Board of Education Commits Increased Revenue to Lowering Tax Impact
4.2% Increase is Lowest in Nine Years
TheYorktown Central School District Board of Education voted to return additional State funding of $900,000, plus another $525,000 to the community. This $1,425,000 return reduces the tax rate increase of the proposed 2008-2009 budget to 4.2%, the lowest increase in nine years. 1.2% of the increase is for the first payment of bond debt to support voter approved capital projects.
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Separated at Birth? That's what it looks like through the camera lense that captured Mohansic principal Mrs. Berry (left), and teachers Mrs. Cassano and Mrs. Young with their look-a-likes during the school's Dress-Like-A-Teacher Day.

Middle States Evaluation Team Recommends Yorktown High School for Accreditation
“Yorktown is providing a rigorous college preparatory curriculum to an extremely talented and motivated student body. The faculty is a dedicated and highly trained group of professionals who commit themselves to the children entrusted to them with the passion and care of an extended family.”
-- From the oral report of the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association Team
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Honor Society Induction for Seventy Three
In a ceremony steeped in tradition and pride, seventy three students who demonstrate the scholarship, leadership and character that typifies a member of the National Honor Society were inducted into the Yorktown High School chapter of this prestigious organization.

YHS Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Brings Magic to Disney
Every one of the 90 students who performed at the elite Disney Magic Music Days program in Orlando last month knew the way to get there was with practice, practice, practice. But it also took about 10 tons of grapefruit.
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Brookside Students Take Ford Challenge to Next Level
Students who took the Ford Motor Company Challenge last fall to build a prototype of environmentally sound “green” cars visited the Javits Center recently to see first hand some of the new technology that matches their vision. The youngsters got quite the eyeful during the inspirational trip. The program is the brainchild of Brookside teacher Charlie Brooks.
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Yorktown Fields and Facilities Plan
The Yorktown Central School District, the town and athletics clubs have been working collaboratively to find a solution to the crowded and overused facilities in the district. This link will take you to background information and a FAQ brochure.

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