Category: Superintendent’s Messages
Summer Meal Information – No Kid Hungry
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
Summer is the hungriest time of the year. No Kid Hungry can help.
No Kid Hungry is a national campaign that provides a summer meals texting service. The service is free, and open to anyone. A parent, grandparent or caregiver can simply text the word “FOOD” to 877-877 and the system prompts them…
Superintendent Message: Dr. Jeremy Luft
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
Each year, around this time, we find ourselves reflecting on the school year that is ending while also taking time to plan for the next school year. As most of you know, Dr. Frances Wills is retiring at the end of this school year, and I am privileged to have been named…
MS/HS Dismissal Today (June 18, 2019)
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
We want to let the community know about an incident that occurred this afternoon during the dismissal from the middle/high school campus. As our students were boarding their buses, two adolescents (not from Putnam Valley), along with one of our high school students entered one of our buses and inappropriately interacted verbally with our…
Judge Reitz – A friend to the PVCSD
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
On Friday, June 14, Putnam County and our school district lost a great friend and supporter of youth and education with the sudden death of Judge James Reitz. For many years, Judge Reitz addressed our families and our students on safety issues and the devastating consequence of drug and alcohol abuse. He…
MS\HS Power Outage – June 11, 2019
There is a power outage at the high school/midddle school campus due to a one car accident that damaged a utility pole. NYSEG is expected shortly. Both schools are currently under a shelter in place protocol. Students will stay in current classrooms until we get additional information.
We are assessing the need to alter our dismissal schedule. Updates will…
D-Day 75th Anniversary
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
Today, as we memorialize the 75th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944, I want to thank the Putnam Valley History Club and advisor Vin DeGregorio for making sure that Putnam Valley schools demonstrate reverence and gratitude on this very special day for America and the world. I was fortunate last summer to…
Elementary School Information for Friday, May 31
Good Morning Putnam Valley Community:
This morning at our Elementary School, a bear cub was spotted near one of the garbage dumpsters. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation have been notified and we are all monitoring the area very closely. Sheriff Deputies are currently on site. The Elementary School will…