Category: Superintendent’s Messages

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 21^st century.  The movie focuses on the key skills that students…

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…

Dear Putnam Valley Community:

On Saturday evening, the Putnam Valley High School History Club and PV Alumna Sarah Sperling will present, Lockdown, a documentary featuring teacher and staff recollections from September 11, 2001.

This screening commemorates the 15th anniversary of a tragedy that shaped so many lives and allows us to…