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Fourth graders learned about WWII

July 2, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

On a hot morning, with just about a week of school left in the year, Highland Falls Intermediate School fourth graders proved that this year, if nothing else, they learned to be a great audience.

HF-FMCSD art/music students honored

June 12, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

About two dozen O’Neill High School students were recognized — with cake! — at last week’s Board of Education meeting.

O’Neill’s JROTC celebrates end of year

June 5, 2024 Editorial Staff

During O’Neill High School’s JROTC 2024 Battalion Award ceremony a number of students were granted a variety of awards.

Students work together to author book

May 29, 2024 Editorial Staff

CONNECT participants provided the illustrations “If I was a flower I would be a lily. I would have different colors each summer. My flower would have 11 petals that are short triangle shapes and would be

13 local teens honored for leadership attributes

May 22, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

“In this district we have kids who are doing great things every single day; they are probably our most important resource.”

A special honor for a special teacher

April 24, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

Highland Falls Intermediate School science teacher Andrew Krakowka says he never intended to become a teacher … he was an “angry environmentalist” coming out of college with an environmental degree.

Soldier to compete for ‘Best Sapper’

April 3, 2024 Editorial Staff

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Lexi West, a 2016 O’Neill High School graduate and 2021 U.S. Military Academy graduate, is slated to compete in the 17th Best Sapper Competition, to be held April 19 through 22 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

“I’m just here to help”. End of story.

February 21, 2024 Editorial Staff

Frankie Wright wants to meet every single person in the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District.

Fort Montgomery Elementary School

‘Snow Day’ fun is over for community’s students

January 24, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

They used to be called ‘snow days’. Now, they’re called ‘emergency days’.

Wright is another tool in the fight against addiction

January 10, 2024 Mary Jane Pitt

There was a special guest at last Thursday’s meeting of the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District — his name is Franklin Wright, and he promises that within a few months, community members are going to be used to “seeing me everywhere”.