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Poughkeepsie Middle School
Poughkeepsie Middle School is the sole middle school for the Poughkeepsie City School District. It serves students in grades 6-8. In 2019-20 enrollment was 903.
Address: 55 College Ave.
Phone: 845-451-4800 (During the COVID-19 pandemic, call 845-391-1081)
Principal: Joseph Mazzetti, jmazzett@poughkeepsieschools.org
Main Office hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
School hours: 7:30 a.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Enrollment: 903 (2019-20)
Staff: 130 (2019-20)
School Nurse: 845-451-4810
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Senator honors Superstars
Sen. Sue Serino honored four Poughkeepsie Middle School students with Serino Superstar awards June 17 during a special afternoon ceremony hosted by the Social Studies department. The students: Amiyah Wood, Jamir Hawley, Ximena Alarcon and Naomy Valle-Netzahuatl were present along with their parents.
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Students earn honors for invention ideas
Employees from Poughkeepsie-based technology company Uncharted Power, in collaboration with Poughkeepsie Middle School staff, helped educate more than 220 PMS students about innovation. Students virtually learned through the “UPlift” program about how they, too, can be inventors in their communities. Uncharted Power helps communities improve the resiliency of their local infrastructure, so when the electrical grid fails, the community doesn’t.
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ConnectED NY Parent / Caregiver Application
The ConnectED NY program is providing hotspots and data plans to students with unreliable internet service at home. ● A mobile hotspot provides a secure internet connection for other devices. ● Through AT&T, households will be offered unlimited data through June 2022. Internet service may be slowed each month after exceeding a high data usage threshold (50 GB). ● No payments or financial information required. ● Mobile hotspots will be mailed to student/caregiver homes in May 2021. Or, option to pick-up at a school district location if needed.
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PMS Fireside Chat - March 24, 2021
Fireside Chat Scheduled for March 24, 2021 at 5:00 PM
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PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE SIGN UP LINKS FOR FEBRUARY 10TH
Parents and Guardians, we will be having our Parent/Teacher conferences on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 from 12:15-3 p.m. and 4-7:30 p.m. Please click on the links to register with your child’s teachers.
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PMS staff provide 13 families with holiday meals
During a typical Thanksgiving break, Poughkeepsie Middle School staff donate turkey dinners to several PMS families.
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PMS could feature arts, medical paths/PMS podría incluir artes, vías médicas
PCSD’s Capital Bond Project vote will take place Oct. 20, 2020. Under Proposition 1, Poughkeepsie Middle School would get a new safety vestibule with transaction window and new exterior and select interior doors.
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Sixth Grade Orientation
Attention Poughkeepsie Middle School 6th Graders. This year 6th Grade Orientation must be virtual via Google Meet. Click on the title to view meeting links.
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Poughkeepsie Middle School safety data sheets 69 of 70
Safety Data Sheets for chemicals used at Poughkeepsie Middle School, 1-69/70.
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Retreat aims to strengthen central office team
Central Office leaders are spending the bulk of this week at a retreat designed to help build a strong team and set goals for the coming year.
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Registration open for full-day pre-K, kindergarten
Poughkeepsie City School District is offering full-day prekindergarten in the 2021-22 school year and registration is open for both preK and kindergarten.
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Summer meal program sites added
Poughkeepsie City School District added three new summer meal distribution sites to those already being provided throughout the city. Meals service will end Tuesday, Aug. 31.
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War memorial slated for PHS
Efforts to obtain crucial information to ensure we include everyone who has served in the U.S. armed forces in a Veteran’s Memorial Project being planned for Poughkeepsie High School have begun.
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Facilities director key to district’s future
As Poughkeepsie City School District’s new director of facilities, Marcos Rodriguez knows he plays a key role in how the district will function and look going forward.
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Reflections on the 2020-21 school year
As the school year has come to a close, on behalf of the Poughkeepsie City School District Board of Education and Central Office leadership, I thank the entire community for your partnership throughout a year of challenge, adversity and change.
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Congratulations PHS Class of 2021!
Blue skies and sun set the scene for Poughkeepsie High School’s Class of 2021 graduation night. For many, it was a year of overcoming to become.
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Guest speakers share career options with young students
About a dozen members of the community took time out of their work days to share what they do with Poughkeepsie City School District’s elementary school students last week. On Tuesday and Thursday, students logged on to Zoom calls to learn about different careers they could pursue.
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Senator honors Superstars
Sen. Sue Serino honored four Poughkeepsie Middle School students with Serino Superstar awards June 17 during a special afternoon ceremony hosted by the Social Studies department. The students: Amiyah Wood, Jamir Hawley, Ximena Alarcon and Naomy Valle-Netzahuatl were present along with their parents.
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Lead for America comes to Poughkeepsie
Joining other organizations in Poughkeepsie, the Poughkeepsie City School District (PCSD) has signed on as a placement site for the newly created Lead for Poughkeepsie. Lead for Poughkeepsie, an affiliate of a Lead for America, will be placing young professional ages 21-30 to serve in a 2-year full-time placement within social impact organization. Poughkeepsie organizations also signed on as placement sites are The Art Effect, Hudson River Housing, The Academy, and Nubian Directions II.
