Katonah-Lewisboro School District

Teams of sixth graders sat at tables throughout the library, immersed in planning the worst Ancient Mesopotamian pilgrimages, ever. A herd of cows blocks the travelers’ way, a dus...

Midway through Jonathan Kruk’s storytelling, the action shifted. He called students to the front, and they became a king, a princess, princes-turned trees, and a magical bird … sl...

Imagine gaining an inside look at the construction and design of modular homes—in a factory space the size of several football fields! That’s what John Jay’s third year architectu...

The smiles on the fifth graders faces, as they paraded around the gym with floats they’d created to tell the American story, said it all. Pride, accomplishment and pure fun. The ...

When the student Ambassadors took the stage at Meadow Pond to run the all-school Community Meeting, they ad-libbed, hammed it up and had fun—hallmarks of their growing confidence ...

Bonds of love crisscrossed Increase Miller Elementary’s cafeteria this morning. The room was packed with parents and other important people, all gathered to enjoy the first grade ...

The lights dim, and the spare appearance of a barn, with clean lines and a hayloft, where a group of tradespeople have been gathered, is transformed. A soft violet glow sets off a...

Fifty Days of School! Second graders at Katonah Elementary celebrated the milestone with a trip to the 1950s. The fun began the moment they walked into their classrooms, many wear...

Watching bowing technique from just a few feet away, noting how musicians use eye contact and head motions to communicate with each other, listening to a world-class performance i...

The mood was jubilant as the Wolves celebrated three student athletes on November 12, National Signing Day—the first day that a high school senior can sign a binding National Lett...

A brisk wind whipped the formation of flags into 2/4 time, as if they, too, were following conductor Jared Henderson. With the backdrop of marching stars and stripes, the music te...

James Polos, Army, who served in Korea, reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a carefully folded napkin. Inside was a Purple Heart. “This was my dad’s,” he said. “I never ...

Standing up for what’s right. Caring for other people. Being someone who people trust and count on. Listening to everyone and being open to other perspectives. These are some o...

While students had the day off on Tuesday, teachers and staff spent a productive Professional Learning Day discussing elementary math priority standards, exploring project based l...

The finishing touch—putting shoes on the bunched ankles of the scarecrows—made the kindergarteners dissolve into giggles! The students scrambled onto the bench alongside the hay-s...

Stella and Penny estimated there’d be 100 seeds in their pumpkin. To their surprise, when they carved it open, they counted 465 seeds! Grace thought her pumpkin would be 12 inches...

I got it!" "Good job!" "Let’s play again!" Black and Orange Math, a Katonah Elementary fall tradition for first graders, gives a seasonal twist to math games that reinforce stude...

Pairs of kindergarteners eagerly fist bumped. Others waved to each other. Some young students even did high fives with fifth graders! There are all sorts of ways to say hello, t...

"Won knight I sore a pear of men buy the see." When Gloria Miller’s fifth graders came in from recess, they found a paragraph riddled with errors displayed on the class screen....

Antonio pulled an orange pumpkin sticker out of the sensory bin with a smile. Ben showed off the temporary tattoo of a lion on his hand. Mateo carefully put eyes and nose stickers...