There will be a new Joe in town when Rye Middle School students return to school in September.

There will be a new Joe in town when Rye Middle School students return to school in September. Joe DiGiovanni, currently an assistant principal at Hendrick Hudson High School, will take over for Joe DeRuvo on July 1. The Hendrick Hudson School District draws students from the towns and villages of Buchanan, Montrose, and Cortlandt Manor. He spent ten years prior to this position teaching social studies at Fieldstone Middle School in the North Rockland Central School District.

 
At Rye High School, teacher Suzanne Short will now take over for Ellen O’Donnell as Assistant Principal. Short has taught English at the high school for the past 13 years. This year she served as English Language Arts 6-12 Department Coordinator. In addition, she has coordinated the Senior Internship program and chaired the Be The Change Civility Committee. She has also worked on the Common Core standards alignment process.

— Sarah Varney