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Lewisboro Ledger
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Schools
Jun 5, 2008
At Katonah and Increase Miller Elementary Schools
Students learn about their ecological footprint
How much land does it take to support the Katonah-Lewisboro School
District’s elementary schools? Students at Increase Miller and Katonah
elementary schools recently spent some time finding out their
ecological footprints and researching ways to reduce them, as part of
programs organized by the school’s parent groups, including the
Increase Miller compact team, PTA and environmental club and the
Katonah PTO.
“Our overarching goal was essentially to have the children become more
conscious about every decision they make,” said Janet Harckham, who
spearheaded the program as the leader of the Increase Miller
Environmental Club. “The goal is to show children how each choice they
make has an impact, from water bottles to turning off the lights.” More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Schools
May 29, 2008
New York State Envirothon
John Jay takes seventh at Envirothon
John Jay High School’s Envirothon team, unexpected champions of the
2008 Hudson Valley Regional Envirothon, took home a seventh place award
at the state championships last week, out of 55 regional champions. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Schools
May 29, 2008
John Jay High School's Humanities Symposium
Humanities research students present work
Three years ago, John Jay High School instituted a new three-year
program, humanities research, to allow students to perform original
research and projects in the humanities. This year, the first 10
graduates from that program presented their research at a symposium,
held on Thursday, May 22, at John Jay High School. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Schools
May 23, 2008
John Jay High School in Cross River
John Jay envirothon team goes on to states
John Jay High School students know their environmental science, and can
prove it — on April 29, a team of students from John Jay took home
first place at the 17th annual Hudson Valley Regional Envirothon,
beating out 38 teams from around the area to go on to the state
competition last Wednesday and Thursday. The five-student team, coached by their
Advanced Placement environmental science teacher, Dr. Linda Burke,
defied their own expectations to bring home the regional championship. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Schools
May 15, 2008
John Jay Grenoble Exchange
John Jay students play host
to foreign guests
Last month, 33 high school students and three chaperones from Grenoble,
France, landed at John F. Kennedy airport to begin their 17-day stay
among the students of Katonah-Lewisboro School District. The students
stayed with French students from John Jay Middle School and high
school, attempting to improve their own mastery of English while
allowing John Jay’s students to practice their French with native
speakers.
Lewisboro Ledger
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Schools
May 1, 2008
Westchester Science and Engineering Fair
Eight students receive awards
From astronomy to physics, biology to computer science, the students in
John Jay High School’s science research program are doing college and
graduate-level science. Last month, eight seniors from the program
attended the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair, each bringing
home medals for their projects, with one — finalist Dan Barson — set to
go on to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 11-17
in Atlanta, Ga., where he will compete with more than 1,500 students
from around the world.
“It’s supposed to be an extraordinary experience,” Dan told The Ledger.
“It’s the premiere opportunity for someone who wants to go into
science.” More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Schools
Apr 24, 2008
John Jay Middle School student Brianna Wuensch
Born with dancing in her blood
At 2, she wanted to start dancing. At 3, she took her first class. She
was winning dance titles by the time she was 6, and now, at 12, Brianna
Wuensch has won too many awards to list. The John Jay Middle School
seventh grade student was recently crowned Junior Miss That’s
Entertainment and Miss Pre-teen Sophisticated overall title soloist.
“I don’t know what made me want to start dancing — I guess it was just
in my blood when I was born,” Brianna told The Ledger. “When I compete,
it’s not for people to know that I’m the best, it’s because I love to
dance.” More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Schools
Apr 10, 2008
John Jay High School Theatre Workshop's
Crazy for You
John Jay musical begins tonight
The John Jay High School Theatre Workshop will be performing the
musical comedy Crazy for You starting tonight, Thursday, April 10, at 7, with additional
performances tomorrow evening at 8 and on Saturday at 2 and 8. More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Schools
Mar 14, 2008
John Jay Middle School
36 students take part in 2008 science fair
The projects ranged from engineering to biology, exploring topics as
diverse as the environmental effects of paintball to the life cycle of
the monarch butterfly to violin-related injuries. Last Wednesday, March
5, about 36 students from the sixth, seventh and eighth grades gathered
in the John Jay Middle School dining room to display the products of
their work at the 25th Annual John Jay Middle School Science Fair.
“The quality of the student work was exceptional,” said district
Director of Science Vincent Bell in a release. “The effort and
thoroughness of the research was impressive, and the oral presentations
showed confidence and a depth of understanding of each topic.” More ...
Lewisboro Ledger
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Schools
Feb 21, 2008
John Jay High School Vocal Jazz
Students sing traditional jazz at music festival
Seven years ago, John Jay High School teacher Steven Morse began an
experimental new singing group at the school: Vocal Jazz. Starting as
an extension of the chorale program that Mr. Morse ran on the side,
this year Vocal Jazz was made an official school group. And at the
beginning of February, the 17 students of Vocal Jazz brought their
music to the Berklee College of Music’s High School Jazz Festival in
Boston. Singing traditional jazz songs, both with and without a rhythm
section, Vocal Jazz placed seventh out of 16 groups in their division,
despite being ranked against schools where jazz singing is a part of
the music curriculum.
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