July 4, 2008
by Ann Marie Fallon
The Chappaqua Board of Education and Superintendent David Fleishman have reached an agreement on a three-year contract extension.
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July 4, 2008
by Ann Marie Fallon
The New Castle Recreation and Parks Department has teamed up with professional trainers at Functional Agility Speed and Strength Training, Inc. (FASST) in Millwood to provide training to student athletes in grades 8 -12 beginning August 4.
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The big tent for graduation Sunday
June 20, 2008
Editor’s note: It’s that time of year, the final tally, the summing up of the experience, accompanied by parents’ pride and cohorts’ cheers. Despite the date that augurs ill, Friday, June 13 this year was a charmed day for the Horace Greeley High School community at its annual awards assembly. Parents secretly notified of their children’s accomplishments wait in the audience to share the joy and surprise on their children’s faces when their names are called by Greeley faculty and administrators. Friends whoop and holler in admiration.
NewCastleNOW.org invites the New Castle community to share in these students’ accomplishments. Here, in the five articles below, are the awards, the recipients, and some excerpts from the speeches given at the assembly. With so many awards, we will spread our coverage over the next several weeks.
Read the entire program of winners here Award.pdf
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This year, two students tied for the honor of valedictorian.
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Michael Bierbauer, chair of the math department, clearly enjoys giving out the Douglass Frank Award every year.
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The L.I.F.E. School presents two different awards to graduating seniors.
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As befits a computer science teacher, Josh Block composed his remarks for the awards ceremony on his iPhone and read them off its screen at the assembly.
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Christopher Schraufnagel, the speech and theatre teacher at Greeley, gave out the drama awards, meant for students who have demonstrated over the last four years commitment and dedication to, and most importantly, talent for the art of theatre.
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June 13, 2008
by Christine Yeres
For more than 25 years, the English course of study for Greeley’s freshmen and sophomores has had two distinguishing features: the English classes are a mix of both freshmen and sophomores, and for the third quarter of the year students choose to study an elective course taught by a different English teacher.
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Andrea Klausner.............................. Deirdre Kucharik
June 13, 2008
by Ann Marie Fallon
On Tuesday night at the final Chappaqua PTA meeting for the 2007-08 school, Andrea Klausner and Deirdre Kucharik were honored with New York State PTA Honorary Life Membership. This award is presented annually to individuals for distinguished service to children and youth.
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June 13,2008
by Christine Yeres
High School Winners added!
In January, the word goes out from the Friends of the Chappaqua Library that Young Writers’ Contest applications are available to middle and high school students. This is a contest that pays serious attention to the power of the pen, the ability of writing to amuse, to persuade, to communicate or to touch readers’ hearts, whether through fiction, non-fiction or poetry.
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June 6, 2008
by Michele Gregson
Today Roaring Brook Elementary School held a school-wide assembly to present St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf with a special gift.
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June 6, 2008
by Chris Schraufnagel, drama teacher at Horace Greeley High School
SpringFest is a week-long theatre festival that is completely written, directed, acted and teched by the students at Greeley. It is a collaboration between my Stagecraft and Playwriting and Directing classes. As part of a semester-long project, the Playwriting and Directing students spend the first half of the semester writing or finding a one-act play, and the second half of the semester casting, blocking, directing and teching their shows. The stagecraft students are then responsible for technically helping the directors turn their ideas into reality. This all culminates in the week of shows, starting every evening at 7:00 p.m. June 9 – 12.
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May 30, 2008
by Nick Petrie
Jeffery Deskovic grew up in maximum security prison. Arrested at sixteen years old, Deskovic was convicted of rape and murder on a coerced confession after 7 ½ hours of grueling interrogation. He was sentenced to fifteen years to life despite the judge’s comment, “maybe you are innocent.” While Deskovic saw his friends go off to college, get married and start careers and families, he was stuck behind bars fighting for justice.
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May 30, 2008
The Greeley Theatre Company’s SpringFest 2008 runs June 9 through 12. In those four evenings student playwrights, directors and actors stage 17 short plays, several each night, beginning at 7:00 p.m. A complete program giving dates and times will be printed in next week’s edition of NewCastleNOW.org.
This week, five student directors talk about their works.
“Science Erosion” by Ross Carstens, Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m.
“SteinowitzSpace” by Zach Ehrlich , Tuesday, June 10 at 7:00 p.m.
“All Along the Grocery Aisle” by Rebecca Hamburg, Tuesday, June 10 at 7:00 p.m.
An excerpt from “Company,” book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Evan Ross., Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m.
“A Helping Hand” by Ezra Schrage, Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m.
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