About Violet Avenue Elementary School
"Violet Aveune Elementary School was named for the many violet-growing florists and violet wagons transporting the flowers to steamboats for shipment to New York City." - Town of Hyde Park
Violet Avenue School is a historic school building located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1939-1940, and is a two-story, five part, Colonial Revival style school building with load-bearing bluestone walls. It consists of a central tetrastyle portico entry block flanked by four wings. The central section features a central two-story classical portico with four columns with Corinthian Order capitals and a prominent domed cupola. The school was built under the auspices of the Public Works Administration and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was influential in the design.
School Profile:
Grades Kindergarten to 5
315 Students 50 Staff members
VAS Mission
A diverse, caring, community dedicated to excellence.
Building Leadership Team (BLT)
The Building Leadership Team (BLT) is a group made up of teachers, staff, and parents that create yearly goals to seek improvement in our school. Once an improvement goal is chosen the group uses current data and best practices to work towards achievement of set goals. Meetings are once a month. During our monthly BLT meetings, we work together to reflect our progress, make changes, and develop next steps.
We are currently looking for parent/family volunteers. Please contact Mrs. Strang at nicollestrang@hpcsd.org if you wish to participate.