On Thursday, January, 17th and Friday, January 18th, Park Avenue Elementary School in Port Chester, NY celebrated its second annual Beach Days. Students were greeted with colorful, beach-themed decorations in the gym and were encouraged to wear bright colors and sunglasses to school. During their Physical Activity periods, students played summer-time favorites such as volleyball, horseshoes, bean-bag toss, jump-rope, hula-hoop and even badminton and bochi ball. The event was organized in cooperation between the schools Wellness Committee lead by nurse Geri Cusumano and the Physical Education Teacher, Coach John Cafaldo. The Wellness Committee plans several health-related events at the school including Jump Rope for Heart, a fundraiser for the American Heart Association, cleverly scheduled near Valentines Day in February. The event was facilitated by parent volunteers from Park Avenue and HealthCorps Navigators from the schools community partner, Open Door Family Medical Centers.
Park Avenue School Beach Days
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HomeGrown10573 May 15, 2013 at 10:26 pm
Linda T., I would guess Mrs. Brakewood lives in Port Chester if she is running for the Port Chester…Read More Board of Ed. Even if the schools had to impose an austerity budget, your taxes would still go up. The state has more control in these matters than you think.
Aidan May 15, 2013 at 07:09 pm
Linda, the per pupil expenditure in PC schools is the lowest in Westchester and Rockland counties…Read More ... by about $2,000 per student.
The issue is two fold. First, our property values are not as strong as our neighbors, so our homes have a higher levy in order to fund the schools. Second, and more important, is that the reliance on property taxes slams moderate income communities like PC. We need for the state to move to an income tax to fund schools. Scream at your legislators ... not the BoE.
Linda Turturino May 15, 2013 at 11:25 am
I am concerned there is not enough attention to detail in the BOE budget overall and Mrs. Brakewood…Read More comment about keeping taxes affordable ... where does she live ? they are out of control and in my opinion the money we pay for taxes we should have the best looking schools anywhere ... just my opinion