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Teen NY Cheerleader's Funeral Procession Will Pass Through High School Campus In Final Farewell Teen NY Cheerleader's Funeral Procession Will Pass Through High School Campus In Final Farewell
Teen NY Cheerleader's Funeral Procession Will Pass Through High School Campus In Final Farewell As the Westchester community continues to grieve the loss of 14-year-old Gia Deborah Gentile, the Mount Pleasant Central School District will pay tribute to the beloved student and cheerleader with a special procession through her high school campus following her funeral mass on Thursday, March 13.  In accordance with the Gentile family’s wishes, the funeral procession will pass through Westlake High School and Middle School sometime before noon on Thursday, the Mount Pleasant Central School District announced earlier this week. Students, faculty, and staff—led by the Westlake Stu…

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by Ben Crnic
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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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by Ben Crnic
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Water Main Break Leads To Early Dismissal At High School, Middle School In Westchester Water Main Break Leads To Early Dismissal At High School, Middle School In Westchester
Water Main Break Leads To Early Dismissal At High School, Middle School In Westchester A water main break has resulted in early dismissals at a high school and middle school in Westchester. The break "involves a significant 12-inch pipe that has no timeline for completion," Mount Pleasant Central School Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo said in an email to the community late Thursday morning, May 12.  Giarrizzo said there is currently no water at both Westlake High School, Westlake Middle School and the district office. As a result, students from both schools were dismissed at 11:15 a.m. Thursday. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: New Northern Westchester School Goes Remote COVID-19: New Northern Westchester School Goes Remote
Covid-19: New Northern Westchester School Goes Remote A new school in Northern Westchester is transitioning to remote learning after COVID-19 cases. Three people, two at Westlake Middle School and one at Hawthorne Elementary School, are being treated as positive for COVID-19 in the Mount Pleasant Central School District, Superintendent Kurtis M. Kotes announced in an email to the community early Sunday night, Nov. 15. "The individual related to Hawthorne Elementary School has not been in or around the building since Oct. 29," Kotes said. "Therefore no additional quarantine orders will be necessary for Hawthorne Elementary School and the b…

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by Joe Lombardi
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School Lockouts Lifted After Threat At Private Academy In Westchester, Police Say School Lockouts Lifted After Threat At Private Academy In Westchester, Police Say
School Lockouts Lifted After Threat At Private Academy In Westchester, Police Say This story has been updated. Lockouts at three schools in Westchester have been lifted after a threat at a nearby private academy was contained to that campus, police said. The schools, Columbus Elementary, Westlake Middle School and Westlake High School, in Mount Pleasant, were put on lockdown around 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, following some type of threat and police investigation at the EF Academy, said Mount Pleasant School District Superintendent of Schools Kurtis Kotes. "All police supervisors have reconciled that it is safe for us to dismiss our students," Kotes said in an email to par…

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by Kathy Reakes