Katonah-Lewisboro School District

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...

Look closely –there are moose cooking in the play kitchen, taking a rest on the beanbag, playing around on the playground, staying out of the way on the painting table. Kindergar...

October 22 was Sport Business Day at MetLife Stadium and John Jay was in the house! Students enjoyed conversations with Jets executives about marketing, sales, luxury box suites,...

Sustainability. Collaboration. Design. Persistence. Not many projects fold in all these lessons. The mural in John Jay Middle’s library certainly does. The 16-foot work was fabri...

“Cocoa was so excited when we got here this morning,” said John Jay Middle School’s social worker Ray DiStephan. “Her tail was wagging up a storm.” We were sitting in his office,...

Creative challenges that feel like play, and problem-solving quests that are solved with a coding mindset … along with a lot of laughs, ah-has, and wows! That’s what happening in ...

Students learn about cultures around the world—and of their classmates—through picture books, class discussions and the arts. Kindergartens have fun singing “Aayi Diwali” with mus...

Smiling children strolled, skipped, rolled and ran to Katonah Elementary School today. It was a sidewalk takeover, an all-school bonding experience and an invigorating beginning t...

The middle school's Makerspace is off to a great start! Students pop into the relaxed recess option, slip into creative mode and come back again and again because they’ve found an...

Creating identity webs with parents and caregivers is a kindergarten tradition at the Pond. Loved ones prompt, then listen, as kindergarteners name what is important to them. Soon...

Congratulations to John Jay’s Area All-State musicians — your hard work truly shines! AREA ALL-STATE CONCERT BAND Emma Iamiceli Kalyan Ganesan Brook Volpicella AREA ALL-STATE OR...