
November 22, 2024
Amid last Workshop Wednesday’s creative resets and positive career conversations, one session stood out for its serious nature, capacity crowds and relatable young presenter: “My ...

November 21, 2024
Head to the high school’s main entrance from any hallway and breathe. Lavender, grapefruit and vanilla envelop you. Vials of essential oils cover the back table of one of the clas...

November 19, 2024
“The message of the play: don’t throw your life away,” said seventh grader Emmett, who plays the lead in John Jay Middle School’s production of “It’s a Wonderful Life.” “Even if y...

November 18, 2024
Hop, hop, look right, look left—the students moved like robins in a circle around Increase Miller Elementary’s stage, following a mom and her two daughters dressed in bright cloth...

November 18, 2024
Family and friends, coaches and teammates gathered in the Jay Center on November 13 to celebrate Wolves who have committed to continue their sport at the varsity level in college!...

November 12, 2024
Congratulations to John Jay High School students Emma Iamiceli, Ava Koch and Alexander Bond, who performed in the Westchester County School Music Association’s Area All-State Fest...

November 12, 2024
Gratitude was expressed through words, music, handshakes and hugs at John Jay High School’s Field of Honor today. The annual event, organized by the high school’s JJ4Vets club, w...

November 12, 2024
There was no such thing as “hold your applause” at the November 8 Veterans Day Assembly at John Jay Middle School. The sounds of appreciation at the all-school gathering ranged f...

November 4, 2024
Rattle, rattle, roll! The first graders were all smiles as they shook little cups and spilled out ten little beans. They eagerly counted how many were painted in pumpkin orange and...

November 1, 2024
From decorating pumpkins and dancing "The Monster Mash" in the school cafeteria to taking the coin toss in front of hundreds at a Friday night football game … John Jay’s Best Budd...

November 1, 2024
Students in Kerrie Ghiozzi’s classroom are gathered around different tables, working on different tasks. One group is cutting out cardboard teeth. Others are pulling a white gauze ...

November 1, 2024
There, on top of the lockers in B hallway—it’s a red rubber duck! And another, nestled next to the windows on the bridge! Some students had seen the poster about the red ducks and...

October 28, 2024
The third graders crumpled their papers with glee! Most squeezed them into balls, one even pressed his balled-up paper under a textbook. When Increase Miller Elementary’s School S...

October 28, 2024
Giulia has a dog named Bentley. Jacob loves to read with his grandma. Ariel likes the Beatles and vanilla ice cream. Regan loves Oreos and carrots. Meadow Pond’ s cafeteria wa...

October 23, 2024
Ruddy cheeks and good cheer streamed through the neighborhoods surrounding Katonah Elementary School and Meadow Pond Elementary on Friday, October 18! It was Walk and Roll to Scho...

October 23, 2024
Do you have a wolf? Are dogs descended from wolves? Are people able to own wolves? Does the Wolf Conservation Center have any red wolves? Author Leokadia George visited Meadow ...

October 23, 2024
Laughter rises with the breeze and swirls like the autumn leaves around John Jay Middle School’s new playground cupped into the hill by the school’s theater entrance. Its source: t...

October 9, 2024
It happened so fast! The Eurasian eagle owl—with a wingspan of nearly six feet—soared across John Jay High School’s theater, over the heads of dozens of students, landing on a per...

October 3, 2024
Students streaming into the school gym were pumped for the Pep Rally. Member of the modified teams, wearing John Jay jerseys, sat together in the front; the floor and bleachers we...

October 2, 2024
It was a Macarena the likes of which Increase Miller Elementary’s cafetorium had never seen before! Third, fourth and fifth graders (and their teachers) did the moves in slow motio...