TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- A Zumbathon capped off Wellness Week at Tarrytown Schools April 7 in the Sleepy Hollow High School gym.Under the direction of YMCA aerobic fitness program instructors, kids and their parents learned the choreographed moves.The event culminated a week of health-oriented activities that included kids dressing like fruits vegetables for assemblies, movement classes and ...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Characters from the musical "Seussical" paid a visit to Tarrytown's elementary schools in advance of the upcoming production at Sleepy Hollow High School. The Cat in the Hat, Horton the elephant, Gertrude McFuzz and Jojo performed some of the show's songs for students at John Paulding and Winfred Morse and visited with students at Washington Irving during ...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Washington Irving Intermediate School held its annual Memoir Night on March 30, a chance for third through fifth-grade Challenge program students to present history/memoir projects to visitors. The students have been spending months doing research on specific figures in history and historical periods. Many dressed in costume to explain their work. Fifth-grade students ...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Tarrytown observed World Autism Awareness Day on April 1, by wearing blue and showing support for students with autism and other disabilities. Teachers and students wore blue to raise awareness about autism and to set a good example for inclusion of students with this disability and others. Sleepy Hollow Middle School students wore blue, and even ate foods at ...

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. -- The Sleepy Hollow Middle School Red Team faced off against the White Team on March 24 at Sleepy Hollow Middle School, as sixth-graders counted more than 800 non-perishable food items they had collected.The items, which were collected over the past few weeks, were donated to the Community Food Pantry of Tarrytown.Motivated by the promise of candy prizes for the ...

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. -- Justin Veatch was a promising young musician who played the piano and guitar and dreamed of signing on with a major record company.But all that came crashing to a halt in 2008 when the Yorktown teen was found dead of a heroin overdose in his own bed.But his music, and his other contributions to the world, did not die with him.Justin’s dad, Jeffrey, discovered his ...

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. -- The Sleepy Hollow High School Parent Advisory Council has launched its annual laptop scholarship fund. Students are choosing colleges and have begun their search and application process for college scholarship opportunities. The Sleepy Hollow High School Laptop Scholarship Fund  is being continued by the newly formed Parents Advisory Council. "The laptop ...

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. -- Emily Thayer, a senior at Sleepy Hollow High School, is headed to the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix this spring, after placing first for her scientific research project at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair held recently at Sleepy Hollow High School. Thayer, a senior heading to the University of Alabama to study chemical ...

Two groups from the Lower Hudson region have created and released a video that takes New York state to task on a number of issues facing public schools, including fiscal concerns, state policy and education reform.Created and released by the Westchester/Putnam School Boards Association and the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents, the video, “Last Straw for NY Public Schools,” ...

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N. Y. -- Byram Hills High School Principal Christopher Borsari was selected to become the new superintendent of schools for the Tarrytown School District, officials announced.School board members made the appointment Monday. Borsari, principal at Byram Hills for eight years, takes over in Tarrytown on July 1. With a master's degree in education from Manhattanville College ...