Service Learning

GRADE 2

Fostering empathy and civic engagement is an integral part of the Dutchess Day School mission to encourgae and foster the spirit of giving in meaningful and developmentally appropriate ways.

Kindergarten Morning Attendance First Grade Used Book Drive for Astor Head Start Second Grade DCSPCA Supply Collection Third Grade Thanksgiving Food Drive for Astor Head Start Kindergarten Reading Buddies Fourth Grade Preschool Gardening Buddies, Yearly Student-Led Sustainability Fundraising Project Fifth Grade Collection for the Poughkeepsie Homeless Shelter Sixth Grade Treats for Troops, Preschool Reading Buddies, Goodie bags for Sparrow’s Nest Seventh Grade Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie Gifts First Grade Poetry Pals Eighth Grade School Ambassadors Second Grade Pen Pals

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Second grade collects items for the local SPCA; DDS holds a 7-aside soccer tournament every fall with a bake sale and raffle with all proceeds going to the Poughkeepsie Homeless Shelter; the third grade donates enough items to feed seven local families from Thanksgiving through December; our student ambassadors collected items to stuff several stockings for Stockings for Military to send to our troops and veterans to bring a little holiday cheer.

GRADE 3