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  School Budget and BOE Election Results

  2019-20 School Budget and Board of Education Election Voting Results

  Proposition 1:  School Budget - Passed

  Yes -  864       No - 219

  BOE Election (2 seats open)

  Robert Davis - 786  votes
  Christine Reddy - 871 votes

  Thank you, Pearl River, for your continued support!

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  Pearl River High School - U.S. News & World Report's Ranking

  U.S. News & World Reports has ranked Pearl River High School #1,263 out of 17,245 high schools nationwide and #107 out of 1,290 high schools in New York State.  Pearl River High School is the highest ranked high school in Rockland County for the 2018-19 school year.  Congratulations to our students, faculty, staff, and administration for this excellent performance.
  
  Click here for more information and details on how U.S. News & World Reports revamped their 2019 Best High Schools Methodology and Rankings.

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  2019-20 District Calendar Approved

  The Board of Education approved the 2019-20 District Calendar at their March 26th meeting. The first Superintendent's Conference Day is scheduledfor Tuesday, September 3, 2019. The first day of school for students will be Wednesday, September 4, 2019.  
  
  The Pearl River School District calendar is based on 184 school days: 181 days of pupil instruction plus 3 Superintendent's Conference Days. In anticipation of emergency closings, we designate potential vacation days as snow make-up days. Given the likelihood of snow days, everyone is respectfully reminded that irreversible vacation plans should not be made
  for the following:  

  2019-20 Snow Make-up Days
  Day 1 - May 27, 2020
  Day 2 - May 21, 2020
  Day 3 - May 26, 2020
  Day 4 - May 22, 2020
  
  As a result of the Regents examination schedule, the last day of school will be Friday, June 26, 2020.  

  Please click the following link to view the one-page calendar for the 2019-20 school year:  2019-20 District Calendar

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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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