Category: Superintendent’s Messages
Water testing and ES results
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
On September 6, Governor Cuomo signed a law requiring lead testing in schools (beginning with elementary schools) to take place every five years. If you recall, Putnam Valley was proactive in testing for lead in late spring; however, the new law expands the parameters of lead testing. Previously,…
News and social media activity
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
This is an unusual letter, but I feel that it is hard to ignore the social media postings and news activity around clown costumes and fear associated with clown sightings in the media and in our surrounding area. I am writing because the threatening aspect of these posts…
Contribute our voice
Dear Putnam Valley Community and Staff:
October 14 is the last day in New York State to register to vote for November's presidential election. We are hoping to urge all eligible voters to register and to vote, including our eighteen-year-old students. It is my hope that we demonstrate to our students the…
Thank you to those who attended last evening’s screening of Most Likely to Succeed.
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
Thank you to parents, students, community members and staff who attended last evening's screening of Most Likely to Succeed. While the setting of the movie was primarily High Tech High in San Diego, the focus on the student experience was a powerful reminder of how our schools vary in…
PV Parents/Staff and High School students-Join us tomorrow-7PM-Reimagine/Reignite
Dear Putnam Valley Parents/Guardians, Staff and High School students:
John Dewey writes: “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.”
On Tuesday evening, September 27 at 7:00 PM, the Putnam Valley School District will screen Most Likely to Succeed, a film that explores a vision for…
Most Likely To Succeed screening comes to PVHS – 9/27 7 PM
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
Please save the date!
On Tuesday evening, September 27 at 7:00 PM, the Putnam Valley School District will screen Most Likely to Succeed a film that explores a vision for high schools for the 21st century. The movie focuses on the key skills that students…
PVHS Later Start Time Initiative-Committee to be appointed
Dear Putnam Valley Community Member:
In response to substantial research establishing that increased sleep and later school start times impact adolescent student learning and performance, Putnam Valley CSD will undertake a study to provide information that would result in a decision by the Board of Education regarding feasibility and options available to…