Category: Superintendent’s Messages

Dear Putnam Valley Community: 

I would like to invite you to our next "Superintendent's Listening Hour", which will be held Tuesday night, May 2. We will meet in our High School library at 6:00 pm, just prior to the Board of Education meeting, which begins at 7:00 pm. I look forward to introducing you to…

Dear Parents, Staff and Community Members:

Please join Travis McCarty, Assistant Principal of the Middle School, and Chris O'Connor, Assistant Principal of the High School and our PTA and PTSA for a free screening of Screenagers-Growing Up In The Digital Age, tonight at 6:30 PM in our High School Performing Arts Center. The movie vividly displays the impact of "screen addictions" on teen…

Dear Putnam Valley Community: 

Yesterday,  I attended our regional superintendents' meeting and learned about a Netflix series, "13 Reasons Why," that has caused great consternation and concern among mental  health professionals and educators due to its approach to the topic of teen suicide, its graphic imagery and emotional sensationalism. The series has…

Dear K-12 Staff and Community Members:

Earlier this year, we addressed concerns revealed in a social media posting by high school students that referenced April 20 and April 21, and I wanted to share an update. As indicated in a recent letter by the high school principal, Ms.Intrieri, the District has arranged for…

Dear Putnam Valley Community:

The Putnam Valley Board of Education will hold a special business meeting, tonight, Tuesday, April 18, beginning at 7PM in the High School cafeteria. The purpose of this meeting is to approve the BOCES 2016-2017 budget and to vote on the BOCES Board of Education candidates. 

The Board will also…

Dear Staff and Community Members:

Last evening many of us were inspired by our student bridge projects at the middle school. Our seventh graders displayed their remarkably diverse and aesthetically interesting solutions to the Pudding Street/Taconic State Parkway overpass design. Guided by a team of professional architects and their teachers, Ms. Conlin…

Dear Community Members:

After screening 10 candidates and asking 6 candidates to come back for a second round of interviews, the interview committee has recommended Nicole Mangiere as the next Putnam Valley Middle School Assistant Principal.  It is expected that the Board of Education will appoint Ms. Mangiere as Assistant Principal at…