Riverside Earns Berth to National Robotics Competition
Riverside High School won the 2010 New Jersey Regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Competition held this weekend in Trenton. The students and their robot, R2 R.E.D. Reloaded, were part of a three-team alliance that took first place at the 61 team face-off. Amassing a record of 9-4-3 through more than 100 rounds of action, Riverside secured a spot in the 2010 FIRST International Championships at the Georgia Dome next month. Riverside and sibling team Saunders Droid Factory will be competing in the New York City regionals at the Javits Center this weekend.

The Impact of State Budget Cuts
"It is unconcisonable for those in power to balance the budget on the backs of our students."

At press conferences at City Hall and Lincoln High School, Mayor Philip Amicone, Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio and Board of Education President Bernadette Dunne joined city officials, educators, students, families and community members to speak with one voice in opposition to the proposed cuts in state aid to education.
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Faces of Gorton Portrait Exhibit
Faces of Gorton, a series of 30 acrylic on canvas portraits produced by the school's students is on display at the Children's Gallery at the Theodore Young Community Center in White Plains now through April 30. Get the big picture.

Snow Days Mean Make-up Days
These are the make-up days because of school closings due to the weather or the change in the school district calendar: Mon. 4/5, Fri. 5/7, Fri. 5/28 and Mon. 6/28.
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A Yonkers Dining Tradition
The hottest dining destination this spring is the Yonkers Education and Cultural Arts Center where talented Saunders High School Culinary and Restaurant Management students prepare an impressive menu served with flair and style. The reservation hotline is open.
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Much More Than The Sum Of Its Parts
US FIRST robotics team members have about six weeks to transform a jumble of parts into a fully functioning robot that can navigate through tunnels and over bumps in a demonstration of engineering, science and technology skills.  In a demonstration of character, Saunders High School robotics team members spent their free time at the Afya Foundation warehouse on Nepperhan Avenue transforming a jumble of parts into fully functioning wheelchairs that are giving people in developing nations the gift of mobility.
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A Nerd Herd
Two N.E.R.D.S (Never-Ending Radical Dudes) challenged students at School 23 to strengthen the school community -- and themselves -- by demonstrating that what's on the inside far outweighs the importance of what's on the outside. Message given and received with delight. See for yourself.

With Hearts Afire,
Yonkers Shows the Love
Students, faculty, staff, community members and our wonderful alumni helped Yonkers Gold Star Mothers collect supplies and valentines for service members in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thanks to your unprecedented outpouring of support and love, our troops got a little taste of home.
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Standing Watch Over Those Who Never Came Home
For one week in November a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial stood in Yonkers' Fleming Field honoring the 58,261 American dead from among the 2.7 million men and women in the U.S. military who served in the war zone. Yonkers students were among the visitors, and were the ones who stood watch over those who never came home.
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Budget Cuts:
Mayor & Superintendent Testify About Impact to City & Students
Last month, Mayor Philip A. Amicone and Superintendent of Schools Bernard P. Pierorazio testified before the New York State Senate Finance Committee about the impact proposed mid year cuts would have on the the City and its school system.
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