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Free Homework Help Free Homework Help is an extra help program (not tutoring) for students in elementary and middle school. Sit with a National Honor Society High School student and receive one on one assistance with homework, projects, and study guidance. No registration necessary. This is a drop-in program. Homework Help is offered every Wednesday from 4:30pm-6:30pm (excluding school breaks […]

Rep. Mike Lawler Meets with Students at Brewster High School


Congressman Mike Lawler paid a visit to Brewster High School last Friday, meeting with 11th and 12th grade social studies students. Lawler, a Republican, is up for reelection this November. He represents constituents in all of Putnam and Rockland counties in addition to sections of Westchester and Dutchess, and provided the students information on how he became involved in politics […]

Nine-Year-Olds Building Windmills


Walk into Frank Lamorte’s fourth-grade classroom in the Brewster School District and one can observe groups of boys and girls working together to build windmills as part of a Project Lead The Way unit on energy. Lamorte was impressed by his students’ ingenuity: “They have drawn blueprints and even set their plans into action.” Student Samantha Martinez and her group […]

Educational Unity to be Discussed Tonight in Carmel


Unity in the Community will be the topic of discussion tonight (Tuesday) when the Carmel School District presents its “Strictly No Elephants” event in the Carmel High School Library. The “Strictly No Elephants” theme comes from a children’s book about friendship and belonging and is in keeping with the district’s goal of One Carmel. This evening’s program is the third […]

Emotional Support Services to be Added in Carmel Schools Using State Grant


Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement last Friday concerning $100 million in grants being awarded to 50 school districts statewide, providing students with mental health support, has directly affected the Carmel District, Putnam’s largest. Two separate grants will provide emotional support services at the George Fischer Middle School and Carmel High School. The district was awarded a $227,432 state Mental Health RECOVS […]

Brewster’s Littlest Cubs Arrive at School for Pre-K Program


Fifteen future graduates of Brewster High School arrived at school for the initial time last week as part of the district’s unique Pre-Kindergarten program. The curriculum, new this year in Brewster, is an early childhood program centered on giving students the foundational skills needed to be successful learners within the framework of New York State standards. Interest ran so high […]

Carmel Students Honor Poet Robert Burns


18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns was hailed at Carmel High School last week, when faculty and students celebrated Burns Night by singing songs and writing their own poems in honor of the poet laureate. Under the direction of music teacher, Bryan Lynch, English teacher Denise Trach and PACE teacher Maureen Lebanowski the teenagers reflected on Burns while dining on […]

Brewster Students Preparing for the Visual Olympics


While athletes worldwide are preparing for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, students at the C.V. Starr Intermediate School in Brewster have begun readying themselves the Olympics of Visual Arts in Saratoga Springs—a much-hyped creative problem-solving event in which student teams enter a long-term design solution in one of eight categories and participate in an on-demand design prompt. Brewster’s participation […]

Kindergarten Registration for the Class of 2037


Parents of children who will be enrolled as members of the high school classes of 2037 across Putnam County are being encouraged this week to gather documentation needed for the registration process. Kindergarten registration in the Brewster, Carmel, Garrison, Haldane, Mahopac and Putnam Valley School Districts will be getting underway shortly. In Brewster, school officials have requested families residing within […]

Stayin’ Alive, Stayin’ Alive ah ah ah Learn CPR


One never knows when CPR may be needed. Putnam County’s EMS Director, Alex Roehner, put it this way: “You just never know when or where someone will need CPR… could be in the grocery store or on the athletic field.” Ann Daros, Putnam Bureau of Emergency Services educator, explained that cardiac arrest occurs when a person’s heart suddenly and unexpectedly […]


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