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HS Student Wins $20K In Northern Westchester: 'Will Change World One Day' HS Student Wins $20K In Northern Westchester: 'Will Change World One Day'
HS Student Wins $20K In Northern Westchester: 'Will Change World One Day' A high school student from Northern Westchester has received a $20,000 scholarship after being named a 2023 Coca-Cola Scholar.  Matthew Krasnow, a student at Fox Lane High School in Bedford, is one of only 150 students across the entire country to receive the scholarship and was picked out of more than 91,000 applicants, according to the Bedford Central School District.  Krasnow was picked based on criteria such as academic excellence, leadership skills, and services in both school and community activities, school officials said. As part of the application process, he also intervi…

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by Ben Crnic
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Nor'easter: Schools Announce Closures As Potent Storm Arrives Nor'easter: Schools Announce Closures As Potent Storm Arrives
Nor'easter: Schools Announce Closures As Potent Storm Arrives School districts in the Hudson Valley are announcing closures for Tuesday, March 14 as a Nor'easter with snow, rain, and gusty winds arrives. These closures were announced just before 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 13. Putnam County: Brewster Central School District Carmel Central School District  Dutchess Beacon City School District Pine Plains Central School District Spackenkill Union Free School District Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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Teacher Injured During Fight At High School In Hudson Valley Teacher Injured During Fight At High School In Hudson Valley
Teacher Injured During Fight At High School In Hudson Valley A teacher was injured during a fight between two students at a school in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Orange County on Monday, March 6 at Middletown High School. The fight took place in a hallway outside a classroom.  The teacher was injured while attempting to intervene, said Amy Creeden, Superintendent of Schools for the Enlarged City School District of Middletown. "This saddens our entire school community and we are thinking of the faculty member during this difficult time," Creeden said in a letter to staff.  Security staff responded immediately, arriv…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Data Breach Reported At School District In Northern Westchester Data Breach Reported At School District In Northern Westchester
Data Breach Reported At School District In Northern Westchester A data breach may have exposed information related to some students at a school district in Northern Westchester.  The breach was announced by Mount Pleasant Central School District Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo on Friday, Feb. 17, who said that several student email passwords may have been compromised by the incident.  After the data breach was discovered on Friday, an investigation into the matter found that several passwords belonging to Grade 7 students in the district had been posted to a shared Google Classroom during the 2020-2021 school year. After this document was …

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Students At HS In Hudson Valley Impersonated Administrators, Police In Racist Videos, BOE Says Students At HS In Hudson Valley Impersonated Administrators, Police In Racist Videos, BOE Says
Students At HS In Hudson Valley Impersonated Administrators, Police In Racist Videos, BOE Says Several students at a high school in the Hudson Valley used artificial intelligence to impersonate both school district administrators and police in racist videos on social media, officials said. The videos were created by students in Putnam County who go to Carmel High School, the Carmel Central School District's Board of Education announced on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 15.  Both Carmel Central School District administrators and members of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office were impersonated in the videos, which contained inappropriate and racist content and were posted on TikTok…

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Wesleyan University Student-Athlete Dies In Skiing Accident Wesleyan University Student-Athlete Dies In Skiing Accident
Wesleyan University Student-Athlete Dies In Skiing Accident A junior at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, has died after a ski accident. Jack Seivwright was studying abroad this semester, the university said in a statement. The accident happened on Sunday, Feb. 12. "Known on campus as a student-athlete who brought people together, he will be sorely missed by many," Wesleyan's statement said. "We offer our condolences to Jack’s family, friends, and loved ones." A native of Elmore, Vermont, Seivwright was a member of the soccer team during his freshman year in 2020-21. “Jack was a ball of energy who loved being active and spending tim…

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by Joe Lombardi
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School District Reassigns Superintendent In Westchester After Federal Subpoena School District Reassigns Superintendent In Westchester After Federal Subpoena
School District Reassigns Superintendent In Westchester After Federal Subpoena A superintendent in New York is no longer in charge of her school district, which is currently under investigation by federal officials.  On Monday night, Feb. 13 in Westchester County, the Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education voted to "administratively reassign" Superintendent Waveline Bennett-Conroy and instead appoint Veronica (Kim) Smith as the district's Acting Superintendent of Schools, district officials announced. The vote came after news broke on Friday, Feb. 10 that Mount Vernon Schools were under investigation by the United States Att…

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College Student Bitten By Aggressive Animal Believed To Be Coyote In Hudson Valley College Student Bitten By Aggressive Animal Believed To Be Coyote In Hudson Valley
College Student Bitten By Aggressive Animal Believed To Be Coyote In Hudson Valley A student at a Hudson Valley college was bitten by what is believed to be a coyote. The incident took place in Dutchess County at Marist College in the town of Poughkeepsie around midnight on Tuesday, Feb. 7 near Leo Hall, according to the college's office of Safety of Security in a statement to students. Following the incident, the Dutchess County Health Department issued a warning alerting residents, including Marist College students, that an aggressive coyote was spotted on the college campus in the town of Poughkeepsie. It is unknown at this time if the animal is rabid, the department…

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by Kathy Reakes
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'Diverse' Snowman Post Lands NY School District In Hot Water 'Diverse' Snowman Post Lands NY School District In Hot Water
'Diverse' Snowman Post Lands NY School District In Hot Water A school district in New York is apologizing after a Facebook post about a snowman sparked allegations of racism. In a now-deleted post on Tuesday, Jan. 31, Greene County’s Coxsackie-Athens Central School District included a photo of three students standing next to a noticeably dirty snowman. The caption reads, “Today’s CE Fourth Grade Playground Fun! This snowman is just as diverse as our students!” The Coxsackie-Athens Central School District apologized over a Facebook post about a "diverse" snowman that sparked allegations of racism.Coxsackie-Athens Central School District It didn’…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Details Emerge After 5 Males Try To Enter HS In Westchester, Flee After Security Denies Entry Details Emerge After 5 Males Try To Enter HS In Westchester, Flee After Security Denies Entry
Details Emerge After 5 Males Try To Enter HS In Westchester, Flee After Security Denies Entry School officials have provided an update on a group of males who tried to enter a high school in Westchester County before being denied entry. Earlier Report - 5 Men Try To Enter Eastchester HS, Flee After Security Denies Entry: Police The update was given in regard to an incident on Friday, Jan. 20, when five unidentified males tried to enter Eastchester High School and were turned away by a security guard.  In a statement sent to parents on Tuesday, Jan. 24, Eastchester Union Free School District Superintendent Ronald Valenti said that the five were identified as high sch…

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley School District Asks Hochul Not To Mandate Vaccine For Students COVID-19: Hudson Valley School District Asks Hochul Not To Mandate Vaccine For Students
Covid-19: Hudson Valley School District Asks Hochul Not To Mandate Vaccine For Students A school district in the Hudson Valley has sent a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul asking her not to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for public school students.  The letter, sent on Monday, Jan. 23 by the Brewster Central School District's Board of Education in Putnam County, was sent in the wake of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommending that the COVID vaccine be received by all children younger than 18.  School officials also recognized that there may be proposed legislation that would mandate the vaccine for all New York public school students.  "We s…

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5 Men Try To Enter High School In Westchester, Flee After Security Denies Entry: Police 5 Men Try To Enter High School In Westchester, Flee After Security Denies Entry: Police
5 Men Try To Enter High School In Westchester, Flee After Security Denies Entry: Police Security measures proved effective when five unknown men were denied entry to a high school in Westchester County, police said.  On Friday, Jan. 20, five unidentified men tried to enter Eastchester High School at the school's single point of entry but were prevented from going inside by a security guard, according to Eastchester Schools Superintendent Ronald Valenti and Eastchester Police. The security guard had asked for the men's school-issued identification, which they could not produce. They then left the school on foot and drove away in a northbound direction on Route 22,&nbs…

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