Author: Margaret Podesta

Dear PVES Families, Tomorrow is World Series Monday at PVES! In honor of the World Series and the great world of sports, all students and staff are invited to wear baseball hats, baseball shirts, or any other sports apparel to school. As always, we look forward to a great “community theme day” in our elementary school. This…

Dear PVES Families, I hope that you and your family members are enjoying the beautiful fall weather and all of the outdoor activities that are available at this time of year! Our elementary students are busy learning, growing, and socializing, and they are loving the problem-solving Character Ed theme this month. We are so proud of…

Dear PVES Families, Thank you so much to our Putnam Valley Volunteer Fire Department for visiting our school last week and meeting with all our grade levels for fire safety lessons. The children were able to learn about fire safety and prevention, and they even got to climb onto the visiting fire trucks. We are so…

Dear PVES Families, I hope that you are all enjoying the nice long weekend, and Happy Rosh Hashanah to all who celebrate! It looks like it’s going to be a beautiful week ahead, and as always, we will be very busy at PVES! Please mark your calendars for this Friday, October 11^th. Schools will be dismissing 15…

Dear PVES Families, Tomorrow is School Picture Day at PVES! The children should have their bright smiles ready! Thank you to our PTA volunteers who are helping to make this day such a success. All classrooms have been scheduled to go to the Auditorium for pictures at specific times for individual and group photos. It is…

Dear PVES Families, Today we welcome the season of autumn, and we are all ready at PVES to “fall” into great books and lots of learning. Our classes are beginning to visit our school library for book exchange every other week, and the children are very busy working with their Scholastic materials and small group/guided reading…

Dear PVES Families, We completed our first 5-day week of the school year, and our students are doing such a wonderful job! Thank you so much to all our parents and guardians who were able to attend our Back-to-School Nights this past week! It was wonderful to see you and share the work we are doing…