Doubles Team Natalie Hu and Zoe Tucker Compete in NYS Quarterfinal
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Natalie Hu and Zoe Tucker(Updated November 5) The Scarsdale Raiders doubles team of Junior Zoe Tucker and Freshman Natalie Hu played in the NYS State championships tournament in Latham, NY and made it all the way to the quarterfinals on Sunday November 3rd. The pair had a long, successful season. The entire team won the section and Hu/Tucker placed third in the section tournament and qualified to play in the state tournament.
In the first round in Latham they played flawless tennis, winning 6-0, 6-1 over Alyssa Ghassabian and Alina Lyakhov from Great Neck North. The second round vs. Angelina Llanos and Katie Viau from West Genesee was tight but the Raiders came out ahead, winning in two sets, 6-4, 7-5. However, they were unable to beat sisters Alyssa and Ellie Margolin from Byram Hills who theypreviously lost to in a three set match at the section tournament. At the NYSPHAA the Byram Hills sisters defeated Hu and Tucker 6-4, 6-2 and went on to place third in the tournament.
Hu and Tucker then battled it out for 7th and 8th place and finished eighth in the state tournament. Athletic Director Ray Pappalardi and Coach Jennifer Roane were there to cheer them on.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree for these two girls whose mothers, Yuko Kuriyama-Hu and Andrea Tucker, are top players, each captaining one of two ladies rec teams in Scarsdale.
The good news for the girls is that they will both still be in high school next year and can give it another try.
Athletic Director Ray Pappalardi, Natalie Hu, Coach Jennifer Roane and Zoe Tucker.
Film Crew to Film at Hartsdale Train Station Monday October 28
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The cast and crew of the Netflix series “The Sinner” will be back at the Hartsdale Train Station on Monday October 28 from. 10 am to 3 pm. This time, the police are in the loop and advising commuters in advance.
The station was used a few weeks ago with no warning to commuters who were inconvenienced by the more than 100 people occupying the platform.
In order to thank the community Universal Content Productions had offered to provide a free waffle truck on Wednesday October 23. But the community was told subsequently that the waffle truck broke down.
The filming – and the waffles – became a campaign issue for Lucas Cioffi who is challenging Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner in the election on November 5th.
Here’s what Cioffi had to say about the inconvenience – and the waffles:
“In 28 years in office, Mr. Feiner has failed to implement an effective communication system to keep Greenburgh's 90,000 residents informed.
Commuters at the Hartsdale train station saw this firsthand on October 2nd when many couldn't get to work on time due to a town-approved filming which happened during rush hour.
Mr. Feiner's solution? He asked the film studio to provide free waffles.
My solution? As a senior software engineer, I'll build the first version of the notification system our town needs, and I'll build it for free before I even take office.
Currently you receive all emails from the town, including those that are not relevant to you. Instead you should be able to customize your notification preferences based on your neighborhood and topics that interest you. Fewer emails. More relevant emails. Advance notice of changes that will impact your life.
Important organizations like the Hartsdale Parking authority and our local civic associations currently cannot send out notifications unless they send it through Mr. Feiner. This needs to change.”
Incorporating Mindfulness into Early Education
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Daily life is busy and who couldn’t use a minute to pause and take a breath? Like the old adage, we should stop and smell the roses, at Westchester Reform Temple’s Early Childhood Center, we are teaching kids to do just that. By practicing Mindfulness, they are stopping to smell the metaphoric roses.
Teachers at Westchester Reform Temple’s Early Childhood Center are trained in teaching the practice of Mindfulness, to pay attention to life here and now with kindness and curiosity. “Our goal is to help children have the ability to feel centered in a sometimes chaotic world,” says Sue Tolchin, ECC Director. “Children are introduced to simple breathing activities in circle time. They have fun with a ‘Hoberman Sphere,’ a multicolored ball that can be manipulated to expand and contract and encourages children to breathe in and out. According to ECC Assistant Director Rebecca Roseman, “These practices are beneficial to young children, as well as adults, to help with self-regulation.”
Both Sue and Rebecca, along with their staff, have found that this type of training and practice has helped children become calm, grounded and ready to learn. The teachers love incorporating Mindfulness techniques into daily classroom life.
Here are some examples of how mindfulness is incorporated into the curriculum for each age group:
"The chime rings, we all hear and feel that familiar sound. We stop what we are doing, put our hands on both our heart and belly, breathe a deep breath and maybe for a second close our eyes. We become aware of that silence and breath and for that moment we become one, relaxed and calm, we are ready to learn and begin our day, mindful of everyone and ourselves."
-From the teachers of the Fours
"We use the Hoberman Sphere as a breathing tool when we come back in from outside to calm ourselves. We pretend we are blowing up a balloon and then popping it. The class loves to watch it expand and contract. We take turns using it and “blowing up balloons."
-From the teachers of the Twos
"We love to read Belly Breathe by Leslie Kimmelman and pretend to be different animals to control our breathing, like flapping our bird wings or raising our elephant trunks."
-From the teachers of the Threes
SYSC U9 Girls Team Wins Columbus Day Tournament
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The Scarsdale Youth Soccer Club team Pride (U9 girls team) won the Landsdowne Yonkers Field Club Columbus Day tournament on October 13.
(Photo Credit: Nicole Lemerond)
October Beehive
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How many common words of 5 or more letters can you spell using the letters in the hive? Every answer must use the center letter at least once. Letters may be reused in a word. At least one word will use all 7 letters.
Proper names and hyphenated words are not allowed.
Score 1 point for each answer, and 3 points for each word that contains all 7 letters.
Rating: 18 = Good, 23 = Excellent, 27 = Genius
(see the answers below)
Answers:
alliance, alpaca, apiece, appliance (3 points), cancel, canine, cilia, clean, clinic, clinical, clini- cian, icicle, incline, lance, lenience, niece, palace, panacea, panic, peace, pecan, penance, pic- nic, piece, pinnacle (3 points), place.
If you found other legitimate dictionary words in the beehive, feel free to include them in your score.
