
October 23, 2024
Laughter rises with the breeze and swirls like the autumn leaves around John Jay Middle School’s new playground cupped into the hill by the school’s theater entrance. Its source: t...

October 9, 2024
It happened so fast! The Eurasian eagle owl—with a wingspan of nearly six feet—soared across John Jay High School’s theater, over the heads of dozens of students, landing on a per...

October 3, 2024
Students streaming into the school gym were pumped for the Pep Rally. Member of the modified teams, wearing John Jay jerseys, sat together in the front; the floor and bleachers we...

October 2, 2024
It was a Macarena the likes of which Increase Miller Elementary’s cafetorium had never seen before! Third, fourth and fifth graders (and their teachers) did the moves in slow motio...

October 2, 2024
Giving Buddy a high five and having more than 400 students and teachers sing Katonah Elementary School’s very own happy birthday song to you—and everyone else who has a birthday t...

September 30, 2024
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” author Laura Numeroff visited Meadow Pond Elementary on September 27! In three separate grade-appropriate presentations, she read one of her books t...

September 26, 2024
The students were stuck. They had a limited number of graham crackers—little rubber mats—on which to walk from one side of the chocolate river to the other, and not enough to comp...

September 26, 2024
We are excited to announce the launch of the KLSD 3-Year Sustainability Vision and Plan . We have been hard at work designing the plan since the announcement of the initiative du...

September 25, 2024
At the far end of the wing, where the sunlight streams in, students nestle into soft chairs and read. Nearby, students roll chairs around a table and work with their teacher on ne...

September 24, 2024
“Welcome home,” said Athletic Director Chris McCarthy from the podium, looking at a group of John Jay High School’s most accomplished athletes, ever. The phrase said it all. John...

September 19, 2024
Congratulations WOLVES! Athletic Director Chris McCarthy proudly displays the School of Distinction award from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association! ✨ McCa...

September 17, 2024
Throughout her junior year, Nina Vigil often woke up as early as 4:30 am to … count birds. She walked to Katonah backyards and her parents drove her to Ward Pound Ridge Reservatio...

September 10, 2024
Katonah-Lewisboro School District is thrilled to announce that John Jay Middle School has been designated an Apple Distinguished School—joining 889 schools in 37 countries who hav...

September 9, 2024
John Jay High School is extremely proud to announce that William Harris, Austin Omin and Nina Vigil are National Merit® Scholarship Semifinalists. “Their accomplishments are a tes...

September 3, 2024
Congratulations to our 25-year employees!!! Celebrating Jean Capuano, Dawn Dall, Mary Dillon, Jennifer Fraczek, William Friedman, Lynn Garofolo, Susan Hirsch, Erik Hoaglund, Jea...

September 3, 2024
It was a kick-off that felt like a pep rally. Staff and educators gathered in John Jay High School’s theater today for Superintendent’s Conference Day. It was the first day back f...

September 3, 2024
Can I play football?” “How much time is in-between classes?” “If I stay for a club, how do I get home? Sixth, seventh and eighth graders had an opportunity to ask these questions...

September 3, 2024
There were practically as many Eddie the Eagles as students at Increase Miller Elementary’s Kindergarten Orientation! Children hugged the little plushies as Principal Kerry Ford a...

September 3, 2024
Come on in,” Meadow Pond Elementary School’s Assistant Principal David Bournas-Ney said to the students peeking through the door. “You can be the very first ones to sit on these c...

August 9, 2024
“Aloha!” As students step off the school bus, they are greeted by teachers wearing bright Hawaiian shirts and each given a colorful flower lei to put on. It’s Luau Day, celebratin...