Category: Superintendent’s Messages
Grades 8-12 – Parent info re: Student Survey
Dear Parents:
The Putnam Communities That Care (CTC) Coalition is conducting the Prevention Needs Assessment (PNA) Survey on beginning April 27. Your child’s class had been selected to participate in this survey. The PNA survey measures alcohol, tobacco, and drug use; the factors that place students at risk for problem…
Spring Musical this weekend/Inside PV-Pudding Street
Dear Putnam Valley Community:
I want to call your attention to two special items of interest:
Inside Putnam Valley and Me and My Girl
First, you will find a new Inside Putnam Valley video that focuses on the District’s effort to fulfill a decades long request to create…
State Assessments
Dear Parents/ Guardians:
As noted on our school calendar and discussed in a prior email, each year New York State administers a test to measure student achievement across the state. Your child will take the English Language Arts State Assessment on April 5-7 and the Math State Assessment on April 13-17. While…
Spring Recess-Student Achievements
Dear Staff and Community Members:
Our spring break is upon us, and we can hear the early signs of the season in the bird’s songs and are seeing the first crocuses and violets. Next week may surprise us with some snow, but there is sure to be sun as well. The wonderful…
Msg from Dr. Wills – Testing
March 14, 2016
Dear Putnam Valley Parents/Guardians:
Our administrators and teachers are committed to providing the instructional foundation and environment that we believe support student learning and achievement as critical and creative thinkers, readers and writers. In order to strengthen our instructional strategies and target our approaches to individual student needs,…
Msg. from Dr. Wills-Calendar Update-Spring Break 3/21-3/25
Dear Putnam Valley Parents and Caregivers:
As you are aware, we have enjoyed a fairly snow-free winter thus far. Over the past six years, at least, we have had a number of snow or other emergency days, and have not had to re-examine our school calendar. As of today, we have used…
Msg. from Dr. Wills and Haldane Supt., Dr. Bowers-Community Connections
Dear Friends of Haldane and Putnam Valley Schools:
The Haldane and Putnam Valley School Districts have a long relationship of community connections in many areas. We have shared students in district-based special education programs, merged track and field teams, and worked together on professional development initiatives in the region. During the past…