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Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
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President Joe Biden Writes To Westchester Elementary School Class
An elementary school class in Westchester got a special surprise from the White House after reaching out to the new administration earlier this year. In New Rochelle, the fourth-grade students in Pia Persampieri’s bilingual class at the Trinity Elementary School wrote letters to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this year to discuss topics that concerned them. The project was part of an opinion unit in literacy, where students were assigned to write an opinion piece based on their research into hotbed topics such as social media, climate change, and violence in sc…
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
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Students In This Westchester District Climb Academically As Bilingual
New English learners in a Westchester school district where 31 percent of children in the elementary schools come from two-language households, have a unique opportunity to learn their academic subjects in two languages. The global-centric dual language program in Port Chester School District strives to give students the opportunity to gain proficiency in both English and Spanish. District-wide, children in Port Chester's four elementary schools have the opportunity to be bilingual, bilateral and bicultural thanks to the new innovative program. The Dual Language Academy is a Spanish-Englis…
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
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Around The Schools: Bilingual Boost In Port Chester, Italian Teacher Wins National Award
Bilingual education opens the world to kids culturally and gives a boost to their brains so it is no surprise that a dual language program is gaining steam at a Westchester school district. The program's goal is to have students become proficient in English and Spanish. Children have the opportunity to be bilingual, bilateral and bicultural thanks to the new dual language program at Port Chester Public Schools. Each of the elementary schools offers students 50/50, Spanish- English Two-Way Dual Immersion program, while John F. Kennedy Magnet School currently runs a 90/10 One-Way Dual Imm…
Peekskill, NY
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Peekskill Appoints New School Superintendent
After an extensive search, the Peekskill Board of Education announced that Dr. David Mauricio has been selected to serve as the district’s next Superintendent of Schools. Mauricio, who is currently serving as the chief of Strategic Alignment and Innovation at Buffalo Schools, was officially appointed on Tuesday, April 10. He will replace Peekskill’s Interim Superintendent, Dr. Mary Keenan Foster and begin his three year contract effective July 1. Foster will return to her previous position as Peekskill’s assistant superintendent for Elementary Education. “I am very excited to join the Pee…
