After spending 32 years developing into a cardinal Port Chester School District player, Deputy Superintendent Joseph Durney has decided the best way to continue serving children is ultimately by retiring.

There are ups and downs with the Port Chester School District’s new universal pre-kindergarten program, which is slated to roll out in September.

Although she had been considering closing the Ridge Street Country School (RSCS) for some time, Barbara Schori, the school’s director of 31 years, said she cried when she finally decided she was ready to retire. She immediately wrote a letter to the RSCS community to announce the imminent closure.

When Jaime Rufo was hired as the Port Chester Middle School astronomy teacher, Principal Patrick Swift walked her through the school’s corridors for an introductory tour.

The tides are changing with the Port Chester Board of Education, as a completely new reign of leadership was selected by its members.

There will be no change in leadership this year as the Blind Brook Board of Education unanimously reelected President Ryan Goldstein and Vice President Ashley Welde at its annual organization meeting on Tuesday, July 9.

Math, computer science and music; they make the perfect cord tugging on Agustin Otero’s heartstrings.

When George Tsoukalas was called out of class to meet with Port Chester High School Principal Dr. Mitchell Combs in April and discovered he was named the Class of 2019 salutatorian, he wasn’t surprised.

Hardworking and humble—the first two words Jacinta Olonilua uses to describe herself.

Blind Brook is inarguably a good school district—providing a nationally recognized quality education for all its students.

Merit Scholarships

Andrea Acosta

Ashley Alvarez

Arianna Carlucci

Kyah Kramer

Savannah Langengbach

Madeline Loiaconi

Santiagp Lopez

Britany Morocho

Jacinta Olonilua

Karli Thomas

With golden shovels lined up in a patch of dirt outside the Butler Building at Ridge Street Elementary School, a dozen Blind Brook administrators and affiliates shuffled their way behind them.

It’s the time of year Blind Brook Board of Education President Ryan Goldstein refers to as a favorite for the collective board—the annual Celebration of Teaching.

It’s not uncommon for the social media savvy to take a daily scroll through the newsfeeds on their screen and come across articles about environmental issues and climate change.

There are endless amounts of research detailing the ways gardening can positively impact young minds, according to Port Chester resident Kikki Short.

If you add five Blind Brook middle schoolers together and multiple them by their mathematic excellence, you get one group of students with a superb set of skills qualifying them for a state-wide Tournament of Champions.