By Jeff Wilson– Last seen by Indy readers in early 2024, the Sneaky Bots, a new robotics team of fourth-graders from Sleepy Hollow and Irvington, were competing in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Regional [Robotics] Championship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst... More »
Students at Irvington elementary schools recently joined millions of readers around the world in celebrating World Read Aloud Day, a global event that highlights the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories. World Read Aloud Day is an international lite... More »
This is the first in an occasional series of articles written for The Hudson Independent by local students. Submissions should be sent to editor@thehudsonindependent.com. By Ginger Lidsky– Last Tuesday evening, dozens of people gathered at Sleepy Hollow Vil... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— An Ardsley High School senior has been named one of the top 40 finalists in the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition. Khushi Karthikeyan, 18, has already earned $25,000 for her accomplishment in the Regeneron Sci... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Hillside School students and staff came together to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through the school’s annual MLK Peace March, a longstanding tradition centered on unity, kindness, and justice. The event featured music, refle... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Students in a writing class in the Hastings-on-Hudson School District recently experienced a memorable lesson when Darren Tipton, CEO of Paris Baguette, visited their classroom, bringing both insight and popular mochi donuts. As part of a rec... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A large group of seniors at Ardsley High School has entered the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious high school science competition. Seventeen students have officially submitted their independent res... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker– As students settle into the school year and their teachers are hard at work, administrators in some of the rivertowns districts are busy supervising major upgrades of the facilities where the teaching and learning take place. In Hastings,... More »
By Tom Pedulla– Sleepy Hollow senior Brayden Richardson has long been viewed as an exceptional talent. Now, after injuries wiped out his last two seasons, he is finally proving it for the resurgent Horsemen. Richardson has often been close to unstoppable as Sl... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker– Many of us lacking experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) find it unnerving. There is the prospect that it can do everything we do, only better—or at least adequately and cheaper. “You won’t be replaced by AI; you’ll be replaced by s... More »
By Elizabeth Tucker— For a while this summer, it looked like the Horseman Family Saturdays program would lose its funding. In the end, however, the much-revered program that provides meals and educational activities to families in the Tarrytowns got the money ... More »
Five high school football teams, representing the five public school districts in The Hudson Independent’s rivertowns readership area, each hoping either to improve over or repeat their performances of a year ago. By Tom Pedulla– Ardsley Panthers Poised to De... More »
The movement against gun violence in schools was rudely re-awakened on August 27th with the death by gun of two children and wounding of 21 others at the Annunciation Church School in Minneapolis. Within days, word began to spread via Instagram that students a... More »
With students across the rivertowns now back in school, The Hudson Independent is launching a series of stories about the state of education, both public and private, in our villages. There’s a lot going on in the five public school districts and two private s... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Tarrytown School District is cracking down on the use of personal electronic devices by students during the school day. The Board of Education recently adopted a policy prohibiting students in all grades from utilizing cell phones, smartw... More »
By Jeff Wilson– Watching a PowerPoint, “Hidden Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States,” a new component in their Human Rights curriculum, fourth- and fifth-grade students in Irvington’s Main Street School were asked to study the vint... More »
The Sleepy Hollow High School Class of 2025 received its diplomas last week on the football field. The following is a complete list of graduates: Last First Middle Suffix Abreu Hernandez Angel Gabriel Aguas Jheero Aguilera Jake Christian Heleno Aizeki-Nevins A... More »
The Class of 2025 at Hastings-on-Hudson High School received its diplomas last week. The following is a complete list of this year’s graduates: Last Name First Name Middle Name Abirizk Joe Acree Jackson White Amster Joshua Taylor Andrus Jacob Wiley Arau Kaylee... More »
Irvington High School student Deven Choksi earned a bronze medal at the prestigious International Genius Olympiad, held at the Rochester Institute of Technology from June 9-13. The event brought together students from 69 countries, showcasing 1,698 projects ac... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Voters in the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District approved more than $38.4 million in capital improvement bonds Tuesday. The most expensive proposition presented that will cover an addition and more instructional space at Farragut M... More »
