MAMARONECK — Hommocks Middle School teacher Mike Sammartano is one of 1,500 educators worldwide named as an Apple Distinguished Educator, according to the district. Apple honored these teachers for using, “new technology to help engage students in new ways — and share their expertise with other educators and policy makers,”... Read More →
LARCHMONT — Joseph Califano, author of “How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope For Parents,” will give a presentation at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, in the Hommocks Middle School auditorium, 130 Hommocks Rd., Larchmont. The event is sponsored by the local chapter of the anti-drug group Responsible… Read More →
One of the happier developments of the past five years or so was Mamaroneck’s ability to keep Dee O’Brien’s wonderful Semi-Royal Shakespeare Company going after she retired. Dee (pictured above with some of the kids from last year’s “Macbeth” and “The Taming of the Shrew, in a photo by Aman… Read More →
LARCHMONT — The Hommocks Players will perform the musical “Willy Wonka” Feb. 3 – 5 in the Hommocks Middle School auditorium, 1000 Palmer Ave. in Larchmont. Show times are: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3; 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4; and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5. This year, every ticket… Read More →
MAMARONECK — In a letter to parents today, Mamaroneck High School’s interim principal details the steps his staff is taking to help students cope with the murder of Jennifer Katz, whose daughter, Stephanie, is a junior. Interim Principal John Goetz writes: The Larchmont and Mamaroneck community was shocked and saddened… Read More →
Big changes are on the horizon for Mark Barnett, the new assistant principal of Hommocks Middle School. Next month he transitions from being the director of a 360-student magnet school for high-performing students in the Bronx, to second-in-command at the 1,000-seat Hommocks. He’s also expecting the birth of his first… Read More →
MAMARONECK — The good news: Teenagers are drinking less. The bad news: They are increasingly turning to marijuana, the latest results of a biennial survey show. The number of Mamaroneck public school students reporting that they use alcohol has declined by a third since 2006, while the number who said… Read More →
Mamaroneck’s Board of Education has named Larry Keane interim assistant principal at Hommocks Middle School. Keane, who served as Hommocks’ Assistant Principal for more than a decade until retiring in 2009, takes over for Edgar McIntosh, who is leaving to become principal of Ardsley Middle School. Mamaroneck’s superintendent, Robert Shaps,... Read More →
