Schools

Carmel Board OKs Erin Meehan-Fairben as New Leader for School District


Erin Meehan-Fairben returned to the place of her birth last week when officially appointed as Carmel’s new Superintendent of Schools. The Board of Education unanimously endorsed MeehanFairben’s appointment at its March 12 meeting which takes effect “on or before July 1, 2024 and terminates on June 27, 2027.” Meehan-Fairben will earn $240,000 annually in her new position. Meehan-Fairben is the […]

‘Anything Goes’ Coming to Brewster


Music, dance, laughs and ‘boy meets girl’ is coming to the stage at Brewster High School this weekend in the production of “Anything Goes”. The fast-paced comedy recalls the Golden Age of high society on the high seas. Cole Porter wrote the music and lyrics for the production, which includes some of his most iconic songs ever composed including “I […]

Broadway Comes to Carmel


The classic stage show “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, brought out standing room only audiences to the George Fischer Middle School auditorium last weekend for the annual Carmel High School Music Production workshop. While moms and dads, grandparents and students alike enjoyed the production that tells the story of an ambitious young window cleaner who joins the […]

Comfort Dogs Assist Children


The dogs Abraham, Beloved and Leah visited four classrooms at the George Fischer Middle School in Carmel last week to assist children with reading support. The stops included the classrooms of Denise Santalis, Lucy Weidenhamer, Ornella Salza and Rich Tompkins.’ The three golden retrievers are highly trained comfort dogs, part of a network of some 130 dogs located in 25 […]

Brewster Bears Book Bash Centers on Literacy and Community Building


Book lovers of all ages converged on the Brewster School District last week for the community’s second annual Book Bash. Local authors writing in both English and Spanish shared their stories while meeting with local residents. Those attending included Franco Aureliani, Gail Carson Levine, Maria Chinchilla, Alicia Dal Pra, Michael Garland, Alan Katz Jason Klein, Sarah Luby, Alex Lulgjuraj, Bernadette […]

Dr. Seuss Celebrated at St. Lawrence Early Childhood Learning Center


Toddlers smiled and chuckled when their teachers at the St. Lawrence Early Childhood Learning Center in Brewster read such classics as If I Ran the Zoo; The Cat in the Hat; How the Grinch Stole Christmas; Green Eggs and Ham, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish; The Butter Battle Book and Oh, the Places You’ll Go during last […]

47 Pints of Blood Collected at CHS


Every pint helps. Students and staff at Carmel High School’s Alternative Program have been staffing blood drives to benefit the New York Blood Center for some 20 years and last week’s drive resulted in 47 students, staff and community members rolling up their sleeves to help save the lives of patients at area hospitals. Chris Bellesheim, Carmel High School’s Alternative […]

‘Mr. Brewster’ Contest Raises Money for Good Cause


Jason Mariella is also known as Mr. Brewster these days around the Brewster High School campus – but the real winner of the contest sponsored by the school’s SALTY Hands Club (Save a Life of Today’s Youth) is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The 2024 pageant, held earlier this month, was described as one of the best by Principal Nichole Horler: […]

No County- Owned Voting Machines for School Elections


School districts are facing a dilemma this year, because the Board of Elections has advised officials in each of the county’s six school systems that due to the 2024 Presidential Election cycle, voting machines will not be provided for the annual May school elections. Elections Commissioners Cathy Croft and Kelly Primavera explained: “The New York Presidential Primary takes place in […]

BHS Marching Band Performs at Disney


Exhaustion, accomplishment and pride were the three words members of the Brewster High School Marching Band expressed when returning to the high school campus recently following a whirlwind trip to Orlando where the 80 member troupe performed at Disney. Band director Andrea Perdicho explained the trip had been planned two years ago, but due to a dramatic loss in membership […]


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