Newspaper people are trivia experts by necessity, so it’s nice to be able to attend a competition of other trivia experts, which was what went on yesterday at Suffern High School.

Since 1976, the Rockland Academic League has held meets during the school year and then its Invitational on or about St. Patrick’s Day. Dave Silver, [...]

Occasionally, we get a chance to talk with students about what we do for a living. I was invited to Pearl River Middle School to speak this morning with three classes of seventh-graders during the school’s annual career day about being a reporter.

The trouble with being a reporter in today’s multi-platform media-savvy world is there’s [...]

Jim Ryan, who has been Rockland BOCES superintendent for seven years, is expected to be appointed tonight as the new superintendent of Carmel schools.

Although nobody is willing to say anything specific, one of the reasons given for Ryan’s jump from BOCES is related to money.

Since 1992, the state legislature has capped BOCES superintendents’ salaries, a [...]

You don’t expect to get chills from listening to tweens give public speeches, but that’s what happened to audience members at this morning’s eighth annual King for a Day Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Contest at Chestnut Ridge Middle School in Pomona.

Each seventh-grader had to choose a piece of a MLK speech from a packet [...]

Students at Spring Valley High School participated in a mock presidential candidate debate this evening, taking on the mannerisms and opinions of the candidates for the country’s highest position.

Many of the teens who participated were just back from the Yale Mock Congress, prompting bemusement on the part of several parents at how their children were [...]

The newest list of nationally certified teachers includes seven local educators who have reached the highest level of proficiency in their subjects.

By far, the largest number in this year’s local group comes from Ossining: Matthew Clayton, Tanya Panossian-Lesser, Stephanie Esposito and Marcie Variano. Also qualified were Catherine Marmisto of Putnam-Northern Westchester BOCES; Lee Lee Wong [...]

When more than 700 people suddenly go silent, it’s an odd feeling.

That’s what happened last night when North Rockland schools Superintendent Brian Monahan explained what he thought would be needed to cut $13 million from his district’s current $183 million budget.

His suggestions: close one of the district’s 10 schools, eliminate 91 teaching positions, 5 administrative [...]

The North Rockland schools superintendent was asked by his school board to see what next year’s budget would look like with $13 million less than the current budget.

School board and public gets a look at the plan at 7:30 tonight. Keep watching this space and when the information is available, see what the plan would [...]

The people putting together the regional competition for National History Day are looking for judges. In all, about 50 volunteers are being sought to look at entries including video and performance pieces, posterboard setups, papers and projects. Judging includes how well the project follows a specific theme as well as how well it’s put together.

The [...]

Kevin McCahill of Monroe has been named assistant principal at Pearl River High School, replacing Brian Alm who resigned to become the principal at Haldane High School in Cold Spring.

McCahill officially started his new job Wednesday. A former math teacher, he holds a bachelor of science in finance from the University of Scranton [...]

Nora Murphy was the spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of New York’s schools for 24 years, retiring in 2005 with plans to do some research and writing.

That writing is now in print. The newly published “Youth Guide to St. Patrick’s Cathedral” with illustrations by Francis Keller and Francois Ruyer is the first guide to a Roman [...]

Students at Somers High School last week met with Vancouver-based Global Youth Fund founder Charles Tsai to discuss which project the school’s new Global Youth Fund chapter would support this year.

It was an historic meeting, since Somers is the first U.S. or Canadian high school to create its own GYF chapter. Club president [...]

Pearl River’s school board has hired Kevin McCahill of Monroe, N.Y., as the new assistant principal for Pearl River High School. McCahill replaces Brian Alm, who resigned to accept the principal’s job at Haldane High School in Cold Spring.

And for those who missed the initial release, Jason Friedman, the retired superintendent of East Ramapo schools, [...]

Nyack schools is the latest district to become part of the debate between the pros and cons of artificial turf. The district had wanted to put the turf on two highly used fields and included the material in an upcoming bond issue that also would fix roofs and electricial systems, upgrade security and add air [...]

Rockland child and education advocates were among hundreds of people participating in a 12-state push today to get the U.S. Senate to reconsider the U.N.’s Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The UN treaty grants basic rights — survival, for instance — to the world’s children. Proposed most recently in 1989 (earlier versions appeared [...]