Ossining Reading “Detectives” Call on First Graders for Clues 

Super-Secret Detective No. 1 and Super-Secret Detective No. 2 – aka Ossining Superintendent Dr. Raymond Sanchez and Director of Elementary Teaching and Learning Carrieann Sipos – took Brookside School by storm on December 6.   Wearing Sherlock Holmes-style […] Read more »

Dows Lane Elementary School Students Support UNICEF in Irvington

Dows Lane Elementary School students have been doing their part to make a difference in the world. Thanks to the community’s generosity, they raised $1,317.46 for the United Nations Children’s Fund this year.  […] Read more »

Story Pirates Sail into Briarcliff Manor

To the delight of Briarcliff Manor Todd Elementary School’s staff and kindergarten through second graders, a group of stories created by the children have been brought to life.   Story Pirates, […] Read more »

Scholar Athlete of the Month: Julia Iorio 

  Entering into her final season as shooting guard for Ossining High School girl’s basketball, Julia Iorio is a player who not only stands out on the court, but also in her community. Last […] Read more »

Local Artist Donates Proceeds to Make-A-Wish Foundation 

Ashna Rastogi, a twelve-year-old artist from Briarcliff Manor, NY, has always loved to express herself through artwork. Ashna finds her inspiration within nature, as well as outer-space and its galaxies. Conveying themes of […] Read more »

Play, Imagination, and Rocket Science: Creativity in Early Childhood 

In the early years of the Apollo Project, NASA commissioned George Land, a scientist specializing in the enhancement of creative performance, to design a creativity test for engineering and rocket […] Read more »

Local Teen Rock Band Connects with Jewish Musicians from Around the Globe

The Shames JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown, NY was awarded a generous Ignition Grant from the Covenant Foundation to kickstart a new music education program for teens aimed at […] Read more »

Racial Slur, Swastika Found At Sleepy Hollow School

A racial slur and a swastika were found etched into a toilet paper dispenser in a bathroom at the Sleepy Hollow Middle High School on Monday according to a letter […] Read more »

Society for Science & the Public Announces Top 300 Scholars in Regeneron Science Talent Search 2020

$1.2 Million in Awards to go to Scholars and their Schools for their Exemplary Work in Science and Math Society for Science & the Public today announced the top 300 scholars […] Read more »

Irvington Students Create Self-Portraits through ‘Eyes on Art’

Students at Main Street School and Dows Lane Elementary School created their own art, inspired by American impressionist artist Mary Cassatt, as part of the PTSA-funded Eyes on Art program […] Read more »