Garnets Extend Their Streak to Six
<<RHS Girls’ Tennis>> By Melanie Cane After an opening loss to Mamaroneck, the Garnet Girls’ have been on a tear. On September 12, they swept John Jay Cross River 7-0. Rye won all of their matches in two sets, except for the third doubles team of senior captains Claire Woodruff and Ainsley Shulz, who went […]
Panthers’ Win Streak at Six with 3-1 Homecoming Victory
Rye Neck Girls’ Soccer By Mitch Silver Last weekend, Rye Neck held its annual Homecoming Gala, a two-day orgy of sports and more sports played in front of the hometown fans. Fueled by free eats served up by volunteer parents on the school’s outdoor basketball courts, the crowd Saturday morning saw the Panthers’ field hockey […]
Wildcats Stay Unbeaten After a 2-2 Tie With Columbia Grammar
Rye Country Day Boys’ Soccer By Mitch Silver A year ago, Head Coach Cristiano Pereira’s boys finished on the wrong side of a .500 season at 5-7-3. This year, despite losing standouts Felipe Gomez and keeper Noah Swan, they’re playing as if 2016 was just a bad dream. The Wildcats opened on the road September […]
Girls’ Sports Roundup 9/22/17
<<Girls’ Sports Roundup>> By Melanie Cane <<Holy Child Cross-Country>> In their first meet at Sherwood Island on September 13, the Gryphons came in fourth out of seven teams. The top three finishers were Claire Furio, Sophia Flissler, and Emily Clemens. Assistant Coach Christine Farrell summed it up as “A good race overall and a great […]
Garnets Corner Nyack
RHS Field Hockey By Melanie Cane The story of Rye High’s September 14 matchup against Nyack can be told in the statistics. The Garnets had 17 corners, the Indians had none. Rye took 25 shots, Nyack one. The Garnets won 5-1. Rye began the game with three corners and two scrambles in front of the […]
Spotlight on Chrissy Connor, Teacher of the Year
By Annette McLoughlin At the end of every school year, teachers, students, parents, and alumni nominate exceptional teachers in the Rye City District whose qualities make her or him stand out among the rest. This year, the Teacher of the Year honor was bestowed on Rye’s own Chrissy Connor, who is a Special Education teacher […]
A Magnificent Seven
Seven Rye High School seniors were named to the National Hispanic Recognition Program. The students earned their spots by scoring well on the PSAT/NMSQT test taken in their junior year. Interestingly, the National Hispanic students include a pair of twin brothers and a set of triplet sisters! Congratulations to, from left: Andrew Gomez, Dylan Urbanzyck, […]
SCHOLARS ALL AROUND
SCHOLARS ALL AROUND Seven Rye Country Day School seniors have been named Semifinalists in this year’s National Merit Scholarship Competition. These students scored in the top 1 percent nationally on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship qualifying test, taken each year by about 1.6 million high school students. Congratulations to (pictured from left): <<Diogo Schaffa, Zachary […]
Summertime: When the School District Is Busy
By Peter Jovanovich While parents and students enjoyed the great summer weather this year, the Rye City School District was engaged in professional learning projects to improve the quality of instruction. As Dr. Eric Byrne said at the September School Board meeting, “We engaged in a tremendous amount of professional development this summer.” Among the […]
Bringing the Outdoors In
By Janice Llanes Fabry A chill in the air means it’s time to start bringing plants indoors before nighttime temperatures start dipping below 40 degrees. The transfer takes more than simply shuffling pots around and is not always clear-cut. We asked the experts in town to plant their seeds of knowledge before the frost sets […]