Henri LeGendre, 85, visited Valhalla Middle School this morning to tell the story he said is missing from the history books. LeGendre joined the U.S. Army in 1942 and served as a soldier in the 9th Cavalry during World War II. Soldiers in his unit, as were many others, were known as “Buffalo Soldiers,” a [...]

Local groups continue to send money and supplies to the earthquake-ravaged Haiti. A student group at Richard J. Bailey Elementary School, 33 Hillside Terrace, White Plains, NY, are donating $400 to relief efforts and tomorrow will launch a drive to collect clothing, canned goods and other items. Fourth-graders at the Greenburgh elementary school will collect [...]

The next far-away location Christian Cecere might have to identify is Albany, N.Y. where he could be competing in the statewide Geographic Bee.

Cecere, an eighth-grader at Valhalla Middle School, recently won his school’s geography competition, beating 18 other students who spent hours tackling questions about domestic and foreign cities as well as various countries and [...]

The Greenburgh school district will hold open enrollment for its Early Childhood preschool program beginning early next month. Starting Jan. 7, parents can enroll children, ages 3 and 4, in the program. Officials will hold a meeting for parents that day at Woodlands High School, 475 W. Hartsdale Ave., at 6 p.m. Read today’s story [...]

The Christmas Spirit is thriving at R.J. Bailey School in Greenburgh, where students collected and donated 463 new toys to needy children in the community.

The toys were collected in the school’s annual toy drive, which ended last week. They were given to the Greenburgh Community Action Program at the Theodore D. Young Community Center, which [...]

That new movie all you adults saw, “The Blind Side” with Sandra Bullock…..yeah, some of your children recently met one of the stars.

Quinton Aaron, who plays a homeless boy who becomes an NFL star in the film, made a surprise visit to R.J. Bailey School in Greenburgh on Friday. It really was a surprise (school [...]

Nearly two dozen needy families will each have a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings thanks to the students and parents of the Greenburgh school district.

The Parent Teacher Association, working with the district’s Early Childhood Program, has been running a food drive since early November. Pre-schoolers brought in canned and boxed goods in their bookbags [...]

Westchester Community College received a national citation for expanding its efforts to increase diversity in enrollment, employment and other areas.

The Association of Community College Trustees has given the college the 2009 Charles Kennedy Equity Award for a variety of initiatives aimed at increasing the number of minority and women students and faculty, encouraging minorities to [...]

Several local educators will be receive awards tomorrow afternoon at a statewide conference for teachers who work with students that speak foreign languages.

New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NYSTESOL) will hold its 39th annual conference at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains on Friday and Saturday. The conference brings together [...]

Live in the Greenburgh school district and have a question about your local schools? You can take your inquiry right to the top at an upcoming “Meet The Principals” community meeting.

On Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m., the Parent Teacher Association is inviting residents Highview School, 200 North Central Ave., to meet and talk with the [...]

The Peekskill school district sent out word this morning that it is seeking volunteers to serve on several district committees that help officials with budgeting, facilities planning and other items.

From a district e-mail:

The Board of Education is looking for citizens interested in joining any one of the following committees. Residents must submit a letter of [...]

The state Education Dept. today released data on student performance last year on the Scholatic Aptitude Test and Advanced Placement exams.

More students are taking the exams, according to the release, and the percentage of students achieving mastery on the AP exams is up sharply among all ethnic groups. However, SAT scores declined slightly.

From the release:
”…New [...]

The Hall Monitor and LoHud.com spent a couple of weeks talking to students enrolled in science research programs at high schools in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties. (Read the story here.)

Many teens in the programs, which allow students to research and perform real-world experiments in specific science topics for up to three years, spent the [...]

The town of Greenburgh announced plans to host a series of creative writing workshops for children this fall.

In the Kids Short Story Connection, children between the ages of 9 and 17 will meet on alternating Saturdays at Greenburgh Town Hall to hone their writing skills with the help of professional writers who are also teachers. [...]

David Steiner, the dean of the Hunter College School of Education, was selected today to be the new commissioner of the state Education Dept.

From the news release:
Regents Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch said, “It is not enough to simply raise standards and hope for the best. Our teachers need to be prepared to help kids meet [...]