The father of a 10-year-old Hillcrest Elementary School student who recently apparently died by suicide claimed last week bullying by another student was responsible for his family tragedy. Christian Illescas confronted the Peekskill Board of Education at the June 6
Read MoreThe Chappaqua School District will add two full-time school resource officers (SROs) next academic year after a wide cross section of parents pleaded with school officials to consider that option to help bolster on-campus security. One of the new officer’s
Read MoreThe Hendrick Hudson Board of Education is seeking input from the community about the qualities they would like to see in a superintendent of schools following the recent resignation of Joseph Hochreiter. Hochreiter, who led the district since 2013, took
Read MoreAnn Marie Chalmers, a dedicated leader and community advocate for the Brewster Central School District for more than 20 years, was recognized last week as a 2023 State Senate Woman of Distinction honoree at a special ceremony held in Albany. Chalmers was
Read MoreIn a brightly lit classroom at Brookside Elementary School in Ossining, first-graders are busy writing in their workbooks, drawing pictures or studying the white board. The teacher speaks both Spanish and English to the students. It’s the end of the
Read MoreBrewster High School senior Suhaan Akula will have the prestigious honor of attending West Point in the fall. Only about 10 percent of the 10,000 students who apply to West Point are admitted, but Akula, who participated in the NJROTC
Read MoreBy Rose Collins The Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville offers many students varied educational programming throughout the year. Last week the film center offered another installment of its Classroom to Screening Room program with a showing of the documentary
Read MoreStudents in the Mahopac School District have chosen Wolf Pac to replace the longstanding Indians mascot. In April, the Board of Regents voted unanimously to adopt a regulation reinforcing the Education Department’s position on The Dignity for All Students Act
Read MoreThe White Plains School District is utilizing AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to enhance its security measures in district schools. During a Board of Education meeting earlier this month, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph Ricca addressed the topic that was discussed
Read MoreThe Town of New Castle’s Holocaust and Human Rights Committee called out the Chappaqua School District last week for failing to acknowledge that a flyer hung at Horace Greeley High School was anti-Semitic. Committee Co-chair Alexandra (Ali) Rosenberg as well
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