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These suburbs have the best public schools in the NYC area
NEW YORK CITY - Ranking and review site Niche.com has come out with their list of the "2024 Suburbs with the Best Public Schools in the New York City Area." Scardale in Westchester County finished first, followed by Woodbury and Syosset. "Living in Scarsdale offers residents a sparse suburban feel...
Services Set For Mark-Anthony Giordano After Fatal Fall
Mark-Anthony Effy Giordano, a 13-year-old eighth-grade student at Harrison's Louis M. Klein Middle School, died on Sunday, June 9 after falling from the parking garage next to the Harrison Metro-North train station, according to MTA officials. Earlier Report - Harrison Eighth-Grade Student Dies Suddenly In Fall From Parking Garage: 'Amazing...
Lax NYC school cell phone policies put burden on teachers, leave students confused
On its face, the cell phone policy at Forest Hills High School seems clear: Phones cannot be used in school and must be turned off during the day, unless a teacher allows them as part of a lesson.In practice, the picture is a lot more complicated.Some teachers create their own rules, from zero-tolerance approaches like confiscation to more relaxed policies like allowing phones unless a class devolves into chaos, according to Stephan Menasche, a senior at the 3,400-student school in Queens.The inconsistencies lead to students testing boundaries and giving into the irresistible pull of their phones to watch or create...
After injury last fall, Bergen County football player gets one last shot in All-Star Game
Isaiah Lopez’ football career was just starting to take off when it all crashed down. On Saturday, the Lyndhurst senior will get one final shot, suiting up for the South team in the annual Bergen County Football All-Star Game sponsored by Sinner’s Steakhouse and broadcast live on NorthJersey.com. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Lyndhurst High School. ...
2024 Valedictorian, Salutatorian Announced By Northern Westchester High School
Two high-achieving seniors at a Northern Westchester high school are being recognized for landing at the top of their class. In an announcement on Wednesday, June 12, Byram Hills High School revealed its valedictorian and salutatorian for the class of 2024 are Grace Lin and Daniel Nd…
Meet the Long Island "prodigy" graduating from high school at age 12
MALVERNE, N.Y. -- It's graduation season, and one senior on Long Island stands out. He's at the top of his class and is off to New York University -- and he's only 12 years old.Lecturing at age 7, applying for college at age 11Suborno Isaac Bari is about to graduate from Malverne High School, inspiring his admiring classmates."Suborno can teach the class, and they are aware of that ... He's truly a prodigy," Principal Kesha Bascombe said."When I was 2 or 3, I already had memorized the periodic table," Suborno said.He's been lecturing at universities since age 7."I've been...
Queens high school student heading to Olympic swimming trials
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — It was an illuminating surprise moment for 17-year-old Sean Green. His junior classmates at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens were celebrating his acceptance to the U.S. Olympic swimming qualifying trials in Indianapolis. Green is a champion swimmer who has amassed several records since he first began swimming at the age […]
Saddle Brook moves quickly to hire new HS football coach
The North Jersey football coaching carousel took one last spin. On Wednesday night, the Saddle Brook Board of Education approved Rob Bernier as the Falcons' new head football coach. The district moved quickly to replace Bill Van Kersen, who is leaving for an administrative position in Bergen County. Offseason football practices started Monday. Bernier,...
World Language expands across Port Chester Schools
Rebecca Peters, a new Port Chester Middle School World Language teacher hired to reinstate the French program in her building, visits Park Avenue Elementary School on May 15 to instruct the weekly after school FLES (Foreign Language in Elementary School) program. (Sarah Wolpoff/Westmore News)
Some 3-K students won’t be in their district: Banks
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Some parents of 3-year-olds enrolled in New York City’s 3-K program may have to travel outside of their school district after all, New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks said Wednesday. Speaking on the PIX11 Morning News, Banks said 94% of families that applied received a seat in the 3-K program, but about 2,000 […]
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