{"id":411,"date":"2025-08-29T06:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/?page_id=411"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:12:57","slug":"our-principal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/?page_id=411","title":{"rendered":"Our Principal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_390\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390\" class=\"wp-image-390 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Principal_Photo-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Principal_Photo-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Principal_Photo-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Principal_Photo-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Principal_Photo-1035x1536.jpg 1035w, https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Principal_Photo.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>Principal: Keisha Moss<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n<p>My name is Keisha Moss, and I am proud to serve at the Poughkeepsie Community Christian School in the role of principal. \u00a0I received a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Education from Lehman College, and my Master\u2019s in Education from Mercy College.\u00a0 I am qualified to teach Early Childhood, and Elementary Education. This will be my first year at Poughkeepsie Community Christian School after serving for twelve years at Oakview Preparatory School of Seventh-day-Adventists and two years at Middletown Christian School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrue education means more than the pursual of a certain course of study. It means more than a preparation for the life that now is. It has to do with the whole being, and with the whole period of existence possible to man. It is the harmonious development of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual powers. It prepares the student for the joy of service in this world and for the higher joy of wider service in the world to come.\u201d <em>Education<\/em>, E.G. White<\/p>\n<p>I have a true passion for working with our young scholars.\u00a0 Helping each child progress in all areas of their development\u2014spiritual, academic, social, language, and motor\u2014is a challenge that I am honored to accept daily.\u00a0 I strive to create a community of scholars that nurtures this growth in a positive, fun environment.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I have been married for 16 glorious years and have two fantastic children, both boys.\u00a0 I enjoy reading, cooking, music, photography, attending church on Sabbaths, and spending time with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to working together with you as partners in your child\u2019s growth and development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Keisha Moss, and I am proud to serve at the Poughkeepsie Community Christian School in the role of principal. \u00a0I received a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Education from Lehman College, and my Master\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/fullwidth.php","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-411","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/411\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poughkeepsiesdaschool.org\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}