Parsons Street Players Find Their Corner of the Sky with “Pippin”
Although “Pippin” takes place in a time of kings and court jesters, its message could not be more relevant today. So says Rye High School Musical Director Michael Limone, and for students, it’s the perfect coming-of-age vehicle for dealing with the perception that everyone must be extraordinary.
Tackling a Beast of a Show
One of Pat Rinello’s instructions to students in her theater class was, “You have to know what kind of personality you had before you turned into a spoon or a knife.” Who else but the Rye Neck District’s longtime theater arts director could utter those words? This spring Rye Neck High is taking on its biggest musical challenge, in a sold-out production of “Beauty and the Beast” March 15-17.
RCDS Takes First at Physics Competition
During the first weekend of February, the Rye Country Day Physics team participated in the 2012 Invitational Young Physicists Tournament in Oakridge, Tennessee. The tournament consisted of a series of “physics fights”, in which each team presented detailed, theoretical, and experimental solutions to three problems and debated presenters from other teams on the problems. Competing teams came from California, Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, and China.
Dr. Shine Calls for Reform of Middle School Special Ed
To close a widening gap between special education and general education students at Rye Middle School, Dr. Edward Shine presented a plan to reform the program at the February 14 Board of Education meeting. Since 2007, the achievement gap between special and general education students at the Middle School has increased by 50%. The high school has actually narrowed the gap by 20% over the same period, while the elementary school gap has remained the same.
Kindergarten Caps Space Unit With A Sky-High Party
NASA’s space program may have lost some lift-off over the past few decades, but for the kindergarten class at Resurrection School their recent Blast Off Day celebration was hugely exciting.
Local Students Headed to Albany
Rye Neck High School sophomores Luke Murphy and Annabel Gutterman, along with teammate Lara Cohen, a junior at Blind Brook High, have been selected to attend the Students Inside Albany program.
Ah Youth: My Kid Would Never Bully
Are you sure about that? When you ask elementary school students in grades three through five whether they’ve ever been bullied, everyone raises their hand. If the entire grade raises its hand, who exactly is doing the bullying?
Rye Neck Students Go Around the World and Back Again with Skype
Rye Neck elementary school students have been seeing the world without boarding yellow school buses, getting permission slips signed, or stepping a foot outside their classrooms. Instead, the students at F.E. Bellows have been connecting with their international peers via videoconferencing and Skype.