By Martin Wilbur The Chappaqua School District is revising its global studies and foreign policy curriculum relating to the Middle East conflict after criticisms were leveled this fall that lessons that had been used were potentially biased. School officials held
Read MoreMount Pleasant School District voters easily approved a $35.9 million instructional bond Tuesday evening that will reconfigure space in each of the four school buildings and expand Hawthorne and Columbus elementary schools. There were no anxious moments among district officials
Read MoreThe small number of voters in the Peekskill School District who went to the polls Tuesday approved two capital project propositions totaling $45 million. The first proposition, totaling $33 million, which featured substantial improvements at Peekskill High School, passed 333
Read MoreThere has long been a demand for afterschool activities in Peekskill, particularly in the arts, and that demand is as great as ever. Wilfredo Morel co-founded Arts 10566 nearly 11 years ago, a nonprofit organization that brings a variety of
Read MoreSeven years ago, the Mount Pleasant School District was finally able to push through a bond totaling $39.6 million on the third try to improve critical infrastructure in the district’s four school buildings. In March 2022, the district was successful
Read MoreSeveral Asian American elected officials and representatives from various organizations within the community are appealing to Westchester school districts to include Asian-American history into their curriculum and add two holidays to school calendars. County Legislator David Imamura (D-Irvington) said given
Read MoreObjections over the Chappaqua School District’s curriculum on Israel and Gaza and sharp criticisms from representatives of an organization whose leader was ejected from school grounds last month led to a tension-filled Board of Education meeting last week. Against the
Read MoreA former teaching assistant in the Yorktown School District could face up to 20 years in prison after being indicted in federal court in White Plains Nov. 1 on charges of distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography. Giuseppi Micciari, 27,
Read MoreA 16-year-old student at Carmel High School was recently charged in connection with graffiti discovered on the tennis courts last month. On Sept. 20, at approximately 5 p.m., the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office was advised of graffiti found at the
Read MoreBy Jonathan Notis After playing volleyball for the nationally ranked Downstate Athletic Center in Peekskill, Marc Arroyo, a current Briarcliff High School senior wanted a different challenge. That’s where he met Paulo Martinez-Amezaga and Sam Jacobson, students at Croton-Harmon High
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