A Monthly Summary of District Happenings and Highlights

Welcome to the District's Eagle Eye e-Newsletter. We are always looking for new and improved ways to communicate with parents and community members. We hope you will enjoy this insider's view of our schools.

2024-2025 School Budget Information Regularly Updated On District Website

District administrators and the Board of Education continue to work on the development of the 2024-2025 School District Budget, which has presented a number of challenges based on increasing costs and decreasing revenues. For more information, please see the presentation from the April 2, 2024 Board of Education meeting on our District Budget Webpage. You can also view the livestream presentation of the April 2nd Board meeting on our District Website homepage.

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Highlights

DFHS 2024 Art Exhibition Highlights Student Work

Springhurst "Cabbage Patch" Kids Are In Full Bloom

Middle School Student Government Visits Dobbs Ferry Village Hall

Springhurst "Building Bridges" Panel on Learning Disabilities

High School MTSS Team Hosts First Roundtable for Guest Districts

Nationally-Recognized Speaker Talks About Substance Use Prevention and Mental Health Awareness with HS/MS Students

Springhurst Celebrates National Reading Month "Read A Thon"

Destination ImagiNation Team Advances to National Global Finals

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DFHS Musical Is A Must See

This year's High School Musical is the award-winning show Fiddler on the Roof playing Friday, April 12th @ 7 PM and Saturday, April 13th @ 1 PM & 7 PM. With music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Joseph Stein, it is a timeless, musical theatre classic!

Featuring the Broadway hit songs “Tradition,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “Matchmaker Matchmaker” and “To Life,” Fiddler on the Roof will introduce a new generation to this uplifting celebration that raises its cup to joy! to love! to life!

The show's Artistic Director/

Choreographer is Bret Fox, a professional actor and seasoned performing arts instructor. Vocal Music & Theatre Director Georgia DeFalco is the Music Director/Producer. Some 75 students comprise the Cast, Stage Managers, Set Design Crew, Rat Pack, Front of House and Costume & Make-up Designers.

Get your tickets early through My School Bucks. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash only).

Science Research Wins Big

DFHS Science Research students competed in the prestigious WESEF competition (2024 Regeneron Westchester Science & Engineering Fair). Twenty-two Dobbs students participated in WESEFand 18 of them received awards. Over 700 high school students from Westchester and Putnam Counties took part in 2024 WESEF, submitting a record number of projects for the region.

Two of our WESEF winners, Lauren Soderquist and Madelyn Molina, have also been named finalists for the upcoming Genius Olympiad, and will be competing in June at RIT in this international science fair. Lauren was also selected as a finalist at NYSSEF (New York State Science and Engineering Fair) and won Honorable Mention for her research project.

Click to READ MORE about our students who won special awards and placed, plus another first place surprise winner!

To learn more about the DFHS Science Research Program, please contact Sarah Marino at marinos@dfsd.org

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Upcoming Events

April 11

Blood Drive in MS Gymnasium

April 12-13

HS Musical- Fiddler on the Roof

April 16

Board Mtg- Budget Adoption

April 17

MYP Personal Project Expo Night

April 18

Springhurst Earth Day

April 19

7th Grade Career Day

April 22-23

Spring Recess- NO SCHOOL

April 25

District Chorus Festival

May 7

Board Mtg- Budget Public Hearing

Dobbs Ferry School #Shorts

The National 3rd Grade Cabbage Competition awards $1,000 scholarship to the largest cabbage plant.

Sports Scoreboard

The Athletic Department is pleased to be able to offer Unified Basketball for the second year.The coaches this season are returning staff veterans Stephanie Mills, Andrew Klaich, Joe Cox, Trish Zarro and Christina Bochicchio. We are excited to have 17 students currently on the roster, along with a group of student athletes who have volunteered to partner with our Unified players.

Please check out the game schedule below so that you can add these dates to your calendar. Director of Physical Education, Health and Athletics Andrew Klaich is hoping to have the stands filled for our upcoming games in support of the Unified Program and team members.

Game Schedule:

April 25th AT Dobbs vs Eastchester (Home Game) 430 PM

April 30th Dobbs AT Irvington (Away Game) 430 PM

May 9th Dobbs AT Bryam Hills (Away Game) 430 PM

May 13th Dobbs AT Greenburgh (Away Game) 4:30 PM

May 14th North Salem AT Dobbs (Home Game) 430 PM

Spectators are welcome and encouraged at all Games. Here are some photos from last year's first season and thank you for your ongoing support. We are looking forward to a fun home opener on April 25th.

Technology Talk

Each month Amber Klebanoff, Director of Instructional Technology/CIO/DPO, sends out a timely newsletter based on topics that the teachers need to know about to stay current with new technology.This newsletter always includes an AI piece, information about software and data protection and usually a bonus topic.

The April update shows new Google features that are available in the Google Workspace for Education, as well as AI tools that are safe to use in the classroom. As a follow up to receiving the updates, Ms. Klebanoff often works one-on-one with teachers if they have questions and to support their use of District technology tools.The ultimate goal is to enhance student learning. Click to see the full Newsletter Update.

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Bird's Eye View

National Reading Month at Springhurst was a big success with K-5 students reading for a total 342,632 minutes in March! Thank you to the Dobbs Ferry PTSA for orchestrating the annual Read-A-Thon fundraiser and to our school families for their donations, and of course to our teachers who always support student READING!

Dobbs Ferry School District

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Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522

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