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Benefit concert will raise funds for music center at High Meadow School in Stone Ridge
A “Raise the Roof” benefit concert to kick off the capital campaign to build the center will be held this Sunday, December 2 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Saugerties superintendent explains the process of closing school when the weather’s bad
When an early winter storm hit the Hudson Valley in mid-November, Saugerties closed its schools. Some parents were puzzled by the resulting three-day weekend.
Saugerties students produce morning news program, thanks to help from Jimmy Fallon
After a few years of trying to put the pieces together, the SHS-TV’s morning announcements are now a part of the daily routine.
West Saugerties Buddhist grade school going well so far
Along with reading, writin’ and ’rithmatic, 17 students have been learning the dharma, or “cosmic order” at the Middle Way School, which opened in West Saugerties in September.
SUNY New Paltz delays vote on renaming buildings
A half dozen campus buildings bear the names of the town’s first settlers, who owned slaves. Nearly all the speakers at a recent hearing on campus called for the buildings to be renamed, but the administration is waiting until spring to vote.
New Paltz High School’s “Evening of One-Acts” explores relationships, communication issues
Shows will be presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 8-10. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m.
A talk with the student representative to the Saugerties school board
Cheyenne Candlin, a senior at Saugerties High, is the Saugerties school board’s student representative for the 2018-19 school year. She says that students are becoming increasingly interested in how the world around them works. She lauds the involvement.
How to navigate the college admissions process
“Admissions professionals don’t look for reasons to reject students; they look for reasons to accept students,” says Susan Weatherly of Steps to College. “My goal is to make it a positive experience… I want you to succeed, and that means you need to know what the expectations of the college are.”
Cioni closing punted to November
Due to the unavailability of the prospective purchaser on the originally planned day, the closing date for the sale of the Kingston City School District’s Cioni Building has been moved to Thursday, Nov. 15. School officials this week said they were fine with the delay and weren’t concerned that the deal might fall through.
