Lifting Up Westchester Announces Eighth Annual Student Essay Contest

The Gift: How Could $1 Million Dollars Help Westchester Neighbors in Need? Lifting Up Westchester, a community-based nonprofit agency that provides life-changing support to people who have lost their housing […] Read more »

Planning to Return to College at 30? 4 Tips to Prepare Yourself

Gen Z is turning away from college. But millennials and Gen Xers are going back.  The National Center for Education Statistics found that more than a third of all undergraduate […] Read more »

SUNY Workforce Scholarships Awarded

Two students in the SUNY Westchester Peekskill Extension Adult Learner Program have received workforce scholarships. Jennifer Penaflor of Brooklyn is enrolled in the Historic Preservation Certificate Program. Daniella Krihely of […] Read more »

Hen Hud Student to Sing at Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House

Hendrick Hudson High School musician Alexandra Numeroff has been awarded two major honors.  The high school junior auditioned and was accepted into the Worldstrides Honors Performance Program as a member […] Read more »

School Bus Cameras to Record Scofflaws in Cortlandt

At a September event kicking off Cortlandt Community Coalition’s Back-to-School Safe Streets Campaign, Sgt. James Dress of the Westchester County Police Department (WCPD) hands a youngster a brochure filled with […] Read more »

‘Pursuit of Passion’ Is the Golden Rule in Croton Schools

On a warm fall day in late October, the sounds of children on the playground fill the air in the quiet setting of the Croton-Harmon schools.  The 1,600 students at […] Read more »

Pocantico Hills Students Feel Part of Briarcliff “Family”

Each September, Briarcliff High School welcomes ninth graders from Briarcliff Middle School, as well as from Pocantico Hills Central School District, known as POCO. POCO serves students from pre-k through […] Read more »

Briarcliff High School to Present “Clue”

Playing board games and watching movies can be inspiring, just ask Briarcliff High School senior Cat Lynch. Cat loves playing the “Clue” board game, as well as watching the movie […] Read more »

75 Advanced Placement Scholar Designations Awarded to Archbishop Stepinac High School Students

Archbishop Stepinac High School students have earned a total of 75 Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar designations in the 2024 AP rankings. Among these high achievers, five students received the prestigious […] Read more »

Dows Lane Elementary School Students Choose School Drive in Mock Election

In an exciting lesson about democracy, kindergarten through third grade students at Dows Lane Elementary School took part in a mock election on Nov. 4. The young voters faced a […] Read more »