Twelve SHS alumni were inducted into a community of distinguished alumni for accomplishments in their fields and their positive impact on society during a ceremony organized by the Scarsdale Alumni Association (SAA) and SHS on Saturday, November 5. 7 of the 12 honorees, SAA members, Mayor Miriam Levitt-Flisser, SHS alumni, and parents and students from [...]
The college application process for the class of 2012 has taken place almost entirely online using Naviance.com, an application management system. Although new to SHS, the process has been up and running for several years at other schools. The online application process requires teachers and deans to submit letters of recommendation and transcripts to colleges [...]
A video conference between SHS students and two key members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group in Honolulu took place in the high school auditorium on Friday, November 11. Five SHS seniors, Mariah Genis, Max Kober, Harrison Shapiro, Michael Lu, and Stephanie Marandi, received the rare opportunity to talk to the President of the [...]
The Scarsdale High School PTA Scholarship Fund for College provides one-year grants to seniors who need help paying for their first year of college. Last year, it provided $85,000 in grants to 12 students for their freshman year of college. The Fund has been providing these grants for more than sixty years. All of the [...]
The annual senior celebration of Halloween took place on Monday, October 31, featuring costumes and a senior class breakfast; it was also marked by some acts of mischief. At the traditional senior class Halloween breakfast, the seniors flaunted an array of creative costumes. “In general, the photo sessions and the Halloween breakfast were unremarkable… In [...]
In order to raise awareness about issues facing Ghana and to showcase the culture of the country, the Ghana Club hosted Ghana Day on Thursday, October 27 during fourth and fifth periods. The day consisted of an informative assembly followed by a Ghanaian cultural performance. The assembly started out with a movie created by the [...]
The class of ’13 celebrated Halloween by hosting a pumpkin painting event in the cafeteria on October 28, raising money for class-related activities.“We sold about 36 pumpkins out of 59, about 30 or 40 people went, and we made around $90,” said junior class House representative Thomas Varghese ’13. In retrospect, government members realized that [...]
The Scarsdale Teen Center hosted its first ever Haunted House from October 27 to October 31. With an entrance fee of $5, the house was open to all ages from 7PM to 11PM each night. However, those under 10 years of age were not permitted without being accompanied by an adult and it was not [...]
A false fire alarm at SHS led to the evacuation of students, faculty, and staff on Wednesday, September 14 during seventh period. Two freshmen were responsible for what has been deemed an accidental alarm and the arrival of firemen on the scene. Co-Principal Fred Goldberg, the administrator responsible for dealing with the students, declined to [...]