Rye Lake Campus MS/HS

Rye Lake High School students staged a Renaissance Exhibit of presentations on great figures of the period, from Shakespeare and Michelangelo to Raphael.

The event follows a visit earlier this spring to the Medieval Times Dinner Theater in New Jersey in late April. There they witnessed reenactments of medieval-style games, sword-fighting, and jousting. The Renaissance Exhibit required students to research an artist or writer from the period and produce a presentation based in Google Slides and an art piece. Their research ranged from samples of great works and biographical information about the figure to details about their impact on the world at the time.

Visitors perused the tri-fold displays arranged in the school’s main conference room, allowing students to share information and answer questions about their research.

Rye Lake Middle-High's honors ceremony a growing success

Twenty-nine students were honored for their academic performance at a celebration that has so successfully incentivized student achievement that the event had to be moved to the school's gymnasium to accommodate all those being recognized.

Pizza partnership: Local business offers students hands-on lessons

Rye Lake Campus Middle School students Miles Dimasi, Denum Abreu, Xavier Tucker and Jace Thomas stepped behind the counter at Vinnie's Pizza on Broadway in North White Plains on a recent weekday. Each described his perfect pizza then watched wide-eyed as Vinnie himself assembled it from scratch. Their visit to this local business provided a chance to learn a skill, see what it's like behind the counter, and to practice their social skills. It also provided a delicious, personalized lunch, thanks to owner Vincent Villeda's generous invitation.