Students in the City of Poughkeepsie School District participated in an anti-violence campaign, Society at War Against Illegal Guns (S.W.A.G. IV), on Friday, May 11.  The event was a collaboration between the Mayor, school district, local law enforcement, and community organizations. Poughkeepsie’s youth had planned the event to speak out against violence and to encourage [...]

Recently, members of the IBM Spectrum DNG, a Black Diversity Network Group within IBM for the East Fishkill and Poughkeepsie IBM sites, visited students at the Newburgh Free Academy North Campus. Drs. Carla Bailey, Percy Gilbert, Kelly Malone, Jochonia Nxumalo, Akil Sutton and Edem Wornyo, discussed the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans in IBM [...]

Last September, twenty-eight Newburgh Enlarged City School District students traveled to SUNY Albany to do hands-on Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) experiments, and character-building workshops.  Following their trip to Albany, the students completed five after-school sessions at South Middle School. During that time, students and advisors extended the projects and worked on webpage design. [...]

Two 13 Year Old Coxsackie-Athens Students arrested for Juvenile Delinquency. On December 29, 2011, The New York State Police in Catskill and the Village of Coxsackie  Police Department responded to the Coxsackie-Athens High School for reports of Criminal Mischief and arson to school property. Investigation at the scene revealed that flammable liquids were poured onto [...]