Westchester High Schools Among Best In NY, Nation In U.S. News Rankings Westchester High Schools Among Best In NY, Nation In U.S. News Rankings
Westchester High Schools Among Best In NY, Nation In U.S. News Rankings Westchester County is well-represented in a brand-new U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools National Rankings. The following high schools in the county made the Top 50 in New York State: Rye High School is ranked 12th within New York and 125th in the nation. Edgemont Junior-Senior High School is ranked 14th in New York and 138th nationally. Bronxville High School is ranked 17th in New York, 170th nationally. Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua is ranked 18th within New York and 176th nationally. Byram Hills High School is ranked 22nd in New York and 184th in the nation. Blind …
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Students' PSA Urges 'Hard To Count' Community: Fill Out Census Students' PSA Urges 'Hard To Count' Community: Fill Out Census
Students' PSA Urges 'Hard To Count' Community: Fill Out Census Days before the COVD-19 shutdown, two student groups from Westchester high schools filmed a Spanish-speaking video to encourage immigrants and assuage their fears over privacy in completing the U.S. Census. Since then, we've all gotten a two-week extension to April 15 and the information can be provided online here. This week with the deadline approaching, students at Fox Lane and Byram Hills High Schools in Mt. Kisco and Armonk, respectively, are further promoting the public service announcement, asking “hard to count” neighborhoods to fill out the census. The col…
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Byram Hills Faculty Get LGBTQ Training To Foster Inclusivity Byram Hills Faculty Get LGBTQ Training To Foster Inclusivity
Byram Hills Faculty Get LGBTQ Training To Foster Inclusivity Staffwide training supports an inclusive climate for LGBTQ students in a Westchester high school. The faculty at Byram Hills High School attended a presentation this year on LGBTQ+ awareness and acceptance by Lisa Scott of Center Lane Westchester Jewish Community Services. Center Lane is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) youth and community education center. A consultation with Center Lane on specific student cases followed and there was "targeted training for teacher teams and pupil personnel team members working closely with vulnerable LGBTQ+ stude…
Players From Westchester Help Georgetown Soccer Team Win First National Title Players From Westchester Help Georgetown Soccer Team Win First National Title
Players From Westchester Help Georgetown Soccer Team Win First National Title It came down to penalties and a miraculous save by a freshman keeper, but three former high school soccer standouts from the area helped lead Georgetown University to the school’s first national championship. Pleasantville’s Dante Polvara, Rye’s Will Sands, who both graduated from the Brunswick School in Greenwich, and Thornwood’s Jack Beer, who was a former captain at Byram Hills High School, took center stage during the biggest game of their lives, helping the Hoyas win 7-6 in penalty kicks against No. 1 Virginia in a game played Sunday night, Dec. 15 in Cary, North Carolina. It was a thr…
Gruesome Details Emerge In Murder Of Ex-Northern Westchester Resident Found In Cave Gruesome Details Emerge In Murder Of Ex-Northern Westchester Resident Found In Cave
Gruesome Details Emerge In Murder Of Ex-Northern Westchester Resident Found In Cave A former Northern Westchester resident who was found murdered and sexually assaulted on the Island of Crete in Greece was initially hit by a car twice by the man charged with the crime, authorities said. Suzanne Eaton, 59, a molecular biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany, who disappeared on Tuesday, July 2 while on a work conference trip, was found dead six days later in a cave by two people exploring the area, said Crete Police Major Eleni Papathanasiou.  Papathanasiou said it was Eaton's fourth visit to the island to take part in similar…
Married Father Of Two Reportedly Suspect In Ex-Northern Westchester Resident's Murder Married Father Of Two Reportedly Suspect In Ex-Northern Westchester Resident's Murder
Married Father Of Two Reportedly Suspect In Ex-Northern Westchester Resident's Murder A married father of two has reportedly been arrested for the murder of a former Northern Westchester resident on the Greek Island of Crete. The unnamed 27-year-old man has already confessed to killing Suzanne Eaton, 59, who graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk in 1977, reported the BCC News. Eaton, a renowned molecular biologist, was reported missing Tuesday, July 2, after failing to show up for a conference she was attending.  Following a massive search, her body was found on Monday, July 8, by two explorers inside a World War II bunker, which is a system of manmade …
Ex-Northern Westchester Resident Found Murdered In Cave Suffered Slow Death, Pathologists Say Ex-Northern Westchester Resident Found Murdered In Cave Suffered Slow Death, Pathologists Say
Ex-Northern Westchester Resident Found Murdered In Cave Suffered Slow Death, Pathologists Say Forensic pathologists who performed the autopsy on a former Northern Westchester resident found murdered in a cave said she suffered a slow death. In an interview with CBS News, pathologist Stamatis Belivanis said renowned scientist Suzanne Eaton, 59, a 1977 graduate of Byram Hills High School in Armonk, was suffocated to death and then left in a World War II-era cave-type bunker once used by the Nazis in Greece. Her body was found by two people exploring the area. Some Greek media outlets have reported that Eaton had knife wounds and that she may have been tortured and sexually assaulted.…
Missing Scientist Who Graduated From High School In Northern Westchester Found Dead In Greece Missing Scientist Who Graduated From High School In Northern Westchester Found Dead In Greece
Missing Scientist Who Graduated From High School In Northern Westchester Found Dead In Greece A missing scientist who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester has died in Greece. Suzanne Eaton, 59, who graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk in 1977, was found dead on Monday, July 8, said her employer, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany. Eaton, who worked for the company as a researcher and as a professor at the Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden, was attending a conference when she went missing. Eaton was last seen on the afternoon of July 2 near the port city of Chania on Crete, where she was attending the conference. Gre…
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…
These Area High Schools Among Nation's Best In New U.S. News & World Report Rankings These Area High Schools Among Nation's Best In New U.S. News & World Report Rankings
These Area High Schools Among Nation's Best In New U.S. News & World Report Rankings Where does your high school rank nationally? Now, you can find out. More than 17,000 schools nationwide are numerically ranked, up from last year's 2,700 schools in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best high schools in the nation. The six factors weighed in the rankings were graduation rates, number of AP courses offered, college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, and underserved student performance. "Our mission with the Best High Schools rankings has always been to educate families about the schools in their district," sai…
Byram Hills HS Wins Award Celebrating Female Representation In Computer Science Byram Hills HS Wins Award Celebrating Female Representation In Computer Science
Byram Hills HS Wins Award Celebrating Female Representation In Computer Science Byram Hills High School has been recognized for its female representation in computer science, the district announced Thursday, April 11. The award, called the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award, is a newly created honor from the College Board that recognizes schools that are closing the gender gap and getting more girls involved in computer science. The school won the award for having high female representation in the AP Computer Science Principles course during the previous school year, the first time the class was offered. “I am thrilled that Byram Hills has been given this hono…
Byram Hills Assistant Principal Named Croton-Harmon High School's New Principal Byram Hills Assistant Principal Named Croton-Harmon High School's New Principal
Byram Hills Assistant Principal Named Croton-Harmon High School's New Principal A new principal has been named at Croton-Harmon High School and will take over for Alan Capasso, who is retiring at the end of the school year. Laura Dubak has been an education professional for more than a decade. She served as Assistant Principal at Byram Hills High School and has specialized skills surrounding literacy, curriculum staff development, educational leadership and program development. “We are so pleased to welcome Laura Dubak to Croton,” said Dr. Deborah O’Connell, Superintendent of Schools. “We know that she will be the perfect addition to our administrative team as we move …