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10 High School Students Graduate While In Westchester County Custody 10 High School Students Graduate While In Westchester County Custody
10 High School Students Graduate While In Westchester County Custody County custody didn’t hold back the 10 students who received their high school diplomas at a commencement ceremony at Westchester County Department of Correction on Friday, July 12. The ceremony was held at the jail’s Albert Memorial Chapel and attended by family, mentors and other invited guests. Each of the students donned their bright blue caps and gowns while ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ played. Evangelist Vicki Mills and Sprain Brook Academy principal Dr. Michelle Darby started the ceremony with an invocation and opening remarks. Darby, holding back tears, made note of the close bonds forme…

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by Valerie Musson
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'Color of Water' Author James McBride Speaks At Pace Commencement 'Color of Water' Author James McBride Speaks At Pace Commencement
'Color of Water' Author James McBride Speaks At Pace Commencement James McBride, an award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter is this year’s honorary degree recipient and speaker for Pace’s Westchester undergraduate commencement on Wednesday, May 16. Graduation ceremonies began at 11 a.m. on the Pleasantville campus, 861 Bedford Road. McBride is a teacher and native New Yorker, born and raised in the Red Hook housing projects in Brooklyn, and later St. Albans, Queens. He is the eighth of 12 children.  McBride went to New York City public schools. He graduated from Oberlin College, where he studied music and communications and he earned a master’s …

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by Jon Craig