{"id":107,"date":"2016-11-21T17:09:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T17:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drwills.edublogs.org\/?p=107"},"modified":"2018-01-25T00:07:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T05:07:09","slug":"thanksgiving-message-from-dr-wills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/district\/superintendent\/thanksgiving-message-from-dr-wills\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Message from Dr. Wills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Putnam Valley Colleagues and Community:<\/span><\/p>\n

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, \u00a0I want to extend my best wishes to all for a fulfilling and joyful day. \u00a0Time with family and friends is special; we relax in the comfort of our homes, sharing our offerings of food and good spirits. That warmth is cherished, and for many it is anticipated for weeks ahead. Others may feel the absence of someone who is missed at the table, and\u00a0we bolster them with our presence and recollections of time past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In that spirit of caring, \u00a0Putnam Valley High School,\u00a0has been dedicated\u00a0this past month\u00a0to Rachel’s Challenge, \u00a0fulfilling the wish of a young woman who was the first to die at Columbine High School in 1999, and who left behind diaries and poetry that seemed to prefigure her role in history, creating a challenge to her peers to spread \u00a0goodwill, and to play a part in history by\u00a0“dreaming big” and starting a chain reaction of kindness. Rachel’s challenge has been taken up by high\u00a0schools throughout the country.\u00a0Our “Make a Difference Club” has been collecting food for the needy in our area,sending notes of appreciation to our entire staff and pledging to participate in the Kindness\u00a0“crusade.”\u00a0\u00a0Wonderfully,\u00a0with gratitude to their families,\u00a0we\u00a0notice in Putnam Valley Schools\u00a0that the students are, with very few exceptions, good to one another. Our school leaders and staff are committed to\u00a0creating an environment that makes our schools safe and comfortable places for all.\u00a0For me, a guide to\u00a0my own reflections on this holiday\u00a0is expressed by Anne Frank, who, at thirteen while hiding with her family\u00a0through the courage\u00a0of a neighbor,\u00a0maintained her ideals and belief in the essential goodness of people, reflecting in her diary, “how wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”<\/span><\/p>\n

If you can, join our music department at the Tompkins Cultural Center tonight at 7:00 pm for the second annual Gratitude Festival!<\/span><\/p>\n

Wishing all a wonderful holiday!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Frances Wills<\/span><\/p>\n

Superintendent of Schools\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Putnam Valley Colleagues and Community: As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, \u00a0I want to extend my best wishes to all for a fulfilling and joyful day. \u00a0Time with family and friends is special; we relax in the comfort of our homes, sharing our offerings of food and good spirits. That warmth is cherished, and for… Continue Reading Thanksgiving Message from Dr. Wills<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-superintendent","clearfix"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2882,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/2882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}