Elzy Kolb, Deborah Skolnik, Author at Westchester Magazine

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Ossining High School Boasts Eight Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalists

Credit for Ossining High School’s science success is due to its Fundamentals of Science Research program, a class that allows students research advanced degree-worthy subjects during the course of three years.

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Rye Country Day School Gives Students Academic Credit for Band Participation

The school’s “mini-conservatory” structure also allows for private instruction and advanced placement classes for music education.

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Mamaroneck High School’s Band Travels Nationally for Annual Festivals and Competitions

Recently, the school received recognition at the Essentially Ellington Regional High School Jazz Festival in Greenwich, Connecticut, and finalist status at Boston’s Berkley High School Jazz Festival.

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Dobb’s Ferry’s The Masters School Focuses on an Integrative Math Education

The approach includes more complex elements of math into business, finance and economics education, and teachers rely on the Harkness method to increase classroom communication.

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Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua One of U.S. News & World Report’s Top American High School for Science and Math

The school’s mathematics department is semi-autonomous, with permission from the board to create its own tests, guidelines and standards.

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Somers High School’s Athlete Leadership Training Grooms Young Athletes for Success

Combining community leadership, academic initiative and athletic achievement, the Somers Athlete Leadership Training program largely tcontributes to Somers’ athletic success.

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New Rochelle’s Iona Preparatory School Adds New Sports, Excels Across the Board

The all-boys Catholic school regularly makes playoffs in crew, wrestling, freshman swimming and other recently added programs.

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Pre-Workout Stretching: How Static Stretching May Negatively Affect Your Motion

Static stretching can actually make certain elastic muscle components weaker, resulting in a higher likelihood of injury. Local exercise experts weigh in on how to properly warm up while avoiding injury.

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Noise Pollution in Westchester County

You moved here for some peace and quiet but your neighbor won't stop using that chain saw. Here's how suburban life can be a living hell.

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Neighbor: Edgemont Resident MaryAnne Gilmartin, Executive Vice President of Commercial and Residential Development at Forest City Ratner Companies

She’s overseen some of the area’s largest real-estate projects. But before MaryAnne Gilmartin could become a force among New York’s developers, she had to build up something else from nearly nothing: herself.

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