With school closed for the day there was time for a walk. Buttercup Farm Sanctuary off Route 82 just north…
Objectified - a film about the creative process of influential product designers – those people who create the “must have”…
Deferred gratification – that ability to work for something now at the expense of immediate reward in order to receive…
This morning’s presenter at NYSAIS – Mark Hurst – author of Bit Literacy And here they are: the techniques to…
“I want the bike,” “No. You can’t have it.” A problem negotiated and solved. Friendship maintained, feelings expressed and managed,…
In September we announced that we would be seeking a name for the PDS Sports teams (as well as for…
The Poughkeepsie Eagle-News Saturday Morning July 14th 1934 NRA – We Do Our Part 3 cents a copy Here it…
A great video of our local bridge – the newly opened Walkway across the Hudson.
The history of Nigeria and African colonialism is not Chinua Achebe and Things Fall Apart; the Holocaust is not Anne…
There’s never a shortage of advice for teachers. And because everyone went to school – everyone is an expert on…
We asked the captain what course of action he proposed to take toward a beast so large, so terrifying, and…
Great essay by Daniel Roth in Wired magazine about “geeks” and school. Some extracts: “The driving force in the life…
Every year at the annual Eagle Society poetry reading a lower school student demonstrates that s/he has spent homework time…
PDS has had a longtime commitment to service learning and getting involved to make a difference. I was pleased to…