Red Hook Central School District

Red Hook 

Central School District 

2013-2014 Calendar 

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Superintendent’s 

Dear Students and Parents, 

Message 

Welcome to the 2013-2014 school year! We are glad to have the opportunity 

to work with you this year. The Red Hook Central School District is an 

organization comprised of individuals committed to helping children realize 

hopes and dreams. 

Our school district has a nationally recognized academic program that 

includes opportunities for students to pursue International Baccalaureate (IB) 

coursework, Advanced Placement (AP) coursework, up to six years of a foreign 

language, the highest levels of proficiency in art and music, and a wide variety 

of other interesting learning opportunities. We are sensitive to individual 

differences and offer many support services to help all students gain access 

to, and succeed with, the appropriate coursework. We pride ourselves on our 

faculty’s skill and commitment to building strong relationships with students 

and their families. 

I wish all students, parents, and staff a successful 2013-2014 school year. If my 

office can be of any assistance, please call (845)758-2241 extension 4719. You 

may also email me at pfinch@rhcsd.org. 

Sincerely, 

Paul Finch 

Superintendent of Schools 

Get regular updates by following us on Twitter at 

@RHCSD or @finchstweets 

Red Hook Education Foundation 

The Red Hook Education Foundation (RHEF) is a non-profit organization that engages 

the support and energies of educators, businesses, citizens, parents, students, alumni, 

and civic organizations to enhance public education in our community. The RHEF is an 

important part of the district’s success in that its members develop, fund, and promote 

innovative programs, support professional development opportunities for teachers, 

fund non-mandated school facilities and equipment, and increase the community’s 

support for the school and learning. For more information about the foundation and 

how you can get involved, please visit www.redhookeducationfoundation.com. 

Welcome to the 2013-2014 School Year 

Whether you are new to the Red Hook Central School District or a returning 

member of our learning community, we invite you to visit our schools and 

become an active member of our District. We welcome your participation as a 

volunteer on any number of our committees, as a spectator at our athletic events, 

or as an audience member viewing our impressive array of performances and 

exhibits offered throughout the year. 

Please refer to this calendar throughout the year to identify events that interest 

you and/or your family. Important testing dates and school vacation days are also 

included to help you in planning your family’s schedule for the coming year. 

If you have a question or need assistance, we are here to help. Please visit one of 

our schools or call 845-758-2241 to speak to a member of our staff. 

For up-to-date information on RHCSD activities, please visit the District’s 

online calendar at www.redhookcentralschools.org. 

Red Hook Central School District 

Mission Statement 

The mission of the Red Hook Central School District shall be to develop in its 

students the knowledge, intellectual integrity, and social consciousness to prepare 

them to accept the obligations and opportunities found in a complex society. The 

District seeks to provide a challenging educational environment that fosters and 

rewards the values of respect, responsibility, honesty, integrity, and community 

service to all its members. 

Disclaimer 

This calendar is printed prior to the opening of school. Many events have not 

yet been scheduled or may be rescheduled. Please consult the District’s web site 

calendar, local newspapers or contact your child’s school for further information 

about specific school events and activities. 

Red Hook Central School District 

9 Mill Road • Red Hook, NY 12571 

Tel. 845-758-2241 

www.redhookcentralschools.org 

Twitter feed: @rhcsd

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

No School 

Labor Day 



Conference Day 

First Day 

of School! 


Rosh Hashanah 

Mill Road 3-5 Open 

House, 4-6pm 

Kindergarten Orientation: 

A-L 9:30-11am; 

M-Z 1-2pm 

1/2 Day for Mill Road 

Students Only 

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 

MR K-2 & 3-5 BLT 

Mtgs., 3:30pm 

PTA Meeting 

MR 3-5; Library, 7pm 

BOE Meeting; 

MR K-2; Library, 7pm 

LAMS Club Expo; LAMS 

Café, 10:40am-12:45pm 

MR K-2 Open House, 

6:30-8pm 

Boo-hoo breakfast; 

MR K-2 Café, 9-10am 

LAMS Activity Night / 

Dance; LAMS Gym/Café, 

7-9pm 

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 

RHHS BLT Mtg.; RHHS 

Conf. Rm., 2:30pm 

RHHS Picture Day 

RHHS Open House 

Night; RHHS, 7-9:30pm 

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 

BOE Meeting; MR K-2 

Library, 7pm 

LAMS Open House; 

LAMS, 7-9pm 

LAMS Picture Day; 

LAMS Gym, 7:45am- 

2:15pm 

PTA Ice Cream Social/ 

Walk-a-thon/Silent 

Auction, 5:30pm 

29 30 

September 2013


1 2 3 4 5 


Students Only 

RHHS Interim Report #1 

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 

MR K-2 & 3-5 BLT 

Mtgs., 3:30pm 


Library, 7pm 

Fire Prevention Week 

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 


Columbus Day 

MR K-2 School Pictures 

MR 3-5 School Pictures 

RHHS BLT Mtg.; 

RHHS Conf. Rm., 

2:30pm 

PSAT Testing; RHHS 

Gym, 7:30am 

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

MR 3-5 Homework Help 

Begins; Library 


Library, 7pm 

LAMS Halloween Dance; 

LAMS Café , 7-9pm 

27 28 29 30 31 

October 2013 

Bus Driver Breakfast 

MR Kindergarten 

Halloween Parade


1 2 

RHHS Performing 

Arts Club Performance; 

RHHS, 3:00pm 

MR K-2 & 3-5 BLT 

Mtgs., 3:30pm 


Veteran’s Day 


Conference Day - 


for Students 

PTA Meeting; 

MR 3-5 Library, 7pm 

BOE Meeting; 

MR K-2 Library, 7pm 



2:30pm 

BOE Meeting; 


American Education Week 

LAMS Bias Awareness 

Day; Camp Ramapo, 

9am-2pm 

RHHS 1st Marking 

Period Ends 

RHHS Performing Arts Club Performance; RHHS, 7:30pm 

MR Report Cards Issued 

Grades K-1 

Thanksgiving Day 


Grades 2-5 Only; No 

School Grades K-1 

MR Report Cards Issued 

Grades 2-5 

MR 3-5 Parent Teacher 

Conferences 

SAT Testing; 

RHHS Gym, 7:30am 

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 

November 2013 

No School Thanksgiving Recess


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

MR K-2 BLT Mtg., 

3:30pm 

RHHS Financial Aid 

Night; RHHS Café, 7pm 

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 

BOE Meeting; 


High School Winter 

Concert; RHHS 

LAMS Winter Dance; 

LAMS Café, 7-9pm 


15 16 17 18 19 20 21 

LAMS 7/8 Winter 

Concert; LAMS 

LAMS 6/7 Winter 

Concert; LAMS 



2:30pm 

LAMS Snow Date for 

Winter Dance; LAMS 

Café, 7-9pm 

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 

Christmas 

29 30 31 

New year’s eve 

No School Winter Recess 

December 2013 

No School Winter Recess


1 2 3 4 

New Year’s Day School Reopens 

No School Winter Recess 

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 

MR K-2 & 3-5 BLT 

Mtgs., 3:30pm 

BOE Meeting; 


1/2 Day for Students 

Mill Road Only 

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 

PTA/PTSA 

Joint Meeting, 7pm 



2:30pm 

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 


Martin Luther 

King Day 

BOE Meeting; 


Symphonic Band & 

Chorus Winter Concert 

RHHS 

26 27 28 29 30 31 

PTA Mill Road 

Science Fair 

Regents Exams 

LAMS Mid-Terms 

LAMS Rating Day - 

NO School 

LAMS Students Only 

RHHS 2nd Marking 

Period Ends 

MR K-5 Report Cards 

Issued 

January 2014


1 

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

MR K-2 & 3-5 

BLT Mtgs., 3:30pm 


Students Only 

PTA Winter Fun Night, 

6:30-8pm 

LAMS Valentine’s Dance; 


9 10 11 12 13 14 15 


BOE Meeting; 


LAMS Snow Date for 

Valentine’s Dance; 


RHHS Varisms Concert; 

RHHS 

Mid-Winter Recess 

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 


Mid-Winter Recess 




for Students 


RHHS Conf. Rm., 2:30pm 

RHHS Snow Date for 

Varisms Concert 

23 24 25 26 27 28 

February 2014 

BOE Meeting; 

MR K-2 Library, 7pm


1 

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

MR K-2 & 3-5 BLT 

Mtgs., 3:30pm 

LAMS Movie Night; 



9 10 11 12 13 14 15 



No School for 

Students 

PTA Meeting; 3-5 

Library, 7pm 

BOE Meeting; 


RHHS Musical “Little Shop of Horrors”; RHHS, 7:30pm 

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 

RHHS Musical “Little 

Shop of Horrors”; 

RHHS, 3:00pm 



2:30pm 

MR Kindergarten Registration; Mill Road 

MR K-5 Spring Pictures 

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 

30 31 

March 2014 

MR Kindergarten Story 

Hour; Mill Road 

MR Author’s Tea 

BOE Meeting; 

MR K-2 Library, 7pm


1 2 3 4 5 

Kindergarten Story Hour; Mill Road 

NYS ELA Testing Grades 3-8 

RHHS 3rd Marking 

Period Ends 

ELA Make-up Days 

Grades 3-8 

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 

MR K-2 & 3-5 BLT 

Mtgs., 3:30pm 

BOE Meeting; 

ELA Make-up Days Grades 3-8 


Kindergarten Story Hour; Mill Road 

Mill Road K-5 Report 

Cards Issued 

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 

No School Spring Recess 



No School for 

Students 

No School Spring Recess 

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 



2:30pm 

BOE Meeting; 


27 28 29 30 

Kindergarten Parent 

Information Night; 

Mill Road 

April 2014 

NYS Math Tests 

Grades 3-8


1 2 3 

Senior Citizen Social; 

LAMS, 4-6pm 

NYS Math Tests Grades 3-8 

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 

MR K-2 & 3-5 BLT 

Mtgs., 3:30pm 

LAMS 8th Grade Trip; Washington, DC 

NYS Math Test Make-up Days Grades 3-8 

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 

PTA/PTSA Joint Mtg., 

7pm 

BOE Meeting; 


Kindergarten Screening; Mill Road 

Symphonic Band 

& 5th Gr. Jazz Band 

Concert; RHHS 


18 19 20 21 22 23 24 

LAMS 6/7 Band & 

Chorus Spring Concert; 

LAMS 

2014-2015 School 

Budget Vote 


Students Only 

PTA Staff Appreciation 

Luncheon 



2:30pm 

LAMS 7/8 Band & 

Chorus Spring Concert; 

LAMS 

Pre-1st Meeting; Mill 

Road, 6:30pm 


4th and 8th Grade NYS Science Performance Test Window 

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 


Memorial Day 

RHHS Spring Concert; 

Bard College 

RHHS Student Run Production “ Harry Potter”; LAMS, 7:30pm 

May 2014 

4th and 8th Grade NYS Science Performance Test Window


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

RHHS Student Run 

Production “ Harry 

Potter”; LAMS, 3:00pm 

MR 3-5 BLT Mtg., 

3:30pm 

4th and 8th Grade NYS 

Written Science Test 

4th and 8th Grade NYS Written Science Test Make-ups 

RHHS Awards Night; 

RHHS Gym, 7pm 

RHHS Common Core Regents Exams 

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 

RHHS Jazz & 

LAMS Jazz Concert 

RHHS 

BOE Meeting; 


LAMS Activity Night/ 

End of Year Dance; 


15 16 17 18 19 20 21 

5th Grade Celebration 

Day 

3rd Grade Pool Party 

5th Grade Pool Party 

LAMS Recognition 

Night Grade 8; LAMS 

Café, 7-9pm 

6th- 8th Grade Final Exams 

Regents Exams 

BOE Meeting; 


4th Grade Challenge Day 

LAMS Field Day, 8-11am 

Kindergarten Graduation; 

Mill Road 


Students Only 

K-2 Field Day; Mill Road 

6th- 8th Grade Final Exams 

Regents Exams 


Students Only 

Kindergarten Graduation; 

Mill Road 

Regents Rating Day 

K-5 Report Cards Issued 

School Closes 

Raindate K-2 Field Day; 

Mill Road 

4th Grade Pool Party 

5th Grade visit to LAMS 

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 

29 30 

RHHS 4th Marking 

Period Ends 

RHHS Graduation; 

LAMS Lawn, 11am 

June 2014

July 2014 


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Curriculum and Instruction 

The Red Hook Central School District provides a continuum of effective programs and services that 

support all students in meeting or exceeding challenging learning standards. We continually strive to 

implement high quality educational programs aligned with the Common Core Learning Standards. 

We recognize that children develop and learn at different rates and in different ways. Because of this, 

we commit ourselves to offering a high-quality K-12 curriculum aligned with district, New York 

State and federal standards, which are embedded into classroom lesson plans. 

Instruction and Learning at Red Hook High School 

Red Hook High School has consistently graduated large numbers of Regents diploma candidates 

and International Baccalaureate candidates, earning itself the distinction of being viewed as a 

high-performing learning community. The demand to prepare students with skill sets for the 21st 

century is driven by an increasingly competitive global society and rapid technological advancements, 

resulting in a heightened sense of accountability for performance. We embrace the challenge of 

functioning in an environment that demands increased rigor and expectations for performance by 

students as measured on high stake tests. Our commitment to success for and by all students dictates 

that being good is simply not good enough. As a result, courses that were once considered reserved 

for post-high school study are now offered at Red Hook High School. 

Instruction and Learning at Linden Avenue Middle School 

The phenomenon of high stakes testing and students contending with increased rigor and increased 

expectations for performance is prevalent at the middle school grades. Linden Avenue continues 

to focus on providing a quality continuum of special education and academic intervention services, 

as well as an intensified focus on balanced literacy. Subsequently, the presence of a strong pyramid 

of intervention is vital to ensuring that middle school students are indeed prepared to be successful 

at the high school level. The middle school, like the high school, is increasingly expected to 

prepare students with the skill sets for the 21st century. More than ever, it is critical that middle 

school students are well prepared for the transition to more demanding high school curricula and 

graduation standards. 

Instruction and Learning at Mill Road Elementary School 

Both the Primary and Intermediate schools continue to provide programs and services that are 

standardized across both buildings while acknowledging the need for individual teaching/learning 

styles. There is tremendous parity in student achievement across both schools. This reflects our 

efforts to ensure consistency in program and services. The elementary level serves as the platform 

for the introduction of skill sets for the 21st century. Subsequently, they are continuing to focus 

on responsive teaching methods, a balanced approach to literacy across the content areas, and the 

provision of a comprehensive pyramid of intervention, encompassing RTI, AIS, and a continuum of 

special education services. 

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For more information,contact the RHCSD Office of Curriculum and Instruction at 

845-758-2241 ext. 4718



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Enrollment at a Glance 

The Red Hook Central School District begins the 2013-2014 school year with a 

total anticipated enrollment of 1,974 including out-of-district students. Building 

enrollment is expected to be as follows: Mill Road Primary (grades K-2), 

370; Mill Road Intermediate (grades 3-5), 435 students; Linden Avenue Middle 

School (grades 6-8), 470 students; and Red Hook High School (grades 6-12), 

679 students. The high school continues to have the largest student population 

overall with its average of 169 students per grade level. 

Graduation Requirements 

In order to receive a NYS Regents Diploma, all high school students graduating 

in 2014 must acquire at least 22 units of credit: English 4 units, social studies 4 

units, science 3 units, math 3 units, foreign language 1 unit, health 1/2 unit, art 

or music 1 unit, physical education 2 units, and sequence/electives 3.5 units. 

School Closings and Delays 

Information on school closings or delays is available at 

www.redhookcentralschools.org, on our Twitter feed @rhcsd, or by calling 

845-758-2241, or by listening to the following radio stations: 

92.1 FM WRNQ 97.3 FM WZAD 107.3 FM WRWD 

92.7 FM WRRV 97.7 FM WCWZ 920 AM WGHQ 

92.9 FM WBPM 98.1 FM WKZE 1020 AM WKZE 

93.3 FM WBWZ 98.5 FM WCTW 1230 AM WHUC 

93.5 FM WCZR 99.3 FM WFKP 1450 AM WKIP 

94.3 FM WKXP 100.1 FM WDST 1460 AM WGNA 

96.1 FM WPKF 101.5 FM WPDH 1495 AM WKNY 

96.9 FM WPKF 104.5 FM WABT 

Emergency Closing Days 

• Schools may be closed five times before a make-up day is required for 

students. If there are more than five closing days, the make-up days for the 

2013-2014 school year are as follows: 

• 1st day – February 18, 2014 

• 2nd Day – April 21, 2014 

• 3rd Day – May 23, 2014 

• 4th Day – April 14, 2014 

Red Hook Continuing Education 

Red Hook Continuing Education offers classes in the fall and spring. The list 

of classes, dates, and times is available at www.redhookcentralschools.org. If 

you are interested in teaching a course or have questions about courses being 

offered, contact Continuing Education Coordinator Gail Jaffe-Bennek at 

845-758-2241, ext. 3505, or by e-mail at continuinged@rhcsd.org. 

School Hours 

Mill Road Primary School................ 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 

Mill Road Intermediate School........ 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 

Linden Avenue Middle School......... 7:45 a.m.-2:11 p.m. 

Red Hook High School.................... 7:45 a.m.-2:11 p.m. 

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Lunch Prices 2014 

K-12 Breakfast**................. $1.75 

K-5 Lunch.......................... $2.75 

6-12 Lunch........................ $3.00 

K-12 Milk........................... $ .60 

K-12 Reduced Price............ $ .25 

District Office Hours........................ 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 

**If a child qualifies for a free or reduced lunch through the application process they 

also qualify for a free or reduced breakfast. 

Grades K-5............ Breakfast served 8:35 am to 9:00 am in K-2 Cafeteria 

Grades 6-12........... Breakfast served 7:30 am to 9:00 am in school cafeteria 

Keeping in Touch 

The district uses several forms of technology to communicate with parents/guardians of 

children in the district. SchoolMessenger® is a school-to-home system used for voice calls, 

email and text messages to parents/guardians to share information and broadcast emergency 

announcements. Please keep your email addresses and ALL important phone numbers 

up-to-date with your student’s main office staff so that you are included in these alerts. 

The school’s web site—www.redhookcentralschools.org—is another valuable resource for 

information. Please check it often for information about school events, school delays and 

snow cancellations. You will also find closing and delay information for RHCSD posted 

on www.cancellations.com and on the district’s Twitter feed @rhcsd. In the 2011-12 school 

year, we launched a Parent Portal which provides encrypted, online access to parents to 

view student attendance, marking period and report card reports, class schedule, and more. 

We believe that home-to-school communication is an important determinant in your 

child’s success. Every teacher in Red Hook has a voice mailbox and an email account (first 

letter of the teacher’s first name, full last name followed by @rhcsd.org (e.g., Paul Finch 

can be emailed at pfinch@rhcsd.org). A directory of all staff phone extensions is available 

on our web site. Please keep in touch! 

Shared Decision Making at RHCSD 

The purpose of school-based planning and shared decision-making is to improve the 

educational performance of all students in the school, regardless of factors such as socioeconomic 

status, race, gender, language background, or disability. 

Each school has a Building Level Team (BLT). Members of the team include teachers, 

parents, administrators, and support staff. Each BLT meets monthly. 

An agenda is determined in advance and decisions are arrived at by consensus. 

The public is welcome to attend the meetings and speak during visitor recognition. 

A District Leadership Team (DLT) meets monthly to discuss District-wide student 

achievement issues. The DLT believes that post-secondary student outcomes are improved 

when each child feels valued and connected to his or her community.



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Public Use of School Facilities 

To manage the proper use of the district facilities, each user is required to 

submit an Application For Use of School Facilities at least 45 days in advance of 

the requested date(s). Applications are available on the district website or at 

the District Office. The district retains the right to give preference to groups 

that are associated with and/or sponsored by the district. 

Red Hook’s athletes, coaches and maintenance staff take great pride in the 

athletic fields. Our fields benefit from a comprehensive grounds-keeping 

program that includes routine fertilization and over-seeding. Maintaining 

healthy turf provides much more than a good-looking athletic field; it 

provides a solid footing and a cushioning impact surface for our athletes. 

Without healthy turf, the potential for injury to athletes increases greatly. 

Use of the outdoor grounds and athletic facilities by individuals is permitted 

providing the activity does not cause damage to the property or interfere 

with district operations. No cleats, spikes or other footwear that could cut, 

puncture or tear the surface of the track are allowed. 

Persons walking pets on school district property should prevent them from 

voiding on the athletic playing areas and be prepared to clean up after their 

animals. Animal waste can kill the turf and provide an opportunity for 

weeds, including crabgrass, to flourish. 

The district strives to maintain a balance between good stewardship of 

its facilities and use of those facilities by the public. We appreciate your 

cooperation. Please contact the Facilities and Operations Department at 

845-758-2241, ext. 4703 if you have any questions. 

MySchoolBucks.com Parent Portal 

The district’s Cafeteria Program is happy to announce that a parent portal for the Point of 

Sale breakfast and lunch program is now available. 

The online parent portal allows parents to access their child’s breakfast/lunch account from 

any computer connected to the Internet. From the portal website, parents can make advance 

payments for breakfast &/or lunch by using a debit or credit card or an e-check; view 

their child’s fund balance, and see what their child is buying in the cafeteria. We encourage 

parents to create an online account! (Payments for breakfast and lunch tickets will continue 

to be accepted in person via check or cash in each school building.) 

To create your online parent portal account, you will need to visit www.mySchoolBucks. 

com where you follow the online directions to create your login account. Keep in mind 

that payments can be made for all of your children at one time by using the parent portal. 

No more separate checks per building! Please remember that each time you make a deposit 

transaction online, there is a $2.00 charge so remember to deposit funds for all of your 

children in one transaction. 

Budget Info – At a Glance 

• The 2013-14 school budget is $48,407,621 

• State aid is estimated at $14,522,692 

• Local tax levy is $30,704,374 

The balance is made up through appropriate fund 

balance and miscellaneous revenue. On average, local 

school taxes increased 3.42 percent. Variations in tax 

increases between towns and individuals are the result 

of local assessments, NYS equalization rates, and 

changes in the value of the STAR exemption. 

Did You Know? 

Historically, a small percentage of 

the 8,000 eligible voters vote on the 

school budget. 

This year’s School Budget 

Vote Date is May 20, 2014 

Please get involved and 

exercise your right to vote! 

In the 2005-2006 school year, state aid represented approximately 40 percent of our district’s 

revenue. For the 2013-2014 school year, we estimate that state aid will represent approximately 

30 percent of our district’s revenue. This is a significant shift of the financial burden to the local 

property tax-payer. The cost to local taxpayers is magnified by largely uncontrollable cost drivers 

such as legally required salary increases for teachers (i.e., step increases), increasing health care 

costs, and required contributions to employee retirement systems. While we work diligently to 

control our costs, many of the structural problems facing public education can only be resolved 

through new legislation that speaks to the funding of public education. 

School Budget Voter Registration Information 

To vote on the school budget or school board elections, a person must be a U.S. citizen, 

18 years of age or older, a district resident for at least 30 days prior to the vote date, and registered 

to vote. If a person is registered to vote in a general election and has voted within the past four 

years, there is no need to register separately for the school district vote. In the event that a person 

is not registered, a voter registration date will be established by the district for school district-only 

elections. Please call the district clerk at 845-758-2241, ext. 4719, if you have any questions. 

RHHS International Baccalaureate Program 

The full International Baccalaureate Diploma involves completing advanced coursework in 

six distinct areas (i.e., language and literature, language acquisition, individuals and societies, 

experimental sciences, mathematics and computer science, and the arts). Additionally, all 

students must complete a Theory of Knowledge course that includes a Community Action 

Service Project and a 4,000-word essay. All final assessments are evaluated and graded by 

external evaluators from the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). 

Since 2004, the Red Hook Central School District has had 111 students attempt the 

full diploma. To date, ALL of those candidates received the diploma – a 100 percent 

completion rate. This is a remarkable achievement given the New York State completion 

rate of 69 percent and the worldwide rate of 79 percent. Red Hook’s 100 percent 

completion rate is a testament to the strength and quality of our educational program. We 

thank the community for its continued support of this important program. It has allowed 

our full diploma candidates as well as hundreds of other students to access rigorous collegelevel 

curricula while attending RHHS. The IB Program became a part of the educational 

program at the high school in September 2002. For more information, please visit www.ibo. 

org or email the IB Coordinator for RHHS, Mike McCrudden at mmccrudden@rhcsd.org.

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Board of Education Contacts 

President Kelly Mosher kmosher@rhcsd.org 

Vice President Johanna Moore jmoore@rhcsd.org 

Trustees Edward Mercier emercier@rhcsd.org 

Ryan McCann rmccann@rhcsd.org 

Dawn Morrison dmorrison@rhcsd.org 

The Board of Education meetings are normally held on the second and fourth 

Wednesday of each month in the K-2 Library of the Mill Road Elementary 

School, beginning at 7 p.m. Please see the calendar for specific dates. 

Administration Contacts 

Main Number 845-758-2241 

Paul Finch Superintendent of Schools ext. 4719 pfinch@rhcsd.org 

Donna Gaynor Assistant to the Superintendent 

for Curriculum and Instruction ext. 4715 dgaynor@rhcsd.org 

Bruce Martin Business Manager ext. 4706 bmartin@rhcsd.org 

Tom Cassata Director of Athletics ext. 3248 tcassata@rhcsd.org 

Joe DeCaro Director of Pupil 

Personnel Services ext. 3295 jdecaro@rhcsd.org 

Jeff Popp Director of Transportation ext. 3262 jpopp@rhcsd.org 

Donna Seelbach Director of Technology ext. 4700 dseelbach@rhcsd.org 

Perry Sheldon Director of Facilities 

and Operations ext. 4703 psheldon@rhcsd.org 

Clara Wittek Director of Food Services ext. 2163 cwittek@rhcsd.org 

Roy Paisley Red Hook High School 

Principal ext. 3247 rpaisley@rhcsd.org 

Amanda Greene Red Hook High School 

Assistant Principal ext. 3246 agreene@rhcsd.org 

Katie Zahedi, Ph.D. Linden Avenue Middle School 

Principal ext. 3254 kzahedi@rhcsd.org 

Jillaine Berardi Linden Avenue Middle School ext. 3268 jberardi@rhcsd.org 

Assistant Principal 

Brian Boyd Mill Road Intermediate School 

(3-5) Principal ext. 2232 bboyd@rhcsd.org 

Erin Hayes Mill Road Primary School 

(K-2) Principal ext. 2228 ehayes@rhcsd.org 

Mill Road PTA Officers 2013-2014 

Megan Boyd President 

Marie Hull Vice President 

Randy Schultz Treasurer 

Deborah Rinehart Secretary 

Nora Mercier Past President 

E-mail contact@millroadpta.org 

If you need to speak to us, please leave a message at the main offices of Mill Road. 

PTSA Officers 2013-2014 

Betty Hannan Co-President bettyh1990@gmail.com 

Nancy Timan Co-President rnsbtiman@frontiernet.net 

Susan Rohrmeier Vice President plum1@hvc.rr.com 

Irene DeMier Treasurer idemier@hvc.rr.com 

Jen Monarchi Secretary jmonarchi@hvc.rr.com 

Melissa McNeese Membership melissa-fitpr@verizon.net 

Allix Coon 

Student Rep 

Health Offices - Contact Information 

Peg Lewis, R.N. Mill Road Primary 

School (K-2) ext. 2231 mlewis@rhcsd.org 

Gerianne Carey, R.N. Mill Road Intermediate 

School (3-5) ext. 2235 gcarey@rhcsd.org 

Ann Domkowski, R.N. Linden Avenue 

Middle School ext. 3257 adomkowski@rhcsd.org 

Kathy Frustaci, R.N. Red Hook High School ext. 3252 kfrustaci@rhcsd.org 

Go Raiders! 

The interscholastic athletic program at Red Hook Central Schools is 

available to students in grades 7-12. Students in the middle school are 

eligible to participate in modified sports, and students in the high school are 

eligible to participate in junior varsity and varsity sports. Over 800 studentathletes 

participated in the athletic program during the 2012-2013 school 

year. Red Hook currently offers teams competing in football, soccer, field 

hockey, volleyball, cross country, boys’ golf, tennis, basketball, wrestling, 

baseball, softball, track and field, and boys’ and girls’ lacrosse. Questions? 

Contact Tom Cassata, Director of Athletics, at 845-758-2241, ext. 3248. 

produced by Dutchess BOCES, Office of Communications and Grants Research 

Genevieve Kellam, Administrator; Barbara K. Slocum, Public Information Officer 

Sports photography by: Tom Taft

Red Hook Central School District

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