YONKERS — The union representing 1,800 non-teaching school district employees will vote on a new contract on Tuesday, its leader announced today.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees released a statement this afternoon noting that members of the CSEA Yonkers School District Unit 9169 will receive a proposed memorandum of agreement at the [...]

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS – Teachers at The Tech Center of Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES celebrated their “best and brightest” students at a recent Student of Distinction ceremony, held in the amphitheater on BOCES’ Yorktown campus.

Cosmetology student Lindsay Rini (Mahopac) “participates wholeheartedly in everything our department does,” says her teacher Abigail Kapps;

Floral Design and Shop Management teacher Annmarie [...]

Danbury teacher awakens student sleeping in class; student sues

Danbury officials have been notified they are being sued by a student who was awakened in class by a teacher who made a loud noise.

Documents filed with the Town Clerk, a prelude to a lawsuit, claim that a sleeping student suffered hearing damage when his teacher woke [...]

Students from Columbus Elementary School in Mount Vernon will spend the morning today quizzing some of the city’s elected officials and community leaders as part of a role model series at the school.

Fifth-grade teacher Irene Boykin reached out to state Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson, Mayor Clinton
Young, school trustee Lynn McBride, city judge Samuel Walker and others [...]

Sierra Bangari, a ninth-grade student at Riverside High School, has been honored for exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.

The President’s Volunteer Service Award recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country. [...]

Assemblywoman Sandy Galef has the opportunity to give a resident in her district a full tuition scholarship to attend The State University of New York Maritime College. This scholarship is part of the Cadet Appointment Program, which grants the selected student a four-year, full tuition scholarship on behalf of the college.

“This is an amazing [...]

Today’s students are immersed in mass media – from TV to My Space to YouTube to the Internet to cell phones and instant messaging.

That’s why Croton’s Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School teacher Johanna Mustacchi developed a curriculum to help students become informed consumers of mass media. Her work is currently showcased in the March issue [...]

Statement by NYSUT President Richard C. Iannuzzi:

“I am personally saddened, as are all of us at New York State United Teachers, for Eliot Spitzer and especially for his family. As we move past the events of the last three days, we hope they will find strength and healing to move forward.”

“NYSUT has had a long [...]

Carmel High School’s Human Rights Club has organized a three-day film festival to raise awareness about the genocide in Darfur, the problem of unfair trade, and the prolonged civil war in Uganda.

The event will take place on April 16-18, 2008. Admittance is free. However the event is limited to students age 14 and over. [...]

Statement by Timothy G. Kremer, Executive Director, New York State School Boards Association:

The tragic events of the last few days have shocked and paralyzed our state and resulted in this unprecedented day in New York State government.

But now there is hope on the horizon.

The ascension of David Paterson next week to the position of Governor [...]

A new study in the Journal of School Nursing reports limiting soft drink and sugary drink consumption is key to reducing adolescent obesity. According to the study, soft drink consumption has increased by 300 percent in the past 20 years, and 56 to 85 percent of children in school consume at least one soft drink [...]

Assemblyman Mike Spano (D-Ind-C, Yonkers) this week announced that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators, of which he is a member of, is now accepting applications for four $1,500 scholarships to be awarded at their Annual Conference Weekend, held on the first weekend in June, in Albany.

“Today higher education is of the [...]

The Super Mega Awesome Radical Team Kidz of Kent Primary School overcame the obstacles and drove away with first place. A few months ago Rachel Vetterman, Samantha Wetzel, Jordan Sweeney, Caitlyn Long, Liam Carmody, Sean Terwilliger and Peter Mills formed their team and began their first journey together into the world of Destination Imagination. [...]

Hendrick Hudson Schools Superintendent Dr. Daniel McCann announced that Blue Mountain Middle School Assistant Principal John Owens has been appointed principal of the school effective July 1, 2008.

“Following a lengthy process, involving many members of the community, John Owens emerged as the strongest candidate for the position,” McCann said. “We were impressed with his love [...]

Eighth grade students at the Anne M. Dorner Middle School learned how 9 million lemons can power a car during a “Lemons as Batteries” lesson offered by IBM researchers, who visited the school on Monday, February 25, in celebration of National Engineers Week.

Seventh grade students investigated how to build a bridge out of a single [...]