A Welcoming and Diverse Community of Learners
November 25, 2025
Thanksgiving came a little early for many members of the Linden Avenue Middle School community.Sarah Hough and Michelle Keene merged lessons in chemistry and cooking in their seventh-grade science ...
November 25, 2025
Members of the Red Hook High School RoboRaiders Robotics Club visited the Mill Road STEAM Innovation Center last week to lead a hands-on engineering lesson with fifth-grade students.The students ex...
November 19, 2025
Thanksgiving’s still a week away. Red Hook students this Thursday, though, will dine on turkey and gravy, herbed peas, smashed potatoes and top it off with a serving of peach crisp.Each menu item, ...
November 13, 2025
Billy Martin’s Cole All-Star Circus is coming to Linden Avenue Middle School this month as a fundraiser for the Class of 2026.The circus, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 22, features trapeze, jug...
November 6, 2025
With the cafeteria doors still closed but the line of attendees for their Cooking for Change fundraiser stretching down the hall, Liz Lowney called her staff of four dozen Linden Avenue Middle Scho...
November 6, 2025
Red Hook High School’s IB Diploma candidates last week took a field trip last week to A.I.R. – Albany’s Indoor Rock Gym.The students – 34 of the school’s 35 full IB Diploma candidates – learned how...
November 4, 2025
The Red Hook High School Hardscrabble Players’ fall play, “Radium Girls” is this weekend at the school’s Performing Arts Center.The D.W. Gregory play tells the true story of female factory workers ...
November 3, 2025
Linden Avenue eighth grade Spanish students are receiving a lesson in service, culture and cooking. They also plan to raise money for a Yucatan peninsula community in need, with a little help fro...
October 30, 2025
Mill Road Elementary students are enjoying a seasonal black light art show courtesy of the school’s artists.Maria Taylor’s fourth grade art students created a pumpkin patch of glowing sculptures in...
October 29, 2025
Red Hook High School English Department Chairperson Christine Griffin was highlighted this month by the New York State English Council, the state’s affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of ...
October 28, 2025
A push to feed Red Hook’s hungry – and raise as much as $20,000 for them in the process – is underway inside each Red Hook Central School District building.The annual Nourish Your Neighbor campaign...
October 22, 2025
Students on Sept. 3 returned to Red Hook’s schools for the first time under New York’s bell to bell smart phone ban.Eight days later, the Board of Education received a report on how the first week ...
October 21, 2025
Linden Avenue Middle School eighth graders last week visited the Hessel Museum at Bard College to explore the gallery and library spaces at the Center for Curatorial Studies.The museum’s featured e...
October 16, 2025
Mill Road Elementary School’s first grade and FLEX students this week visited Kesicke Farm in Rhinebeck for autumnal fun with a little bit a learning mixed in.The students enjoyed wagon rides, fed ...
October 16, 2025
For several years, more than 30% of the food served to Red Hook Central School District students has come from suppliers in New York.It’s not only satisfied a state initiative allowing Red Hook to ...
October 15, 2025
Please click HERE to read the October Raider Report newsletter.This month's newsletter has information about the Mill Road STEAM Innovation Center. It also has information about LAMS' flight simiul...
September 26, 2025
The Red Hook Pupil Personnel Services Department, in collaboration with Taconic Resources, is excited to invite Red Hook CSD parents and guardians to our first Parents as Partners meeting.📅 Date: T...
September 25, 2025
Linden Avenue Middle School students have some new toys to play with – the kind that may open the doors to career opportunities.The school last week set up two new flight simulators in its technolo...
September 19, 2025
Sybil Bell would get a frequent question from her students as a Mill Road fourth-grade teacher in recent years:“When are we doing STEAM?”Since 2023, Mill Road’s grades 3-5 students have had access ...
September 16, 2025
The Red Hook Central School District is partnering with Dutchess County and the Office of state Sen. Michelle Hinchey to host a free informational skilled trades fair at Red Hook High School’s newl...
September 11, 2025
Tom Cassata last week left the year’s first Section 9 Athletic Council Meeting with a pair of mementos recognizing his service to Red Hook and surrounding schools.The Raiders’ athletic director on ...
September 11, 2025
Please click HERE to read the September Raider Report newsletter.This month's newsletter has information about the first day of school with new rules. It also has information about the changes to t...
September 5, 2025
September NewsletterAttached is the Mill Road September Newsletter.Enjoy the weekend!
September 5, 2025
I hope you and your children enjoyed a restful and joyful summer.Some of you are experiencing the excitement and nerves of dropping your child off at school for the first time, or for their first d...
August 29, 2025
Red Hook can once again say its high school is among the best in the county, state and country.U.S. News & World Report released its annual Best High Schools ranking earlier this month and, as ...
August 27, 2025
About a dozen new teachers will be in Red Hook classrooms this fall. This week, they’ve been getting their feet wet.The Red Hook Central School District is holding its annual teacher orientation se...
August 11, 2025
Amanda Allison’s title is director of Pupil Personnel Services.“It’s just a fancy way of saying I’m here to support students and families,” said Allison, the newest member of the Red Hook Central S...
August 8, 2025
The Red Hook Central School District Board of Education spent the last day of July discussing its functions within the district, how it can communicate more effectively and what it aims to accompli...
August 6, 2025
I hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer and finding time to relax and recharge before the new school year begins. As we prepare for the year ahead, I wanted to share some news with you directly....
July 31, 2025
Dear Red Hook High School Families, The upcoming school year promises to be an exciting one, full of learning, growth, and meaningful experiences. At the same time, it will also bring some importan...
July 29, 2025
For three weeks this summer, Red Hook students could learn how to cook, write essays, create graphic novels, and even escape escape rooms.The annual Red Hook Summer Academy wrapped up Friday after ...
July 17, 2025
For the third consecutive year, Red Hook High School can count itself among the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s Schools of Excellence.Each year, the governing body of schol...
July 17, 2025
A uniquely Red Hook charitable organization, which has given more than $2 million over its 10 years of operation, was recognized last week for its contributions to the community.The Ascienzo Family...
July 11, 2025
Red Hook High School students will soon be able to earn up to six college credits for completing their 12th grade English language class.The groundbreaking opportunity, which begins this fall, is a...
July 1, 2025
Visit the Mill Road home page, to see ceremony video.Mill Road Elementary School’s kindergarteners celebrated a successful year and an important step in their educational journey June 23 with a pai...
July 1, 2025
Visit the 8th Grade Moving Up page to see a video recap and photo gallery of the June 25 ceremony.Principal Stacie Fenn Smith leveled with her eighth grade class.“The middle school years have a rep...
July 1, 2025
Families in the mid-Hudson Valley have spoken: All three Red Hook Central School District schools are among the best in the region.Red Hook High School and Linden Avenue Middle School both earned f...
July 1, 2025
Visit https://rhhs.redhookcentralschools.org/commencement to see a video recap and photo gallery of the June 21 commencement ceremony.Max Darling asked his classmates to think about where they woul...
June 23, 2025
The Red Hook Central School District websites have been redesigned with a fresh, clean look that increases accessibility to information and integration with video, social media and the ParentSquare...
June 17, 2025
To conclude their three-week reading incentive program, Mill Road students and teachers enjoyed a luau.The program began May 12 on a day when every student went outside to enjoy reading on a sunny ...
Engage • Embrace • Empathize
Think • Care • Create • Collaborate
Red Hook Central School District offers a variety of programs to help prepare students for a successful future - whether they choose to attend college or go right into a career.
International Baccalaureate and Other
Advanced Course Opportunities
Red Hook prides itself on providing various rigorous opportunities for students in all secondary grade levels, ranging from honors and Advance Placement courses to the IB program and duel-enrollment opportunities that include college credit.
STEAM Instruction Through
Classes and Clubs
From the RoboRaiders robotics team to the Mill Road Young Scholars program, Red Hook students have avenues to explore their interests beyond classroom instruction. Students also benefit from dedicated innovation labs to expand their learning opportunities.
State-of-the-Art Performing Arts Center
for Music, Drama Programs
The facility features professional-level tools for preparing students for future success and accomodating the district’s award-winning music program and theatre department. The facility hosts performances from students at all grade levels and community events.
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