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School board appoints Long Island educator as new PMHS assistant principal

School board appoints Long Island educator as new PMHS assistant principal

By Bella Caruso, Managing Editor
November 18, 2022

Dr. Kerri Titone-Lemanski was appointed as the new assistant principal of Pelham Memorial High School during Wednesday's board of education meeting. Dr. Titone was recommended by Superintendent Dr....

Colonial, PMHS PTA leaders call on school board to do more to fight hate and bias after swastika found at high school

Colonial, PMHS PTA leaders call on school board to do more to fight hate and bias after swastika found at high school

By Bella Caruso, Managing Editor
November 7, 2022

PTA leaders from Colonial Elementary School and Pelham Memorial High School called on the board of education to do more to fight hate and bias in the schools during Tuesday's board meeting, following the...

Colonial School community calls on school board to take decisive action on racism, hate and bias that students are experiencing

Colonial School community calls on school board to ‘take decisive action’ on ‘racism, hate and bias that students are experiencing’

November 1, 2022

Editor's note: This is the prepared text of a statement endorsed by the Colonial Diversity Committee and other members of the Colonial Elementary School community that will be read at Tuesday night's school...

Screenagers: The Next Chapter event offered movie, discussion on teen mental health in digital age

‘Screenagers: The Next Chapter’ event offered movie, discussion on teen mental health in digital age

By Mason Wan, Staff Reporter
October 26, 2022

A free screening of "Screenagers: The Next Chapter" on Thursday brought to the community a documentary that explores teenage depression and anxiety and how teens use screens to step away from the outside...

Pelham Memorial High School

Swastika found in PMHS stairwell

By Gabby Ahitow, Assistant Managing Editor
October 24, 2022

A swastika was found at Pelham Memorial High School "scratched into the top of a stairwell" in an area not frequently used by students or staff, Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Champ said Monday evening in an...

Liberty Coca Colas new KeelClip packaging.

Student’s essay inspires new Coca Cola packaging that reduces plastic consumption

By Gabby Ahitow, Assistant Managing Editor
October 21, 2022

When a seventh grader in 2019, Bennett Wies wasn't sure what to write about for Assemblywoman Amy Paulin's annual "There Ought to be a Law" essay contest. "I remember being stumped when we first got...

Assistant superintendent addresses districts use of state test results after declines

Assistant superintendent addresses district’s use of state test results after declines

By Bella Caruso, Managing Editor
October 18, 2022

Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning Dr. Alice Bowman discussed data from the state standardized tests for third through eighth graders and the high school Regents exams at Tuesday’s board...

Board of education recognizes 19 students for academic awards, hears update on PMHS assistant principal search

Board of education recognizes 19 students for academic awards, hears update on PMHS assistant principal search

By Bella Caruso, Managing Editor
October 3, 2022

Nineteen Pelham Memorial High School students were recognized by the board of education as recipients of academic honors from the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corp. at the start of Wednesday's...

Public pocket park created on Hutchinson School property at Third and Lincoln

Public pocket park created on Hutchinson School property at Third and Lincoln

By Kiran Schwaderer, Assistant Business Editor
September 15, 2022

A public pocket park is being built at the corner of Third and Lincoln avenues on school land in front of where stood the old Hutchinson Elementary School. Jim Hricay, assistant superintendent of business,...

Administrator tells school board drop in chemistry Regents caused by test inexperience, difficulty, open enrollment

Administrator tells school board drop in chemistry Regents caused by test inexperience, difficulty, open enrollment

By Bella Caruso, Managing Editor
September 14, 2022

An administrator told the Pelham school board the 21-percentage-point drop in students attaining proficiency in the 2022 chemistry Regents examination was the result of inexperience with the state tests,...

Five PMHS seniors named semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship Program

Five PMHS seniors named semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship Program

September 14, 2022

Pelham Memorial High School seniors Leila Brady, Katie Brandler, Victor Chang, Julia Meyerson and Adina Sasson have been named semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, according...

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