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Peekskill City School District celebrates 100th year with alumni.
Peekskill City School District celebrated its 100th year with various centennial events throughout the school year, including alumni visits, reunions, and festivities. Mr. Andrew “Andy” H. Addoms, a graduate of Peekskill Military Academy in 1960, returned to his alma mater just before the end of the monumental year. Accompanied by friends Alyssa and Alan, Andy toured the administration building, reminiscing about his time at the academy and generously donating historical items to the District's collection.
New Carmel school superintendent hits the ground running
CARMEL – Erin Meehan-Fairben walked into her new office for the first time Monday as Carmel’s new superintendent of schools. Walking in was emotional for the career educator since her father, the late Richard Meehan, sat in the same chief school administrator’s chair at the district’s administrative office in Patterson 51 years ago when he served as Carmel superintendent.
Newburgh board of education approves three administrators in special Sunday session
NEWBURGH – Following debate on procedure and legality of conducting a special Sunday meeting, the Newburgh Board of Education approved three administration appointments without discussion. The board approved the contract for Deputy Superintendent Onyx Peterson through June 30, 2027 at a salary of $230,000 through June 30, 2025 with...
Fourth graders learned about WWII
On a hot morning, with just about a week of school left in the year, Highland Falls Intermediate School fourth graders proved that this year, if nothing else, they learned to be a great audience. The students spent about an hour listening to and asking questions of Fort Montgomery’s Ray...
What's Next for the Somers High School Class of 2024?
SOMERS, N.Y. - The Somers High School Class of 2024 will be attending 111 different colleges in 27 states! Alabama The University of AlabamaCLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Arizona University of Arizona California University of California San Diego State University Connecticut University of Connecticut Fairfield University University of Hartford University of New Haven Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Sacred Heart University Wesleyan University Western Connecticut State University Delaware University of DelawareDOWNLOAD THE FREE TAPINTO APP FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS. AVAILABLE IN THE APPLE STORE AND THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE. Florida Florida Atlantic University Florida State University University of Florida Lynn University University of Tampa Georgia Savannah College of Art and Design University of Georgia Indiana Indiana University-Bloomington Purdue University Louisiana Tulane University of Louisiana Maine University of Maine Maryland Loyola...
Construction underway at Brewster schools
BREWSTER – Members of the Brewster school community gathered at Bears Field as the summer break got underway Monday to celebrate the capital project approved by voters in 2023. As shovels were placed in the ground, Assistant Superintendent Victor Karlsson told some 75 attendees including teachers, residents, parents, students,...
Somers Alum Earns Trio of Journalism Awards
SOMERS, N.Y. - The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association recently announced that Christina Locurto of the Somers High School Class of 2015 has earned three Keystone Media Awards for excellence in journalism. Locurto, a General Assignment Reporter with The York Dispatch, a Gannett newspaper located in York, Pennsylvania, won first, second and third place in the following categories for writing and video production:CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER First Place, News Multimedia Category: A video timeline and history of the Central York School book ban Second Place, Business/Consumer Category: A feature story which investigated the world of ghost...
SUNY NEW PALTZ TO BECOME A FULL MEMBER OF THE NJAC IN 2026-27
Pitman, NJ: The New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Presidents Council and Board of Athletic Administrators recently voted to accept State University of New York (SUNY) New Paltz as the conference's newest full member effective in the 2026-27 academic year. The addition of SUNY New Paltz in 2026-27 will increase the NJAC full membership to 11 institutions and will mark the first full-member expansion in the conference in 43 years. New Paltz will also become the first full-member institution in the history of the conference to be located outside of the State of New Jersey.
Hudson Link: From Incarceration to Graduation
“Hudson Link, and college education, is not just a gift for that student, changing his life. It’s a gift for the people who are going back to their families, back to their communities and back to the world we all live in,” says Sean Pica, executive director of Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison. Hudson Link provides college educations, reentry support and life skills to incarcerated people in six correctional facilities, including two in Westchester County – Sing Sing in Ossining, and Taconic in Bedford Hills. The organization currently works with 11 college partners, including Ivy Leaguers like Columbia University, and several local schools – Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, Vassar in Poughkeepsie, Mount Saint Mary in Newburgh, and St. Thomas Aquinas in Rockland County.
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