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George Washington Elementary School students put their hypotheses to the test, and they presented their findings at the annual STEM Fair on Thursday. Students presented their experiments and research to their classmates during the day, and the final projects were shown after school to parents and judges, including White Plains staff and community partners. 

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The White Plains City School District wishes the best of luck to two White Plains High School athletes who are competing in the NYSPHSAA Championships next week! Kellen Doherty, a ninth-grade student, will compete in the Skiing State Championships on Monday, February 23 and Tuesday, February 24 at Bristol Mountain. Genesis Garcia, an 11th grader, will compete in the Girls Wrestling Championships on Thursday, February 26 in Albany. Congratulations on reaching this point, and good luck Kellen and Genesis! #WPProud🐯

Mamaroneck Avenue Elementary School students exceeded their schoolwide Pick a Reading Partner (PARP) goal of 100,000 reading minutes by more than double, so Principal Rob Janowitz and Assistant Principal Brendan McCarthy completed this year's student-submitted Principal Challenge. The challenge? Mr. Janowitz and Mr. McCarthy had to dance to “Big Guy,” by Ice Spice while dressed as SpongeBob and Patrick in front of the entire school at an assembly last Friday.

Charles “Chuck” Stogel, a veteran sportswriter and editor, and longtime president of the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association, has been chosen for induction into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame. 

The induction ceremonies for the NYC Hoops Hall Class of 2025, which includes seven other distinguished individuals plus one professional and one college basketball team, is scheduled for Tuesday evening, Feb. 24, 2026, at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in Manhattan (hoopshallny.org).

Genesis Garcia, an eleventh-grade student at White Plains High School, competed in the Section 1 Girls Wrestling Championships over the weekend and won her weight class! Congratulations to the new Section 1 Champion! Genesis will represent WPHS and compete for the state championship at the NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Championships on Thursday, February 26, in Albany. 

Due to the winter weather/icy conditions at this time, and in the interest of safety, the WPCSD will observe a 2 HOUR DELAYED OPENING today, Wednesday, February 11, 2026. 

Mamaroneck Avenue Elementary School was proud to partner with the Brighter Days Project to create letters of encouragement for children facing challenges and hardships. Working in buddy classes – where children work with their peers in other grade levels – students collaborated to create thoughtful, creative messages filled with kindness, hope, and support.

White Plains High School student-athletes have been proving themselves all year! Recently, 11th-grade diver Jack Cullen broke the team record – again – for the 11 dive with a new score of 425.60. Earlier this season, he set the record at 421.1. Also, senior football player Isaiah Pierre was named as an honorable mention for this year’s Section 1 Golden Dozen Scholar Athlete class, which was announced on January 30.

Congratulations Jack and Isaiah! #WPProud
 

The 21 counselors in the White Plains City School District wear many hats: academic advisers, close confidantes, calm mediators, relentless advocates and trusted guides.On any given day, they may help a fifth-grader calm racing thoughts, walk a seventh-grader through peer conflict, coach a high school student through class planning or listen to a teenager who just needs to be heard. It’s National School Counseling Week, which focuses “public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems,” according to the American School Counselor Association.

The spring 2026 session of Saturday STEM Academy for grades 1 to 12 on the Mercy University Westchester campus, 555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, takes place February 28 to March 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The cost is $309 per student – and snacks are included. The registration deadline is February 20.

White Plains High School Presents: Once Upon a Mattress. WPHS students will perform in their musical production at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 6, and Saturday, February 7. They will perform again at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 8. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for students, seniors and WPCSD faculty. Join us in supporting our students! #WPProud

About a dozen parents gathered at Eastview School on Tuesday for an informational presentation about the White Plains City School District’s elementary dual-language program, whose goal is to create bilingual, bicultural, self-confident, lifelong learners.

The White Plains City School District’s updated Long-Range Plan was presented to the community at the Board of Education meeting Monday, January 12, 2026. Dr. Joseph Ricca, Superintendent, and Dr. Ann Vaccaro-Teich, Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations, outlined the district’s organizational and financial forecast through the 2029-30 school year and discussed the priorities of different departments during the presentation. 

Mamaroneck Avenue Elementary School recently marked Inclusive School Week, which celebrated the values of uniqueness, inclusivity and acceptance.

The window for Controlled Parents’ Choice Kindergarten Registration for the White Plains City School District opens on Monday, January 12 and closes on Friday, February 27. To read more about the district’s elementary program and registration, click here to view the fact sheet. 

The window for Controlled Parents’ Choice Kindergarten Registration for the White Plains City School District opens on Monday, January 12, and continues through Friday, February 27. Registration is available to White Plains children born in 2021 and those eligible to register for kindergarten in the 2026-2027 school year. Click here to visit the registration page and click here to access the application. You can also view elementary tours on this page. When you submit the application, a staff member from the Family Information Center will contact you to complete the registration.

Highlands Middle School’s Select Choir and Jazz Band brought the holiday spirit to the district office this morning as the first stop on their holiday caroling tour. The students, led by music teachers Michele Davila, Timothy Veeder and Jennifer Irlen, also visited NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to sing to patients and the food court at The Westchester. 

Mamaroneck Avenue School started off their Winter Fun spirit week yesterday with a bang, as the school was a sea of red for Candy Cane Day! Today, students celebrated Snowflake Day and wore blue and white.

Santa stopped by the White Plains City School District's elementary schools this Tuesday with a whole crew of characters to spread holiday cheer! The White Plains Fire Department (WPFD) visited schools in their fire truck, which was transformed into the “Santa Express” for the special occasion.

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Students at Rochambeau strengthen their school community and get career experience by volunteering right at their school. In the morning, students visit the Head Start Universal Prekindergarten classes to help support their students. In the afternoon, students in Dr. Steven Chetcuti’s Introduction to Programming and Computational Thinking class have been helping teach fifth graders who take classes at Rochambeau through the Board of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES).