraid to take risks and who know who they are and who follow their own compass with optimism and courage.

Poughkeepsie Day School graduates innovative problem seekers and solution finders with the intellectual and emotional capacity to manage and effect change.

Poughkeepsie Day School graduates self-evolving, self-directed, self-sustaining learners for life who possess a rich academic knowledge base and who are creative, flexible, independent, resourceful thinkers.

Our Vision

Poughkeepsie Day School graduates students who:

• Possess a rich academic knowledge base and know how to think as creative, flexible, independent, resourceful learners for life
• Are intellectually curious, active seekers, users and creators of knowledge
• Listen well, and integrate, analyze, and synthesize information with practiced skill
• Communicate effectively and work well collaboratively
• Think globally with awareness and understanding of complexity and multiple perspectives
• Exercise ethical discernment
• Have compassion and empathy, and commit to their communities
• Know who they are and follow their own compass with optimism and courage
• Lead and inspire others through example, dedication and commitment to equity and justice
• Acknowledge the role of Poughkeepsie Day School in their lives and sustain its legacy

INSPIRATION

What Kids Can Do

WKCD offers materials, examples, literature and initiatives related to youth agency, engagement and empowerment.  They champion “powerful learning with public purpose” and feature articles on topics such as:

Community service and action
Global youth voices
Kids on the Wire annual highlights
Media and arts
School reform
Small schools
Science, environment, and technology
Straight talk and first-person accounts
Written and spoken word
Youth and politics

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