Scarsdale Pool to Open May 28
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The Village of Scarsdale Pool Complex will officially open for the season on Saturday, May 28th. You can purchase this year’s pool membership online by going to our website Scarsdale.Reconline.com and follow the prompts. Pool Memberships can only be purchased by residents of the Village of Scarsdale. Please note that new picture ID cards are necessary in order to gain access to the pool this season. Photo’s can be taken in the Recreation Department in the Village Hall Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm. There are extended hours on Thursdays until 8pm, and they are open this Saturday, May 28th from 9am to 3pm. All other Saturdays the Recreation Department will be open from 9am to 12pm. Again, since last year’s pool ID’s will not work at the gate, please go to the Recreation Department and get your new ID cards.
The following programs will be offered at the pool this summer:
• Early Morning Swim (Adults): June 1st – August 19th, 6:15am-9:00am
• Swim/Dive Team (Youth Program): Monday – Friday, early June – late August, times will vary through the season
• Yoga (Adults): Mondays and Wednesdays June 20th – July 20th, 7:30am – 8:25am
• Aqua Aerobics (Adults): Tuesday and Thursdays June 7th – June 30th. Seniors 12pm-1pm, Adults 1pm – 2pm
• Scuba Diving (Ages 10 and older): Wednesdays and Fridays July 6th – July 29th, 6pm – 8pm
• Scuba Rangers (Ages 8 - 12): Saturdays OR Sundays, June 11th – August 7th, 9am - 10:30am
• Private Swim Lesson (Youth Program): Signup before June 5th for Session 1, or before July 10th for session 2
➢ *Dates and times for lessons will be worked out between you and instructor*
Help Chelsea Win An H&M Fashion Competition
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Chelsea Hoofnagle, a Scarsdale High School senior, is in the running to have her artwork appear on T-shirts to be sold by retailer H&M. Five winners of H&M’s “Your Art Here” competition will have their art printed on H&M T-shirts. The art pieces will also be exhibited in the window of H&M's store on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue in New York City.
The competition lets participants upload artwork for consideration. Hoofnagle’s entry is a picture of a recyclable fashion dress she designed out of newspapers for her art concentration in high school.
Hoofnagle will be attending Meredith College this fall. She plans to major in fashion design.
Voting ends on May 24th at midnight. To view and vote for Hoofnagle’s competition entry and to vote, click this link http://www.yourarthere.com/entry/recyclable-fashion-newspaper/
Spring Ecofest at the Weinberg Nature Center
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The Weinberg Nature Center is hosting their annual Spring Eco-Fest on Sunday, May 22 from 12PM - 4PM. Pony rides, Animal Embassy ambassadors, live birds of prey, flint knapping workshops, an experimental archaeology booth, arts and crafts and much more will be featured! Fee of $6 per adult and $5 per child.
Also at Weinberg, our Nature Lovers and Artists workshop led by local artist Mike Teator will be offered on Saturday, June 4 from 10AM-11:30AM. Learn the wonderful artform of watercolor painting! Mike Teator will lead you every step of the way while you paint your very own masterpiece! Fee of $30 per participant. Pre-registration required no later than May 21. Minimum of 3 participants to run. Maximum of 10 participants. Pre-register at www.reconline.scarsdale.com or at the Scarsdale Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation.
Also at Weinberg, a Yoga for Kids program is being offered for children ages 4-7 years old. Led by instructor Leslie Schneider, this program will get your young one in tune with his or her own body by mimicking the poses of different animals. This program is offered on Saturday, June 4 from 11AM-12PM and has a fee of $15 per participant. Pre-registration is required no later than May 28. Minimum of 4 participants to run. Maximum of 12 participants. Pre-register at www.reconline.scarsdale.com or at the Scarsdale Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation.
Weingberg Nature Center
455 Mamaroneck Road
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Safety Town Is Back
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If your child is entering Kindergarten in September, then you won't want him or her to miss this week-long event held in Scarsdale on the mornings of June 13 - 17. The Junior League of Central Westchester's Safety Town is a comprehensive educational program that introduces safety awareness and accident prevention to children entering Kindergarten in September 2011. Topics covered by the five morning Safety Town program include:
- 911 and police
- poison and first aid
- fire
- traffic lights
- stranger, water, tricycle and bus safety
Learning through participation: Under the guidance of a police officer, a fire fighter, lifeguards, SVAC volunteers and other community volunteers, the children will prepare for real life situations.
Safety Town will be a half-day mini-camp held the mornings of June 13-17 at Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El, 2 Ogden Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583.
Children of Central Westchester (Eastchester, Greenburgh, Scarsdale and White Plains) residents who are eligible to begin Kindergarten in September 2011 may enroll. Non-Central Westchester residents whose children are currently enrolled in Central Westchester pre-schools are also eligible.
Safety Town is sponsored by Scarsdale Security Systems. Other sponsors include State Farm Insurance, Vivian Lem, Houlihan Lawrence, Clean Design, and The Melting Pot – White Plains.
The course fee is $150. To register your child, call Michelle at the JLCW office at 723-6130 or visit the website at JLcentralwestchester.org.
Greenville's Fifth Graders Visit Washington DC
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This month, Greenville's fifth graders will once again head for our nation's capitol on their annual May field trip. Under the supervision of the trip's director and 5th grade teacher, Paul Solomon, and 9 other chaperones, the fifth graders will set off for Washington DC on Tuesday, May 24th aboard two charter buses for a three-day action packed trip. The kids have been eagerly anticipating this trip since the first day of fifth grade in September. The trip is actually considered a rite of passage at Greenville since it was started in the 1980's by Mr. Solomon.
The trip features visits to the nation's Capitol Building, the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial, the FDR Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and the Vietnam War Memorial. They also visit Ford’s Theater where President Lincoln was shot and the home across the street where he was taken and eventually died. And no trip to DC is complete without a visit to Arlington Cemetery in Virginia where the group observes the honored changing of the guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. While at Arlington, they also see the graves of Presidents Kennedy and Taft as well as the memorials to the victims of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia.
The students are traditionally greeted with a welcome to DC from Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who represents parts of Westchester and 
Rockland counties (New York's 18th District). For years, Congresswoman Lowey has made time in her busy schedule to speak to the 5th graders when they visit DC. Some years the grade has also visited and toured the White House. Another highlight of the trip is a visit to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum where the students view the history of flight from the original Wright Brothers airplanes as well as the first space shuttle orbiter, "the Enterprise."
One of the highlights of the trip is the traditional panoramic grade photo taken in front of the Capitol steps. All the students and chaperones wear their official Greenville/DC trip t-shirts and it is a treasured keepsake of the trip for everyone. The picture is used the following year as the yearbook foldout page when the kids graduate or "move-up" from Greenville to the Edgemont junior high school. A curious note about the panoramic picture is that Mr. Solomon appears twice in the picture at opposite ends of the top row of students and teachers! How he manages to do this is a Greenville secret only known to the fifth graders on the trip! He even appears at one end of the picture wearing sunglasses and a dark vest and at the other end without them!
Every year, the trip is slightly different but the one thing that remains the same is that everyone has a great time and the trip is remembered vividly for years to come. The students and chaperones come home extremely tired but with great memories of a trip that will never be forgotten. Ask any Edgemont High School senior that went on the trip about DC and they will immediately break into a grin and tell you a good story.
Caroline Tzelios is a "stay at home" mom of three kids who never stays at home. She has spent the past twelve years volunteering in the Edgemont Schools and recently completed her two year term as PTSA co-president of Edgemont High School and is the current co-chair of Edgemont's PISA Theater Committee.
