Clay Ketter, one of Sweden’s most prominent artists and a 1985 Purchase College alumnus, is featured in a David Schwarz Project 11 exhibition at the Purchase College School of Art + Design.

Ketter moved to Sweden 20 years ago from New York City.  The exhibition includes works created from 1996-2009 that reflect everyday domestic interior and [...]

School news from Carmel:

“Our annual Community Open Forum is set to take place on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 7:00 p.m. at George Fischer Middle School. This is your opportunity to provide the district and the Board of Education with feedback on such priority topics as Curriculum and Instruction, Communication, Facilities and Transportation and Budget and [...]

Fifteen Hastings High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society at a ceremony on Thursday.

They were: Lauren Berke, Anna Bernstein, Niko Gelfars, Aliana Heffernan, Daphne Lee, Jordan Lerner, Eleanor McQuistion, Hannah Murphy, Stephen Pecylak, Maud Reavill, Ben Roif, Catherine Smyth, Nicolee Spiller, Miya Tsudome and Charles Zahn.

Here’s an event about teen-age depression, how it manifest itself and where to seek treatment.

The movie More than Sad will be shown at the Chappaqua Public Library tomorrow night, followed by a panel discussion with mental health professionals.

Teenagers, parents, school psychologists and social workers are invited.

The evening begins at 7:30 p.m.

The library is at 195 [...]

When Monecia Samuels wanted her students at the College of Westchester to hear a well delivered speech, she took them to hear Sal Capiello, the owner of Tuscany Cafe in White Plains.

Here’s a description of the field trip courtesy of Jessica Del Balzo.

Capiello gave a speech on persuasive speaking that students from the Oral Communications [...]

Three Bronxville High School students were selected for the 2009 All-State Mixed Chorus.

They are seniors Thomas Dawson, a tenor; and Joe Wood, who sings bass; and junior Hannah Geiling, a soprano.

The announcement came from the New York State School Music Association, which sponsors the All-State Conference each year for high school juniors and seniors. The [...]

The Hastings school board meeting scheduled for tonight has been moved to the Farragut cafeteria because all of the district’s teachers plan to attend.

The president of the Hastings Teachers Association, Nate Morgan, will address the board on behalf of the faculty.

The meeting will start at 8 p.m.

The district and teachers are in contract negotiations.

Nine Bronxville High School students were selected for area all-state music ensembles by the Westchester County School Music Association.

The concert was held Nov. 5 at SUNY Purchase.

Junior Hannah Geiling, soprano, was chosen for the mixed chorus and was also named to the 2009 All-State Mixed Chorus.

The following students were named to the orchestra: Monica Devlin, [...]

The H1N1, or swine, flu is considered widespread in New York and affecting school-age children in greater numbers, though most of those illnesses are
considered mild.

How is this impacting your district or your classroom? Are you seeing significant absences? If so, please call Journal News Health Reporter Candice Ferrette at 914-696-8229 or e-mail her at cferrett@lohud.com.

Consider this:

Latino representation in higher education is growing but still, only 46 percent of Hispanic New Yorkers graduate from high school in four years, a rate lower than all other ethnic groups and 9 points below the national average for Hispanics.
Hispanic students earn 8 percent of bachelor’s degrees earned in New York State, compared to [...]

Archbishop Stepinac High School is presenting the musical “My Sister Eileen.” Here are the details from the school:

The drama club will present Joseph Fields’ and Jerome Chodorov’s “My Sister Eileen,” the stage adaptation of Ruth McKenney’s short story series. Performances will be at 7:30 PM, Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21 and at 3 [...]

Girl Scouts from Westchester and Putnam counties visited Blythedale Children’s Hospital today to learn about the physical and mental challenges facing people with disabilities.

The workshop featured physical, occupational and speech therapists.

Among the girls who attended were Scouts from Chappaqua Troop 2746, who designed and created a new badge called “Challenges to Opportunities.” The intention is [...]

A reminder about an upcoming trip from Westchester Community College:

The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College is offering a spring botanical tour of the Washington. D.C. area from May 3-6, 2010. The center’s director, Darrin Duling, a professional landscape designer and botanist, will lead the tour.

The trip will include stops at The United States [...]

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin will discuss her role in the Legislature next week at Westchester Community College.

The Thursday presentation—Inside Albany: The Job of an Assemblywoman—is sponsored by the President’s Ad Hoc Committee on Women’s Educational Opportunity.

The event will be at 11 a.m. in the Classroom Building, Room 200. It is free and open to the public.

The [...]

Three alumni of Croton-Harmon High School were recently inducted into the school’s Hall of Distinguished Graduates.

Inducted during the October 26 ceremony were: Rachel Whetten, class of 1987; Peggy Tuxen Akers, class of 1965; and Richard Albert, class of 1945.

The Hall of Distinguished Graduates recognizes graduates who have made significant contributions to their professions or in [...]