Students reached out in excitement to touch the red and gold lion! The fantastic creature—which looked both friendly and ferocious—made jingling sounds as it pranced around the ca...

Members of John Jay’s DECA Business Club are still riding on the adrenaline generated at the DECA Regional Competition, which took place at Rockland Community College on Wednesday...

The students on stage swung wide arcs of green, purple and orange silk ribbons in time to the soothing music, transforming Katonah Elementary School’s gym - for the moment - into ...

Can you say pumped?! It was doubly exciting for John Jay Middle School’s robotics teams to compete in the FIRST® LEGO® League qualifier last Saturday. They not only got to see wha...

What if someone told you that they were taking all your belongings – you could just have what would fit into one small backpack. And then they took your backpack. Renee Bonner Pe...

The library, usually silent, was buzzing with conversations on Tuesday, January 7 … about farming along the Nile, hieroglyphics, mummification and more. Team Aspire’s Ancient Egyp...

John Jay High School’s Winter Concert Series is a community treasure! The trio of free concerts features Katonah-Lewisboro’s most accomplished student musicians, conducted by musi...

Orchestra students are holding cutlery, not bows, in Faith Willett’s orchestra classroom. What’s going on? The fifth graders are celebrating their completion of the 12 Days of Pra...

What color icing should the doors and windows be outlined in? Chocolate dots or mini marshmallows on the roof? For one hour, the week before winter break—when classes wrap up wit...

John Jay High School is planning a shift in scheduling for September 2025 designed to allow more time for learning and make school more manageable for students. JJHS is moving to ...

Warm, compassionate, relatable, thoughtful, funny, straightforward, intense, real. Actor Liza Colón-Zayas, best known for playing Tina Marrero on the comedy-drama series “The Bea...

The aroma of Saturday morning wafted out of room N205. What was going on? Round the corner and see - it’s the Sweet Times Café! The pop-up café, hosted by Maria Mellon’s Life Ski...

Maddie knows what dogs like - treats and tennis balls (to play fetch with!) - because her family includes Wilbur von Smooch, a Boston terrier, and Sugar Ray Frank, a German shephe...

John Jay's robots rocked the FIRST Tech Challenge Regional Qualifier, which was held at John Jay High School in Hopewell Junction, NY, on December 7, and one team, The MOB, is alr...

“And now, it’s time for the Cards of Fate!” Showgirl Cinnamon swivels a card around featuring the name of the show before smacking a high five with Buffy, the game show host, as s...

John Jay High School proudly inducted 105 exceptional students into the National Honor Society (NHS) on November 25! The Executive Council of John Jay's chapter shared the qualit...

The decorum in the seventh-grade classroom was impressive. Students stood up when recognized with a word and a nod. “Council.” “Your honor,” the student began. Learning about t...

Students couldn't peel their eyes away! The visitor in the fourth-grade wing wore a breech cloth, moccasins and leg coverings, and was wrapped in a red blanket. His hair was pulle...

Christopher Columbus … the Mayflower … Pocahontas … George Washington … the Declaration of Independence … all the way through to the Great Depression … the Civil Rights Act … Spac...

There’s a party vibe at the far end of the John Jay Gallery! Instead of an empty landing, teachers and students are gathered around comfy seating and a game table. The walls are h...