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Tappan Zee High School’s Math Team has achieved the top score in Rockland County for the first time since the pandemic!

Twelve members of the Tappan Zee High School History Honor Society competed in the Lower Hudson Valley History Day Contest on March 29. Senior Owen E. placed third in the individual exhibit category and juniors Elise K. And Emily L. placed second in the group exhibit category and qualified for the New York State History Day Contest at SUNY Oneonta on April 27!

The SOCES PTA kicked off the 7th year of their Pick a Reading Partner (PARP) program last month at William O. Schaefer Elementary School and Cottage Lane Elementary School with “The Tale of Despereaux” by Kate DiCamillo!

Second graders at William O. Schaefer Elementary School have spent the last several months working with Stage Left Children’s Theater Teaching Artist Andrea Seigel and leading up to the spring recess, each class hosted productions of “Frog and Toad” for their families to enjoy!

Congratulations to Lia, Camila, Samantha, Rigo, Oscar and Jonathan and their families–the newest graduates of SOCSD’s ParentChild+ program!

Tappan Zee High School is proud to announce that senior Angelique Cerbolles and juniors Alison Lattimer and Lukas Witek have been selected to perform in the prestigious 2025 National Association for Music Education All-Eastern Honors Ensembles at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT, from April 24-27.

Something “egg-citing” is happening in Cottage Lane Elementary School teacher Claire Eckert and Katrina Smith’s fourth grade class! On April 1, the baby chick eggs that they had been monitoring for 21 days finally hatched! 

Tappan Zee High School AP Environmental Science students connected with county peers and mentor professionals at the annual Rockland Planning Land Use with Students (PLUS) Symposium at St. Thomas Aquinas College on April 4.