By Ryan Raicht Sitting in a classroom at White Plains High School, Lexi Labis was horrified when she saw that a swastika had been drawn on the desk in front of her last year. “I was shocked, upset and taken
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By Ryan Raicht More than 60 high school students recently gathered at Stepinac High School in White Plains to present their findings from a special program they participated in that recommended how to curb social media abuse. The culmination of
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Adults of a certain generation are often critical of the ills of technology even as they spend too much time on their mobile devices. But how about the perspectives of high school students who are coming of age and never
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It may have been more than a half-century since many of the people who were Adrian McGuire’s former students sat in his classroom at Chappaqua’s Grafflin Elementary School. But for those who attended last Friday’s 99th birthday party for their
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Members of the Putnam Valley Board of Education rebuked the Chappaqua School District last week for using its financial resources to entice teachers into switching districts a year after losing its high school principal. Putnam Valley Board Vice President Joseph
Read MoreThe father of a 10-year-old Hillcrest Elementary School student who recently apparently died by suicide claimed last week bullying by another student was responsible for his family tragedy. Christian Illescas confronted the Peekskill Board of Education at the June 6
Read MoreThe Chappaqua School District will add two full-time school resource officers (SROs) next academic year after a wide cross section of parents pleaded with school officials to consider that option to help bolster on-campus security. One of the new officer’s
Read MoreThe Hendrick Hudson Board of Education is seeking input from the community about the qualities they would like to see in a superintendent of schools following the recent resignation of Joseph Hochreiter. Hochreiter, who led the district since 2013, took
Read MoreAnn Marie Chalmers, a dedicated leader and community advocate for the Brewster Central School District for more than 20 years, was recognized last week as a 2023 State Senate Woman of Distinction honoree at a special ceremony held in Albany. Chalmers was
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In a brightly lit classroom at Brookside Elementary School in Ossining, first-graders are busy writing in their workbooks, drawing pictures or studying the white board. The teacher speaks both Spanish and English to the students. It’s the end of the
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