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  PRHS Students Present at Rockland County High Schools' Local History Conference & March BOE Meeting

  Each year, Rockland County Historical Society organizes a History Day conference around a central theme.  This year’s theme was Immigration.  Students from schools across the county participated by researching and presenting at the conference which was held at St. Thomas Aquinas this year.  Pearl River High School students Annie Arnold, Alanah Fitzgerald, Marguerite McAree, Vickie Pahl, and Kate Pittignano presented to the PRSD Board of Education their History Day presentation: The Impact of Irish Immigration to the Pearl River Community.  Thank you to PRHS social studies teachers, Ms. Finnican and Ms. Fortunato, who served as advisors.     Click the link below to view the presentation:  https://youtu.be/-hN-SrtN4dc

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  Superintendent's Letter - NYS Gr. 3-8 Assessments 3-15

  Please click on the following link for a letter from Marco Pochintesta, Superintendent of Schools, regarding the New York State assessments for grade 3 through 8.
  NYS Gr.3-8 Assessments

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  Pi Day Winners

  Congratulations to all the participants from the Pi Day contest! This year's winners are Steven Burns with a record-shattering 212 decimal places and runner up Cindy Kapiti with 160 decimal places, also a record breaker. They both will be receiving Zimi's gift cards.

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  School Budget & BOE Elections 2019-20

  The School Budget and Board of Education Elections vote will be held Tuesday, May 21, 2019 in Pearl River High School Pirate Cove from 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM.  Please click the following link for more information:  2019-20 School Budget Vote & Board of Education Elections

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  More WordWright News

  A team of students representing Pearl River High School recently won high honors in this year’s third WordWright Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of many different kinds of prose and poetry. The texts for the meet this year were an essay by Natalie Kusz for 9th and 10th graders and a pair of essays by Francine Prose and Colin Harrison for 11th graders.

   

  Participating with 693 school teams from all across the country, our school’s English 10 Honors classes tied for thirteenth place in the nation in the meet held in February. Students at the school who achieved outstanding individual results in the meet included freshman Matthew Balison; sophomores Liam Fitzpatrick, who earned a perfect score, and Kaileigh O’Sullivan; and juniors Marguerite McAree, Danielle MacMaster, and Kate McDermott. The meets were supervised by Mrs. Shepard and Ms. Arney.

   

  Congratulations to these students for their accomplishments!

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  Deja Vu Senior Citizen Prom

  Our 27th annual Deja Vu Prom, an afternoon of dance, food and fun for senior citizens residing in Pearl River School District, will be held Saturday, April 13, 2019.  Registration is absolutely required!  Please click the following link for the registration form.  Please complete and submit by Friday, March 29th!   Deja Vu Senior Citizen Prom Registration

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  Twitter Contest

  The Votes are in! Congratulations to our Twitter Contest winners: First Prize goes to Kate Pittignano for "Waterlily"; Second Prize goes to Vickie Pahl for "Life Sentence," and Third Prize goes to Amelia Bohan for "Jenga." 

  Look for these great Twitter poems in

  our upcoming Spring 2019 issue! 

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  Honor Society Inductions

  On Tuesday, March 5th, PRHS students were inducted into the English, Mu Alpha Theta (Math), NYS Science, and Rho Kappa (Social Studies) Honor Societies.  Congratulations to all the students who were recognized for their special academic achievements!

  • PRHS Honor Society Inductions 3-5.pdf

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  Grade Configuration Study

  The Pearl River School District is currently conducting a Grade Configuration Study. Information regarding  the study can be found on the Curriculum,  Instruction and Assessment Department tab or click on the following link: Grade Configuration Study Page

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  Ping Pong Champ!

  Ping Pong Announcement

  Wowwww! What a Finale to the 2019 Ping Pong Tournament. In a twist of events we had two 9th graders in the Finals. Matt “The Machine” Balison vs. Aaron Han “Solo”. In a tight match Balison held off Han 21-19 in the 3rd game so congrats to Balison…the New King of the River…

  The Squad the School community for supporting our local cause and wishes you a fruitful off season.

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  Superintendent's Letter - "Momo Challenge" 2-28-19

  Please click on the following link for a letter from Superintendent of Schools Marco Pochintesta regarding the "Momo Challenge" video.  "Momo Challenge" Video 

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  WordWright News!

  A team of students representing Pearl River High School won high honors in this year’s second WordWright Challenge, a national competition for high school students. Participating with 693 school teams from all across the country, the Pearl River High School’s AP English Literature/English 11 Class tied for twelfth place in the nation amongst all teams competing at this grade level.

   

  Pearl River students who achieved outstanding individual results in the meet included freshman Alexander Cacas; sophomore Kaileigh O’Sullivan; and juniors Karsem Chiamprasert, Rachel Ding, Marguerite McAree and Victoria Pahl.

   

  Congratulations to the Blue and Gold WordWright teams for these great results!!

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  April 17th & 18th - Snow Make-up Days #1 & #2

  Due to the snow days used Friday, November 16th and Tuesday, February 12th, Pearl River Schools will now be in session on Wednesday, April 17th and Thursday, April 18th.   Please note these changes as you plan your vacation schedules.

  • 2018-19 Calendar one page.pdf

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