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PHS student saves life using lesson learned in school
On Dec. 6, Victor Nelson III, a Poughkeepsie High School junior, saved a man from a drug overdose in a barbershop by administering Narcan. He had learned how to do it in Sean Lauder’s health class this semester. After the lesson, Lauder supplied each student two doses of Narcan and advised them to carry one around with them – you never know when you may need it.
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Survey: How should 3 PCSD buildings be renamed?
The Poughkeepsie City School District Board of Education’s Ad-Hoc Committee Building Names Study Group will recommend three elementary school buildings – the Samuel F.B. Morse, Gov. George Clinton and Christopher Columbus schools – should be renamed. They're asking for the community's input on what the new names should be.
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Poughkeepsie in spotlight at national Department of Education conference
Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet Executive Director Jill Gomez spoke at the two-day event’s opening plenary, and Community Schools Executive Director Natasha Brown and Interim Administrator Jessica Ortiz took part in workshops and operated a table at which they discussed the department’s work.
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PCSD launches ‘Attendance Matters’ community campaign
The Poughkeepsie City School District is launching the “Attendance Matters” awareness campaign, a communitywide effort to encourage every student to attend school regularly and have the best chance for success.
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Students tour campus to begin elementary college initiative
The tour was part of the Poughkeepsie City School District’s ongoing focus on college and career readiness for all students. District counselors in recent years have exposed elementary students to the details of higher education, such as what dorm life looks like and what areas can be studied there, in order to get the kids thinking about what success in school can lead to.
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State Ed officials visit Poughkeepsie to see Ampact tutoring impact
Representatives from the New York Board of Regents, New York State Education Department, as well as Rochester-based childhood education group Roc the Future Alliance, visited Poughkeepsie schools to observe how the partnership between Poughkeepsie and Ampact may be replicated in other districts in need across the state.
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Sophomore earns BOCES Student of Distinction honor
Jae La Francis, a sophomore from the Poughkeepsie City School District attending BOCES’ Resilience Academy, was named BOCES Student of Distinction for the month of November. She was honored with a certificate at the Poughkeepsie Board of Education meeting Nov. 20.
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