Category: Superintendent’s Messages
End of Year Msg. from Dr. Wills
Dear Putnam Valley Community and Colleagues:
As we look forward to a sunny and safe summer vacation, we look back on a productive and meaningful year with a mixture of joy and sadness. For many reasons, this has been a very long and emotional school year. The weather was relentless and cruel, and we continue to…
PVES Water Test Results
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
We have just received the results from our monthly water test that indicate the presence of coliform at our Elementary School. (This is a routine test and last month’s results were normal. ) E.coli was not present in any results.
It was recommended that drinking fountains be closed until the system is completely flushed. Water fountains were immediately…
Msg. from fourth grade teacher Mrs. Odell
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
Today, we received the attached heartwarming letter of gratitude and appreciation from fourth grade teacher and colleague Katie Odell and her family. We have all been filled with concern and hope for Katie's recovery, and now we are hearing that she is home and getting well. We are so grateful for this…
PVES – Outdoor Classroom
Dear Putnam Valley Elementary School Families:
With the effects of the recent storm, we did a great deal of tree work around our elementary school campus to remove trees that had fallen and to provide additional preventive maintenance. Yesterday, without any cause that could be determined, another tree fell on the outdoor classroom. No one was outside at…
Superintendent’s Listening Hour-Tomorrow-6/7/18-5:45PM
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
I would like to invite you to our next "Superintendent's Listening Hour", tomorrow, Thursday, June 7. We will meet in our High School Library from 5:45 pm to 6:45 pm.
Please consider joining me and sharing what's on your mind as the year comes to an end and we look toward the 2018-2019 academic year. The goal of the Listening…
Memorial Day Message from Dr. Wills
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
On a day for remembrance, we feel a comingling of grief and gratitude. There is a deep sadness for those heroes who sacrificed all for us and left families bereft. We seek photographs and memories for solace, and they are reminders of the loss of their presence in our families, their love and friendship. At the same time, our gratitude…
Our Sphere of Influence
Dear PV Colleagues and Community:
Yesterday, our high school principal, Ms. Intrieri, sent me a text asking what we should write, what message we should send about the shooting in Santa Fe, Texas that led to the loss of 10 lives of students and teachers. To be truthful, I said I didn't know what to say…