Storm Alert: Pelham schools, Pelham Rec and Playful Wonders cancel afterschool programs

By Phoebe Schwarz, Deputy Managing Editor • January 9, 2024

National Weather Service radar shows the storm enveloping the Pelham region.

All Pelham Union Free School District, Pelham Rec and Playful Wonders afterschool activities were cancelled Tuesday because of the severe storm with heavy rain and winds forecast, the district said in an 11:32 a.m. email.

Academy period for middle and high school students were still to be held, but the district spelling bee was postponed until Thursday.

With the intense rain predicted from tonight through the morning, the school district said it’s monitoring conditions and will decide if a two-hour delay or some other change to Wednesday’s schedule is required “due to flooding or other hazardous conditions.”

The National Weather Service has issued an area flood watch, coastal flood advisory and a high wind warning from tonight into tomorrow morning.

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Phoebe Schwarz, Deputy Managing Editor (2023-24)

Phoebe Schwarz is a senior at the Harvey School. She loves to write and edit and has been involved in the yearbook production at school, where she has earned the role of co-editor-in-chief of the Harvey Yearbook. She is a member of the school’s volleyball and lacrosse teams. She has enjoyed being a part of the Examiner since 2020, and can not wait to see what happens in her final year on the Examiner as Deputy Managing Editor! (This was Phoebe’s profile when she graduated from high school in 2024.)

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