Photo Opps: Students Perform at Lincoln Center and Cub Scout Advancement Ceremony

Talented Scarsdale High and Middle School musicians performed at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2017 in the Greater Westchester Youth Orchestra (GWYOA) spring gala concert. They were directed by Maestro Jacqueline Stern (Westchester Junior Strings) and Maestros Victor and Vincent Lionti (Westchester Youth Symphony).

Among the musicians from Scarsdale were:
Mira Zelkowitz, Rohan Gharekhan, Anna Eligulashvili, Harris Gelblum, Lily Kronenberg, Victoria Von Redden, Rishabh Gharekhan

Brandon Yazdi, Mark Russel, Margaret Kantor, Catherine Zhang, Vivianne Ong, Vianne Lim, Henry Zhang, Kenny Xu, Jeremy Ng

Molly Osinoff, Julia Ng, Jessica Kwong, Hannah Osinoff

The GWYOA is a not-for-profit organization providing excellent grounding in cooperation, helping young people to develop self esteem, and promoting harmony in our ethnically diverse community through classical music training. GWYOA consists of three orchestras made up of students in grades four through twelve from Westchester County, NY, and from the surrounding counties in the Tri-State area working in cooperation with the Westchester Community College in Valhalla, NY.

Cub Scouts Earn Arrow of Light

Ten Scarsdale boys recently earned their Arrow of Light in Cub Scout Pack 440. The Arrow of Light is the highest award a boy can achieve in Cub Scouts, so it is a great honor. The ceremony was on April 30th at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church.  From left to right, the boys are: Justin Liu, Brandon Lassiter, Cameron Roberts, Ronan Barnea, Janghee Lee, Joning Wang, Kenneth Ren, William Gettinger, Ben Kawai, Noah Millard and Matthew Kolb.