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New Trainees from The Power of Peace
October 26, 2011 • Ms. Garabedien
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Power of Peace On Tuesday, October 14th and Wednesday, October 15th, 18 students participated in Level I Power of Peace workshop training along with three teachers from the high school. The students in this workshop represented grades freshmen, sophomores, and juniors from all groups and cliques. ... Read more »
Volunteer Spooks Needed
October 15, 2011
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The Peekskill Parks and Recreation Department is looking for volunteer actors to participate in their Halloween Haunted School House production. Students and adults are needed to volunteer in the scenes and to help with the overall production. The event will be held at Uriah Hill School on the nights... Read more »
St. Peter’s Comes Through Again!
October 7, 2011 • Photo by Joanie DeMuro
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For the second year in a row, the congregation of St. Peter’s Church on North Division Street has collected new school supplies and graciously donated them to the students of PHS. The supplies: book bags, notebooks, pens, binders, etc. were brought to the school by the church’s generous... Read more »
Club & Sports Fair 2011 (Update)
October 3, 2011 • Photographer- Carlos Criollo
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This Club and Sports Fair was held on Wednesday, September 28th. Students from the 9th, 10th, and 11th grades came to the cafeteria to learn information and sign up for activities. Over 40 school and community activities were represented at the fair. Community agencies included the Youth Bureau... Read more »
Board Seeking to Create Alternative School
September 9, 2011
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This article appeared in the Peekskill Patch. You can go to this website for more info and comments. What do you think about the idea of an alternative school? Do you think PHS is violent? Please comment. http://peekskill.patch.com/articles/peekskill-schools-focus-on-disruptive-students Peekskill... Read more »
Learning from Data
September 6, 2011 • Mr. Tosto
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A recent report on PHS indicated that last year 71% of the students who had the chance to graduate actually earned a spot in the graduating class of 2011. Of those who graduated, 75 % earned Regents Diplomas ( 28 % of those were Advanced Designation meaning that the students earned passing grades... Read more »
Not Yet !! (But Soon)
August 22, 2011
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Mercury knows that there are two weeks left before school really starts. We know that most people are not ready to go back yet, but we do think that it is time to START THINKING about going back. In the spirit of starting fresh and making positive steps forward, Mercury has reprinted some of our... Read more »
Ms. Hersh Moves On
June 30, 2011 • Paige Hill-Reporter
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After four years as Assistant Principal at PHS, Ms. Hersh has elected to leave for a Principal position at Mt. Pleasant Blythedale. There is no doubt PHS will feel the loss of Ms. Hersh. Her energy, intelligence, and dedication have had a great impact on our school. Before she left, Mercury’s reporter,... Read more »
A Sweet Ending
June 23, 2011
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The Class of 2011 knows how to do things with style, and so, as would be expected; they hosted a great after graduation practice- party. More specifically, they held a Mr. Softee, free ice cream, and year book signing party. Both students and staff enjoyed the event and the treats. Hats off... Read more »
Principal Lazarus Gets Dunked!
June 13, 2011
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Despite the overcast skies, Saturday’s Sports Carnival was a success . The purpose of the carnival was to raise awareness about the variety of sports students can get involved in at PHS and to raise money for the new Jazon Paige fitness center. In addition to selling vintage sports gear, money... Read more »
