Author: Margaret Podesta

Dear PVES Families, Happy December! This is such a festive month, and our students are coming to school every day ready to learn and prepared with their homework for the day. This mean so much, as children learn early about the benefits of preparedness, organization, and responsibility. We look forward to the last few weeks of…

Dear PVES Families, I hope that the Thanksgiving holiday was a happy and healthy one for all of you. We certainly have so much for which to be thankful: happy and healthy children, caring teachers, and a wonderfully supportive community. I am thankful to all of you for your ongoing support and cooperation as we work…

Dear PVES Families, Thank you all for scheduling your fall Parent/Teacher conferences with your child’s teachers this month.  As we begin the second quarter of this school year, it is so important to communicate openly about learning goals for our students, along with goals for social and behavioral growth as well. Thank you, as always, for…

Dear PVES Families, Thank you to our wonderful PTA volunteers who worked so hard to make the Fall Book Fair such a great success! All classes were able to visit the Fair this week, with many children visiting for a second time when the schedule allowed. We are using all our school spaces to allow for…

Dear PVES Families, Thank you so much to our community First Responders who came to our school to read to some of our classes this week!  We thank you for your service and for taking the time to share a book and teach our children more about what you do for us every day.  This was…

Dear PVES Families, Please join me in welcoming our new Assistant Principal, Mrs. Jennifer Picco, to Putnam Valley Elementary School tomorrow. Mrs. Picco comes to us from the Pleasantville School District, where she has served as Elementary Curriculum Coordinator and elementary teacher, with areas of expertise in Special Education and teaching English Language Learners. I look…