Katonah Elementary School

From the moment the students quietly sat down, the drums called out from the stage and got them moving! The children spontaneously clapped and bopped in time to the rhythms—the fa...

“One of the biggest celebrations in Poland is the Harvest Festival.” “Haiti is in the Caribbean, it shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.”“Portugal bull f...

“If you dream it, believe it, and work hard for it, anything is possible.” By the time Principal Cristy Harris reached the end of “Mae Among the Stars,” a picture book by Roda Ah...

Having only one book, and rereading it a half-dozen times? A seven-year-old using an ax, alone? A family building their house, by hand? A whole school in one room, and some of the...

“Welcome to Special Persons Day. Someone you love is here. Sit back and enjoy this concert. Let us make you feel loved.” With these words, delivered by beaming second graders on ...

The students on stage swung wide arcs of green, purple and orange silk ribbons in time to the soothing music, transforming Katonah Elementary School’s gym - for the moment - into ...

Orchestra students are holding cutlery, not bows, in Faith Willett’s orchestra classroom. What’s going on? The fifth graders are celebrating their completion of the 12 Days of Pra...

Maddie knows what dogs like - treats and tennis balls (to play fetch with!) - because her family includes Wilbur von Smooch, a Boston terrier, and Sugar Ray Frank, a German shephe...

Christopher Columbus … the Mayflower … Pocahontas … George Washington … the Declaration of Independence … all the way through to the Great Depression … the Civil Rights Act … Spac...

“Ya alay ah oh ya ha we oh ya hey,” Rose, Emilia and Olive improvised, writing the sound sequences they liked down on a small musical notation whiteboard. Music teacher Brian Cuzz...

Rattle, rattle, roll! The first graders were all smiles as they shook little cups and spilled out ten little beans. They eagerly counted how many were painted in pumpkin orange and...

Ruddy cheeks and good cheer streamed through the neighborhoods surrounding Katonah Elementary School and Meadow Pond Elementary on Friday, October 18! It was Walk and Roll to Scho...

“Higher! Higher!” The first graders chanted. They sat in front of Katonah Fire Department’s ladder truck, looking up. There, about 30 feet above them, firefighter Davide Palmerin...

Giving Buddy a high five and having more than 400 students and teachers sing Katonah Elementary School’s very own happy birthday song to you—and everyone else who has a birthday t...

We are excited to announce the launch of the KLSD 3-Year Sustainability Vision and Plan . We have been hard at work designing the plan since the announcement of the initiative du...

Congratulations to our 25-year employees!!! Celebrating Jean Capuano, Dawn Dall, Mary Dillon, Jennifer Fraczek, William Friedman, Lynn Garofolo, Susan Hirsch, Erik Hoaglund, Jea...

It was a kick-off that felt like a pep rally. Staff and educators gathered in John Jay High School’s theater today for Superintendent’s Conference Day. It was the first day back f...

There were practically as many Eddie the Eagles as students at Increase Miller Elementary’s Kindergarten Orientation! Children hugged the little plushies as Principal Kerry Ford a...

“Aloha!” As students step off the school bus, they are greeted by teachers wearing bright Hawaiian shirts and each given a colorful flower lei to put on. It’s Luau Day, celebratin...

A symphony of construction sounds welcomes you to Increase Miller Elementary. The buzzing of circular saws builds to a crescendo as workers grind a tunnel for new electrical servi...