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Westchester Well-Represented In Brand-New Best High School Rankings Westchester Well-Represented In Brand-New Best High School Rankings
Westchester Well-Represented In Brand-New Best High School Rankings New York is well-represented in brand-new rankings of the best high schools in New York. The first four in Niche's 2025 selections are all from New York City: Stuyvesant in Manhattan, the Bronx High School of Science, Staten Island Technical High School, and Townsend Harris High School in Queens. Checking in at No. 5 and the first Westchester County selection is Scarsdale High School. The first Long Island school picked is No. 7 Half Hollow Hills West in Dix Hills. Long Island schools also make up spots 10 through 13: They are Jericho, Syosset, and Great Neck South high schools. Four mor…

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by Joe Lombardi
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US Presidential Scholars: 6 NY High School Seniors Awarded Top Honor US Presidential Scholars: 6 NY High School Seniors Awarded Top Honor
US Presidential Scholars: 6 NY High School Seniors Awarded Top Honor These students have a date with the president. Six graduating seniors from New York were among just 161 high school students across the country to be selected as a US Presidential Scholar, one of the nation’s highest honors for students. Established in 1964, the award recognizes distinguished seniors who have shown exceptional accomplishments in areas like academics, leadership, and service to their school and communities. The program was later expanded to include students in the visual, creative, and performing arts, and in career and technical education fields. In the Empire State, the…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Westchester High Schools Among Nation's Best In Brand-New U.S. News & World Report Rankings Westchester High Schools Among Nation's Best In Brand-New U.S. News & World Report Rankings
Westchester High Schools Among Nation's Best In Brand-New U.S. News & World Report Rankings Westchester County is well represented in the brand-new 2021 U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best high schools in the nation. The criteria in ranking the more than 17,000 focused on six factors:  College readiness,  Reading and math proficiency,  Reading and math performance,  Underserved student performance,  College curriculum breadth, Graduation rates.  College readiness specifically measures participation and performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams, U.S. News & World Report said. The data used was from the …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Two Byram Hills High School Teachers Get Tenure Two Byram Hills High School Teachers Get Tenure
Two Byram Hills High School Teachers Get Tenure Two teachers from Byram Hills High School have been granted tenured positions by the Byram Hills Board of Education. Tenure positions for special education teacher Ally Dellacioppa and mathematics teacher Jonas Kalish were approved on Tuesday, June 11 and will take effect in late August. “It’s the point where you have made a serious commitment to be a part of something that is going to grow and expand over time and reach people in different ways that you didn’t know that you could,” said Superintendent Dr. Jen Lamia regarding the nature of the appointed tenure positions. “I think that our t…

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by Valerie Musson