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What Is Your Mood? Check Out Our Middle School Mood Meter

The ability to recognize, understand, label, express and when necessary, regulate our emotions is critical to our emotional health and success in school. Understanding these skills using the RULER approach provides our students with an opportunity to utilize the Mood Meter—an important component to the Anchors of Emotional Intelligence. Our Mood Meter Mondays allow students to utilize this resource to self-identify their emotion prior to lunch. This provides one data point to assess our students’ emotional well-being and our overall culture and climate at Pocantico at the beginning of each week.

Link to our Middle School Mood Meter can be found here.

Pocantico Hills School Core Values - Kindness, Respect and Perseverance

As part of our successful transition back to school, our 8^th grade students were charged with creating a school-wide character pledge that reflects our core values—kindness, respect and perseverance. Their successful work was chronicled throughout the week and captured on video Pocantico Character. Our Pocantico Character Pledge is recited each morning following the Pledge of Allegiance as a school community. Again, a special thank you to the class of 2019 and Mr. Murray, Mrs. Carruth and Mrs. Hongell, who facilitated this important work with our students.

As a student of character at Pocantico Hills …

I pledge to not give up when obstacles are in the way. I will persevere.

I will listen to others and use careful words. I will be respectful.

I will smile and greet people in the hallways. I will be kind.

Our Mission

The Pocantico Hills School staff believes that each student is a complex and unique person. We are committed to helping our children realize their complete personal potential – academic, creative, physical and emotional. We will ask the students to stretch themselves and help them to discover the rewards of working hard.

We will treat the students with respect and understanding and encourage them to be caring and contributing members of society, students who are thoughtful, honest, fair, kind and self-disciplined.

Important Information

BRIARCLIFF HS AM BUS STOPS

POCANTICO AM BUS SCHEDULE

POCANTICO PM BUS SCHEDULE

PLEASANTVILLE AM BUS STOPS

SHHS BUS SCHEDULE

2018-2019 School Calendar

Budget Guide 2018-2019

Transportation - Delayed Openings - Important Information

Every Student Succeeds Act - Five Things You Should Know

Here at Pocantico Hills

School staff members welcomed students to a new school year on Tuesday, September 4.
Principal Brent Harrington greeted students and parents as they arrived.
Children in pre-k and their parents/guardians arrived at 11 a.m. for a special orientation.
Pre-kindergarteners had time to read and explore their new classrooms. They also took a bus ride and were treated to ice cream.
Older students started the day with an assembly, during which the principal emphasized the importance of kindness, respect and perseverance.
Friends were happy to see one another.
Students also enjoyed catching up with teachers and other staff members.
Let's have a great school year!
Pocantico Summer Day Camp wrapped up Aug. 10 after six wonderful weeks.
On the last "Wonderful Wednesday," children and counselors wore their camp shirts to show Poco spirit.
About 300 students attended the camp over the summer.
Activities included culinary class, swimming lessons, hiking, field trips, sleepovers, crafts and more.
The camp was for children entering pre-kindergarten through ninth grade.
Rising pre-kindergarteners went on a wilderness walk on one of the last days of camp.
Students celebrated a victory over their teacher in drama class.
The diving board and inflatable water slide were two of the popular camp attractions.
Children practiced "You're Welcome" from "Moana" for the variety show on the last day of camp.
Pocantico Hills Day Camp is in full swing! These students had fun making sugar cookies in the Culinary Club.
Young campers prepared to go for a swim in the pool.
Children enjoy taking swim lessons at camp.
Campers had fun on an inflatable water slide (and got splashed as they waited for their next turn).
Students played Quidditch, a game from the "Harry Potter" series.
Day Camp runs weekdays through August 10.
Congratulations to the Pocantico Hills Class of 2018!
The Middle School Combined Chorus sang "I Believe I Can Fly" during the ceremony.
The 34 graduates are headed to Briarcliff, Pleasantville and Sleepy Hollow high schools.
Graduates followed tradition by touching the John D. Rockefeller plaque in the car circle after graduating.
After touching the plaque, graduates gathered to toss their caps.
Students posed for pictures with friends and family and attended a reception in the cafeteria.
Pocantico third-graders recently held their "Countries around the World" celebration.
Each student selected a country and created a poster board with details like maps, currency and flags.
Some students wore clothing from their families’ native countries and brought in food like samosas and baklava.
Other countries the students studied were Colombia, India, New Zealand, Ireland and Peru.
This student did her project on Syria.
Second-graders did a wonderful job performing "Charlotte's Web."
The performance took place June 8.
The play has been an annual tradition at the school since 2000.
Wilbur the pig befriends Charlotte the spider in the classic children's book.
Students posed for photos before the performance.
After the performance, children, staff and guests enjoyed fruit, brownies and pastries.
English as a New Language teacher Joy Scantlebury congratulated an eighth-grader during a party for current and former English Language Learners.
Teacher Joy Scantlebury posed with students during the celebration.
Current and former English Language Learners at Pocantico are from a total of 14 foreign countries.
Current and former English Language Learners received books from the Greenburgh Library and gift bags from their teacher.
Family members attended the party for current and former English Language Learners.
Pocantico Student Government members contributed funds toward the cost of the food and attended the party.
Excited students spotted the Westchester County Police helicopter as it prepared to land at the school on PTA Truck Day.
A Westchester County Police helicopter prepared to land at Pocantico Hills School during the May 10 event.
Students met Lexy, a canine police dog, and her partner, Trooper Meredith Govoni.
Students got to sit in the back of an ambulance on PTA Truck Day.
Adults climbed 100 feet into the air in the Elmsford Police Department's ladder platform.
Students spoke with a farmer from Stone Barns and climbed aboard the tractor.
Students had a great time on PTA Truck Day and learned about career and volunteer opportunities.
Superintendent Carol Conklin-Spillane honored the late David Rockfeller at Neighbor Day at Stone Barns.
The superintendent presented a photo montage of Pocantico Hills School to Stone Barns.
The superintendent honored David Rockefeller in her speech April 21.

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Sep 28

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Oct 8

COLUBUS DAY (District Closed)

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Oct 11 11:30 AM 04:00 AM

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Oct 25

SUPT. CONF. DAY (11:45 a.m. Dismissal)

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Oct 25 11:30 PM 04:00 AM

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