Thirty high school students from the Hudson Valley were honored Thursday with induction into New York s fourth class of My Brother s Keeper fellows.
My Brother s Keeper is a national initiative started by President Obama that aims to increase opportunities for boys and young men of color. Education leaders in New York have embraced the initiative since 2016, delivering financial support to community-based MBK programs. To the young men that are present, please understand that New York State MBK was created for you, said Board of Regents Chancellor Lester Young to hundreds of students across the state at a virtual symposium Thursday. That suggests that you are special. That you are somebody. No matter what anyone says, always remember: you are special, and you are something.
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SPRING VALLEY - East Ramapo district s renown band played, dignitaries gathered and green-and-yellow streamers were snipped during a ribbon-cutting for a new athletic fitness center at Ramapo High.
The center, with 4,400 square feet of functional instruction space, demonstrated the district s and community s investment in equitable access, said interim Superintendent Raymond Giamartino.
The center had been years in the planning, officials said, and was part of the district s wellness initiatives. Officials said the project cost around $100,000 in this budget year and was funded partially through a Creating Healthy Schools and Communities grant in partnership with Rockland County Department of Health.
U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones, a Spring Valley High School graduate, noted that his mother was a Gryphon, a graduate of RHS. He lauded the district s investment in its physical education plan, even amid the financial challenges that have hamstrung all school districts amid the COVID p
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As Indian Hills High School returned to in-person learning Tuesday, Ramapo High students are still on a virtual schedule due to COVID cases. (Shutterstock)
WYCKOFF, NJ After reporting four positive coronavirus cases in the span of four days, Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes was forced to delay the in-person start of classes until Monday. This comes as the other high school in the district, Indian Hills in Oakland, began in-person courses Tuesday.
The district had also planned to implement a single cohort model in which students would attend classes five days a week starting Monday, but officials announced that the plan has been delayed until Feb. 1.