Category: Superintendent’s Messages

Coming together to support our neighbors: Sunday, March 24, 3-5 pm at the Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center Dear Putnam Valley Community: ​The terrorist attack at the Mosque in New Zealand has created a new awareness of the heightened frequency and horror of targeted hate attacks of innocent victims.  There is something particularly terrible about murders in…

Dear Putnam Valley Community:

This is a reminder that we will hold our next "Superintendent's Listening Hour," this Thursday, March 7. We will meet in our High School Library from 5:45 pm to 6:45 pm.

Please consider joining Dr. Luft and me to share your perspectives on school issues and to consider our opportunities…

Dear Parents/Guardians, We wanted to touch base with everyone to make you aware of a disturbing trend that has developed on social media and internet platforms, that some of your children may have experienced or heard about.  It is not uncommon that inappropriate content may be hidden or embedded into videos on the internet. While adults…

Dear Putnam Valley Community:

On Thursday evening, it is expected that the Board Of Education will appoint Dr. Jeremy Luft as the next Superintendent of the Putnam Valley School District. As explained in the letter from your Board of Education on 2/14/19, the Board thought it prudent to seek the consultation services of the…

Dear Putnam Valley staff and community member: The Putnam Valley Business Network has arranged a Drug Awareness and Free Overdose Prevention Training at the Putnam Valley Ambulance Corps on Thursday, February 21, 2019 from 6:00pm-7:30pm. We would like to encourage you to attend this training, and to learn more about the role we can play in saving…

Dear Putnam Valley Community: Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. At our schools there was a great deal of activity, a Blood Drive at the High School, a day to wear red in all schools to honor a former teacher who died in service and to raise money for student scholarships to honor a former teacher, and a…

Dear Putnam Valley Community: You are invited to attend two special events at Putnam Valley High School on Wednesday and Thursday evening, February 13, 2019, and February 14, 2019. When we discuss assessments of educational excellence, we often think about tests of cognitive ability and content knowledge. These tests are a necessary aspect of the validation of…