Top left, clockwise: Buddy Reading at Katonah Elementary. Community Meeting at Meadow Pond Elementary. Increase Miller Elementary kindergarten field trip to local nursery. First Lego League - one of John Jay Middle School's 28 clubs. Modified Volleyball "pinks out" for Breast Cancer Awareness. John Jay High School's Micro Anatomy & Physiology students create body systems posters.

Pumpkin Math, a second-grade tradition at Increase Miller Elementary, brims with good humor, curiosity and a sense of adventure!

The wonderful investigation of the great gourd's inside and out reinforces math skills students are learning in the classroom, adds in science exploration, and incorporates reading, writing and creativity. MORE

“Hey, we can run a mile in less than ten minutes. Why are we walking?” With that, a group of students took off down the sidewalk, adding running to Walk and Bike to School Day at Katonah Elementary!

Walk and Bike to School is an annual fall event at KES that celebrates safe streets and everyday exercise. One Friday each October, the school arranges for three morning meeting spots. Families gather at the one that is closest to them, and head to school together. MORE

Kindergarteners scurry around their classroom, looking behind books and in little pockets of classroom displays for small slips of paper with acorns printed on them. When a child finds one, they stand tall and still, like a tree.  

The Meadow Pond Elementary students are acting out what happens to many of the nuts hidden by squirrels which are not found and eaten each winter. “They become trees!” said the kindergarteners. The game was part of program called Animals and Plants Change their Environment, led by PNW BOCES’ Center for Environmental Education. MORE

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