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Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid…Moische? – It is that time of year again. The carrot shelves in grocery stores are on the fast track to nudity as households around the world stock up on the orange sticks to keep Santa’s reindeer energized during their annual marathon. Those same households wrestle with the always-tough question of which type of cookie to leave out for Santa, who is forced to be pretty decisive himself, having to decide precisely where the blurry line between naughty and nice lies. Consumed by all of this preparation, Christmas celebrators often forget about their equally stressed Jewish friends, who are in the midst of their own planning for the highly anticipated arrival of none other than Hanukkah Harry…

Department bonds and teacher friendships prove prominent at PDS – Do you remember the almost epileptic shock that you experienced the first time that you saw your second grade teacher at the grocery store on a Saturday afternoon? In your naiveté, the thought of discovering one of your teachers anywhere outside of the classroom seemed outrageously wrong. You had naturally assumed that all teachers live at school, eat at school, sleep at school, and talk only about school…

Student entrepreneurs turn their passions into successful businesses – “I DJ everything that I can get my hands on,” says junior Brendan Shannon (also known as DJ Destrakshon). Shannon has worked nearly 40 gigs, most notably, the 2011 PDS Homecoming Dance and numerous pre-game raves…

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