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Poughkeepsie Day School to Stage Macbeth

December 4, 2006
Contact: Sandra Moore, Director of Development and Communications


Poughkeepsie, NY--Poughkeepsie Day School will mount a production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth Friday, December 8 and Saturday December 9 in the school's James Earl Jones Theater, Gilkeson Center. For the past six years, the school has staged a comedy; in a departure from this tradition, Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and one that is familiar to most high school students was chosen.

The production is the culmination of an annual, semester-long central study course, "Performing Shakespeare," in which students from grades seven through twelve examine Shakespeare's language and the theatrical conventions of his day. In addition, they develop skills in acting, costume design, lighting and sound and set construction.

Curtain time is 8:00 on both evenings. Admission is free, although contributions to the school's theater fund will be gratefully accepted at the door.

Founded in 1934, Poughkeepsie Day School enrolls 325 students in grades pre-kindergarten through grade 12 from 48 communities in the mid-Hudson Valley. It is distinguished by its interactive and interdisciplinary approach to learning and emphasis on the development of creative and critical thinking skills. For more information, contact Sandra Moore, office of development and communications at 845-462-7600, extension 110.

PDS Teacher's Solo Exhibit Opens at NYC Gallery

November 28, 2006
Contact: Sandra Moore, Director of Development and Communications


Poughkeepsie, NY-Totowa Book of the Dead, a solo exhibition of photographs by Laurie Giardino, middle school technology teacher, will run at the Clementine Gallery, 623 West 27th Street, New York through January 6, 2007. Ms. Giardino also teaches a course in photo-documentary as part of Poughkeepsie Day School's innovative central studies program.

Totowa Book of the Dead is a selection of the artist's silver gelatin photographic prints taken from 1976 through 1984 that serve as a personal documentary of the decline of an archetypal American suburb and the marked disenchantment of its youth. Intimate yet universal, the photographs, part of a larger work-in-progress, memorialize a lost generation. Giardino writes, "Many of my friends were dying untimely deaths: car crashes, cancer, drugs, drowning, suicides. Then the members of my family started to die. I had pictures of them all. I never expected to see the day that my pictures would outlive the people in them."

The exhibit opens with a reception on Thursday, November 30. Information about gallery hours and ordering reproductions can be obtained by calling 212-243-5937 or by e-mail; to view photos, click here.

Founded in 1934, Poughkeepsie Day School enrolls 325 students in grades pre-kindergarten through grade 12 from 48 communities in the mid-Hudson Valley. It is distinguished by its interactive and interdisciplinary approach to learning and emphasis on the development of creative and critical thinking skills. For more information, contact Sandra Moore, office of development and communications at 845-462-7600, extension 110.
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Noted Author Featured at Poughkeepsie Day School Book Fair

November 8, 2006
Contact: Sandra Moore, Director of Development and Communications

Poughkeepsie, NY--Suzanne Weyn, the noted New York Times bestselling author of more than 50 works for children and teens, will be appearing at the annual Poughkeepsie Day School Book Fair on Thursday, November 16 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Suzanne's most recent novels include novels for young adults, The Bar Code Tattoo and The Bar Code Rebellion, thrillers set in the near future, and South Beach Sizzle. Other new releases for younger children are Snowflake: Breyer Stablemates, Water Song: A Retelling of the Frog Prince and The Night Dance: A Retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, and Spa-dida! A Spa Day with Mom.

The book fair will be held in the Elizabeth C. Gilkeson Center at Poughkeepsie Day School, 260 Boardman Road, Town of Pougheepsie on Thursday November 16 from 8:30 am - 7:00 pm and on Friday, November 17, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Also on Thursday night, the PDS a cappella group, Sidereal, will perform and a chili and pasta supper is open to the public (the cost is $5/person). Over 1,000 titles of interest, both fiction and nonfiction, appropriate for pre-K readers through adults will be available for sale. The book fair vendor is The Three Arts bookstore on College View Avenue in Poughkeepsie.

 

Founded in 1934, Poughkeepsie Day School enrolls 325 students in grades pre-kindergarten through grade 12 from 48 communities in the mid-Hudson Valley. It is distinguished by its interactive and interdisciplinary approach to learning and emphasis on the development of creative and critical thinking skills. For more information, contact Sandra Moore, office of development and communications, at 845-462-7600, extension 110.

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