Students at Mount Vernon High School created a mural inspired by the book “A Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest J. Gaines. Four English classes worked with ArtsWestchester artist Tova Snyder to create a mural around the themes in the book.  The fictional story is about a young man in Louisiana in the 1940’s who is [...]

As part of ArtsWestchester’s Arts in Education program, nearly 30 students from Nelson Mandela High School in Mt. Vernon worked with ArtsWestchester artist Jeffrey Schrier to create sculptures of animals that live in the Hudson.  As part of the students’ science curriculum, they worked with Schrier over a seven week period and visited the banks [...]

A quick-thinking Mount Vernon High School teacher saved a 32-pound turtle from a risky situation. Rosemarie Sanders, a science teacher, spotted the turtle on the road and got him to safety. Here is her story:

“Thursday morning I was coming to work.  Upon coming to my exit I saw a large object in the road.  I [...]

Best-selling suspense writer, Carol Higgins Clark, will meet and greet students at two local schools this week. Clark visits Lincoln Elementary School in Mount Vernon today and will be at Tuckahoe Middle School and High School tomorrow afternoon. Clark will share with students a brief history of her family — her mother Mary is also [...]

Mount Vernon school board president Charles Stern has found a new way to deliver school news to city residents. Stern  launched a podcast that can be heard and downloaded on the school district’s Web site. Called the “President’s podcast,” Stern uses the medium to talk about what’s going on in the district and schools, and [...]

The Mount Vernon Knights are holding a free basketball clinic for Bronxville boys, grades 4 through 8, on Sunday as a way to say thanks for the community’s support.

Bronxville residents made generous donations to the Mount Vernon interscholastic sports program after all funding for sports was cut due to budget constraints. The fall and winter [...]