BioBus Magnifies the World of Scientists for Ossining Fifth-Graders

Is it a crab? Is it a spider? Why is it jiggling so much?    The questions came rapid-fire as fifth-graders at Roosevelt School in Ossining looked at samples of pond […] Read more »

Irvington’s Dows Lane First Graders Build Food Supply Defenses  

First graders at Dows Lane Elementary School who have been learning how plants and animals use their defenses to survive in nature, recently applied this knowledge to solve a real-life […] Read more »

When Choosing a School, Listen to Your Heart

This is the time of year when most twelfth graders are getting college applications ready and the anxiety can be palpable. In a place like Westchester, many kids are coming from homes […] Read more »

Putting STEM to Work – Fourth in a Series

Thanks to the generous support of Regeneron, each quarter, a local high school student with a passion for science will be paired with a Regeneron scientist so they can learn what […] Read more »

Ossining Children’s Center Holds Topping Off Ceremony

Local elected officials, community leaders and children from the Ossining Children’s Center (OCC) gathered today at the site of OCC’s new Rebecca and Arthur Samberg Building. The celebration marked a […] Read more »

Op-Ed: Hate and Fear Flood Syracuse University Campus

  Editor’s note: Sarah is a freshman at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. She graduated from Briarcliff High School in 2019 and has been an intern for the […] Read more »

Latino U College Access’ Visiones Benefit Raised Over Four Hundred Thousand Dollars to Support Latino Youth and their College Dreams

Latino U College Access (LUCA) hosted its 7th Annual Benefit – Visiones: Transforming Lives, Fulfilling Dream – on Thursday, November 7th at Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown, […] Read more »

Foodie Bus Joins Mobile Food Pantry in Ossining to Prepare Healthy Meals 

Twice a month, staff members from the Ossining School District volunteer to help Feeding Westchester distribute fresh produce, meat, and canned goods at Park School.   They recently welcomed 1989 Ossining High […] Read more »

Children Learn about Ecology during Pocantico Hills Fundraiser at Rockefeller State Park 

Pocantico Hills School students identified trees, learned about macroinvertebrates, spotted frogs and turtles, and more at Rockefeller State Park Preserve on October 4 as part of the Pocantico Hills School Foundation’s Swan Lake Walk. […] Read more »

Briarcliff Seniors Earn Recognition

Several high–achieving Briarcliff High School students were recognized by the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program and the National Hispanic Recognition Program.   The National Merit Commended Students join 34,000 scholars nationwide […] Read more »