A Welcoming and Diverse Community of Learners
February 13, 2026
Red Hook High School welcomed the leadership team behind the Winners Circle Project on Thursday for a presentation to students detailing how the immersive auto racing educational program works.The ...
February 13, 2026
One month from today, Red Hook High School’s Hardscrabble Players will lift the curtain on their spring musical, “Hello, Dolly!”Tickets are on sale now for all three performances, 7 p.m. Friday, Ma...
February 11, 2026
The Harlem Wizards are returning to Red Hook next month for a fundraiser for the Class of 2026.Tickets are on sale now for the Sunday, March 22 contest at the recently renovated high school gymnasi...
February 9, 2026
The Red Hook Central School District is launching its 2026 Community Partnership Team to involve more deeply area residents in the programming and direction of district schools.The Community Partne...
February 8, 2026
Mill Road Elementary School Kindergarten registration for the 2026-27 school year is open. This year’s registration is entirely online.Visit the kindergarten registration page for full details and ...
February 5, 2026
Two Linden Avenue Middle School students will have artwork on display through March 1 at SUNY New Paltz after earning Silver Keys in the 2026 Hudson Valley Art Region Scholastic Art and Writing Awa...
February 5, 2026
Mill Road Elementary last week celebrated “Vocabulary Day” throughout the building. Each student was asked to choose one challenging word relating to science, which they could then learn and teach ...
February 3, 2026
Join us Thursday night for a comprehensive look at what has been going on within the Red Hook Central School District this year and where we’re going in the coming year.Thursday at 6 p.m. is the Bo...
February 3, 2026
Red Hook High School Student Council members earlier this school year took part in a statewide leadership conference in which they exchanged ideas with fellow students from 30 school districts, too...
January 27, 2026
Raider ReportMid-January 2026The Class of 2026 showcases the 'Red Zone'Red Hook High School's Class of 2026 last month took an official class photo in the newly opened "Red Zone" student section in...
January 26, 2026
The Red Hook Central School District is seeking to increase its hands-on career training and project-based learning options through two proposed programs at its high school. The district is plannin...
January 20, 2026
Linden Avenue Middle School’s outgoing eighth-grade class took an important step toward becoming Red Hook High School’s incoming freshman class Friday.The students took a trip down the sidewalk to ...
January 20, 2026
On Jan. 28, you can assist Linden Avenue Middle School students’ annual 8th grade trip to Washington D.C. while enjoying dinner.From 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, Savona’s Trattoria & Bar is ...
January 13, 2026
Mill Road Elementary is pleased to announce registration for pre-kindergarten for the 2026-27 school year is open.Any student who is registered with all documents submitted before March 1 is guaran...
January 12, 2026
The Red Hook Central School District community on Friday celebrated the completion of the Jack Lewis Memorial Gymnasium renovation project with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Red Hook High School.Bef...
January 9, 2026
Weeks into its first winter since adding electric school buses to its fleet, the Red Hook Central School District Transportation Department has been pleased with how its new vehicles have performed...
January 8, 2026
During Computer Science Education Week in December, Mill Road Elementary’s grades 3–5 STEAM students explored the world of coding and AI.Third grade students learned coding unplugged by creating st...
December 23, 2025
Cairo Fox-Feuer was reading in the hallway one day last year as Colleen Lynch was walking by.“Without hesitation, she sat down at the desk next to me and asked me about the material I was reading,”...
December 17, 2025
In November, fourth and fifth grade students at Mill Road Elementary took part in an inspiring STEAM challenge after learning about Lowe’s generous donation of over 100 tiny houses to hurricane vic...
December 17, 2025
Red Hook High School staff and students spent time last week explaining how the International Baccalaureate diploma program works to the Class of 2028 members and families.IB Coordinator Diana Deck...
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 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 from ...
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 ...
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.