2007

Disintermediation, Radiohead and Newtonian Physics

Disintermediation - one of those wonderful baggy words that only yields up any meaning after being dismembered into constituent parts,…

17 years ago

Colleges that Change Lives

Colleges that Change Lives is the title of Loren Pope's very useful book for those planning for college. It's also…

17 years ago

Gnome Update

Gnome update: See Gnome Eruptions or scroll for the original story and commentary There were no further eruptions reported yesterday…

17 years ago

Beyond the Comfort Zone: Outdoor Education and the ZPD

Imagine a cleared space in the forest and a circle drawn with a rope; “This is your comfort zone –…

17 years ago

Gnome Eruptions

They started appearing on campus last week. The gnomes. Peaceful gnomes presiding over the grounds and the walkway between the…

17 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

Just in time for curriculum evenings …

The world is moving at a tremendous rate. Going no one knows where. We must prepare our children, not for…

17 years ago

Pangea Day

"You have a voice, you have a vision, you have a story worth telling." Can film bring the world together?…

17 years ago

Off and Running

We added Cross Country to the athletic choices this fall and the team is off and running and doing very…

17 years ago

Google docs, Social Networking and RSS in Plain English

Three more useful short videos from those very helpful clever teachers at Common Craft: Google docs (no more email attachment…

17 years ago

A New Schedule

Test, test, test and test some more. 

17 years ago

They’re back …!

They came by bus, by van, by car, by foot, on bicycle and on crutches. They carried book bags and…

17 years ago

Student Orientation

It was the first day of school for ninth grade, fifth grade and all students new to Poughkeepsie Day School.…

17 years ago

Mission Tag Cloud and a Mystery Text

A tag cloud is a visual presentation of text. It uses word frequency to provide a blink-worthy read of information.…

17 years ago

Global Eye-popping

Among other key attributes Poughkeepsie Day School graduates students who: Think globally with awareness and understanding of complexity and multiple…

17 years ago