There's a wonderful walk along the Housatonic in Kent, Connecticut. We were there early enough to have it to ourselves…
It's been a cold winter here in the Hudson Valley. Poughkeepsie records only go back to 1949 but this February…
This well outfitted German trench has a lighted Christmas tree and soldiers celebrating with music and sausages! It's true -…
BBC's Radio 4 first tweet for 2014 was a thrush with a bright blue sky background and a quotation from…
Wonderful pictures of what looks like a creative classroom in a pre-Plowden primary school. Look at the desk arrangements. From…
For adults like me who work in schools September means being confronted with a world of change. There are new…
School is closed tomorrow - Wednesday - because of the impending storm. In anticipation, middle school director George Swain spoke…
I like these words about our Fall Festival Reimagined: Three Cheers - from the Poughkeepsie Journal today: To Poughkeepsie Day…
Ever wonder what happens in an all-school assembly when all students and faculty pre-k through 12th grade gather in the…
From the Poughkeepsie New Yorker (Over 78,000 Read-Round-the-Clock 35 Cents Weekly) December 1941 came this news item about Poughkeepsie Day…
The farmers’ market is full of strange squash and gourds and pumpkins of every color, shape, and size. Autumn – …
Last year I bought some of those ice grippers you can velcro onto your boots. This year I put them…
The weather played havoc with the Winter Festival and instead of an all-school event it was presented in segments. We managed…
When the night winds whistle through the trees and blow the crisp brown leaves a-crackling down, When the autumn moon…
Halloween and time for some fun. It's one thing to talk about the importance of school community and quite another…