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Englewood principal dies in fatal crash in South Africa
ENGLEWOOD — Dr. Daniela Small-Bailey, the principal of Dr. John Grieco Elementary School, was among four people killed in a head-on collision in South Africa on July 4, the school district announced in a statement on its website. Small-Bailey was traveling with her son, Sidanii Bell, who was also...
College student to challenge state assemblyman
MAHOPAC – Zack Couzens hopes to become one of the youngest members of the New York State Legislature next January 1. The 21-year-old resident of Mahopac, an Eagle Scout and senior at Boston College, is challenging Republican 94th District State Assemblyman Matt Slater this fall to represent constituents in five of Putnam’s six towns—Carmel, Kent, Patterson, Putnam Valley and Southeast in addition to the Village of Brewster and the towns of Somers and Yorktown in Westchester.
Katonah-Lewisboro School District Hits Milestone for Capital Improvement Project
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - Late last month, shovels sent clumps of earth - and hopes for the future - flying for the Katonah-Lewisboro School District. The groundbreaking at Increase Miller Elementary, held on June 24, was a milestone in the District's Capitol Improvement Project. Fifth grader Gavin Danelewich; his older brother Owen, an Increase Miller alum and rising freshman at John Jay High School; their dad Jim Danelewich, a member of the Board of Education’s Facilities Committee; and Increase Miller’s Head Custodian Rich Wilson, Jr.—a proud IMES grad—stood at the edge of what would be the school’s...
Yorktown, Wakefield students honored in art, writing competition
A total of 21 Arlington Public Schools students received national honors in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, which for 101 years has saluted student achievement across the spectrum of arts endeavors. Hannah Bigley of Yorktown High School received an American Visions Medal (the highest honor) and was named a...
Suffern High School preschool run by students in Education & Childhood Psychology class
Suffern High School Child Center is a developmental preschool for children 3 to 4 years old. The program is run by high school students and supervised by a certified Family and Consumer Science Educator. Children in the preschool program, which has been running for more than 40 years, receive plenty of one-on-one attention from the high school students to help prepare them for kindergarten. The program, with 16 preschoolers and 25 high school students, runs for four periods, according to the high school schedule. This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Suffern High School preschool run by students in Education & Childhood Psychology class
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