Summit Academy Humanities classes enjoyed a visit from Reverend Jeannette Phillips in honor of Black History Month. Rev. Phillips spoke eloquently about her life in Peekskill, where she helped to found Hudson River Health Care for which she remains a Board Member. She is also the Associate Pastor of the Park St. A.M.E. Zion Church. Accompanied by her daughter in law, she shared many awards and artifacts with the students and reflected on her childhood in Spanish Harlem and Florida. She shared her memories of many marches and demonstrations for civil rights, jobs, health care, and education, and urged the students to keep on marching and working together for social justice.

(Special thanks to Mrs. Prentice for the pictures and event information).

Uriah Hill students have been busy bees lately! In addition to their regularly scheduled fun and learning, students' days have been filled with some extra special activities, such as Movement Classes with Miss Elisha and monthly Mad Science class with, "Neutron Nancy." Dentist Dr. Martinez also paid the students a visit recently to show them how to care for their teeth. As if things couldn't get more exciting at Uriah Hill, our smallest students have a new library and now have access to three new interactive Smartboards. Both teachers and students are looking forward to getting more Smartboards soon.

At Peekskill High School, Heather Brown's students will once again be participating in Garrison Art Center's annual "SITE- School Invitational Theme Exhibition "Rollin' on the River" Roll! Stamp! Print!" from March 21-29, 2015. To add to the excitement of the event, this year marks Brown's tenth year working with the organization on the annual celebration. 

The opening reception is to be held on Saturday, March 21 from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. This year's theme is using printmaking as the medium. Students have been etching mandala designs onto old CDs to design their prints. For more information on this upcoming event, please see the flyer in the event announcement on the left side of this page for more information.