Seventh-grader Maryum Faisal was the only student who answered every question correctly at the ninth annual Pocantico Hills School National Geographic GeoBee on January 24. “I’m feeling really excited and […] Read more »
The Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve welcomed Peter Iskenderian, the new Preserve Manager for the Rockefeller State Park Preserve. George F. Gumina, Founder of the Friends of Rockefeller […] Read more »
Students in first through eighth grade at Pocantico Hills Central School entertained parents and guests with winter concerts in December. On December 12, first- and second-graders wowed the audience with their performance of the songs […] Read more »
Children’s book author Aisha Saeed visited the Pocantico Hills School on November 6 (she also visited Main Street School in Irvington – see December’s Education Round-Up) as part of this […] Read more »
Susan Antenen, Manager of Rockefeller State Park Preserve for the last five years, retired on January 1. “She breathed energy into the state park through an inspiring conservation vision for […] Read more »
Westchester County Executive George Latimer honored the achievements of George F. Gumina, Founder of the Friends of Rockefeller State Park Preserve at the 36th Annual Senior Citizens Hall of Fame. […] Read more »
The culmination of a multi-year effort by The Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve came today when the New York State Historic Review Board voted unanimously to designate the […] Read more »
On October 25, the Pocantico Board of Education decided to place the proposed capital project on hold due to a disparity in the level of support in the school community. […] Read more »
In Pocantico Hills Makerspace classroom, girls quibbled over a marker; boys found pencil tips breaking as they wrote; another student couldn’t log onto a computer. The scenarios weren’t real: The […] Read more »
Five third-graders carefully carried their trophy out of the garden at the back of the school: a massive Italian zucchini bound for Chef Kassie Arcate’s outdoor chopping table, one of […] Read more »
