An Open Letter to the Chappaqua Central School District Community
For some time now, the Chappaqua Central School District has been on a journey of creating active learning environments for teaching and learning–environments where 21st century students can apply the...
View ArticleChristine Ackerman on Being Open & Engaged
An Avid Runner, the CCSD’s New Superintendent also Goes the Extra Mile to Emphasize Communication, Transparency and Supporting District Wide Initiatives in STEM, Health – and Social Justice, too. BY...
View ArticleBreeding the Next Generation of Young Scientists
The students of the Dr. Robert Pavlica Authentic Science Program at Byram Hills High School have been consistently racking up an impressive roster of scientific accolades in recent years. In 2017...
View ArticleChappaqua School Foundation: Inspiring a Generation through Innovation
In a town known for its top-notch school district, excellence in education is the expectation amongst Chappaqua residents. Any variations in school rankings are analyzed, dissected and actively...
View Article25 Great Reasons to Discover Music in Chappaqua
Proudly celebrating its silver anniversary–a quarter century of service, music and harmony in the community, Music in Chappaqua, lead by director Janet Angier, salutes its students past and present,...
View ArticleA Music-Ability Minded Program: Rock On Music School
David Meyers found his passion for teaching music to children with disabilities quite accidentally. Having spent most of his career in real estate, music was relegated to a side pursuit that he...
View ArticleByram Hills High School unveils Latest Interdisciplinary Art Mural with a...
At Byram Hills High School, unwelcoming hallways full of cold, bare cinder block wall have become the oversized canvas for colorful, creative and incredibly detailed paintings celebrating subjects like...
View ArticleTaking a Break to ‘Just Breathe’
As I write this column during winter break, my family is about to embark on our annual pilgrimage to South Florida. We can’t wait for the airplane to depart from Westchester County Airport. We need...
View ArticleThe JOY of School Theater
As the recorded soundtrack kicked in and the curtain opened on the stage at Pocantico Hills School, my eyes welled up. What the hell? I hadn’t had a kid there for four years. Seated in the refurbished...
View ArticleBack to College Reflections ‘The Pause Button’ … and Accepting Change
Growing up, I was always that kid who called their mom to pick them up from sleepovers. I don’t know if it was because I didn’t like being away from home or because I missed my parents too much. Maybe...
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