Haldane Faculty Association

Congratulations to the Haldane Faculty Association members that received tenure at last night’s board meeting: Kaitlyn Secor, Christina Goehl, Chris Blair, and Sam Sauer. Ashley Cortes (not pictured) received her tenure in February of this year.
Also, congratulations to HAA member, Tom Cunningham, for receiving tenure last night as well.

We want to extend our sincere thanks to the Haldane community for your continued support in approving the 2026-27 school budget and propositions. We would also like to congratulate our newly elected trustee, Adam Burgoon!

Your support allows us to continue providing outstanding opportunities, programs, and essential resources for our students and school district. We are grateful to be part of a community that values education and remains committed to the success and well-being of all Haldane students.

Thank you for your partnership and support of Haldane!

Sam Sauer, music teacher at Haldane and HFA member, was featured in the National publication of The Week Junior as the Teacher of the Week!

Haldane educators continue to celebrate National Poetry month in their classes.

HFA member and high school art teacher, Alison Booth, had her students in Ceramics/Sculpture do a creative writing/narrative sculpture project; some students wrote poems to accompany their sculptures.

Library/media teacher and HFA member, Terri Sous, had her students take photocopies of pages from books, black out words leaving poetry behind.

The Haldane Crochet Club participated in the community Knit-a-thon for food. The club collected over three boxes of food for the Philipstown Food Pantry. Members of the club spent a morning session knitting and crocheting with community members at the Endless Skein in Cold Spring. This is the second year the club has participated, led by high school history teacher Michelle Cordaro.

Shout out to HFA's very own- Carolyn Llewellyn! To celebrate National Poetry Month, Mrs. Llewellyn has been visiting Split Rock Books to display K-12 student work! Thank you for showcasing our students' writing in this way!

HFA members celebrated Music in March with some exciting events!

Jessica Stein was selected to conduct the 2026 Westchester County Music Educators Association’s Elementary All County Band. The band featured 4th-6th graders across Westchester!

Dan McGroarty, with support from the Haldane Arts Alliance and the EDI committee, organized an assembly by Diata Diata International Folkloric Theatre. Student’s were able to explore and move through original, folkloric performances celebrating Pan-African heritage and global, intergenerational stories centered on the principle of Ubuntu.

Sam Sauer was invited to conduct the 2026 Dutchess County Music Educators Association’s Elementary All County Chorus. The chorus featured 5th and 6th graders across Dutchess!