Old Croton Aqueduct Trail offers exciting views of mother nature, and places for bite to eat

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter Emeritus
May 9, 2013
Filed under Alumni Corner

OLD CROTON AQUEDUCT TRAIL — I went to the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail with my dad and saw many exciting features of mother nature. Some of the exciting things were a stand of bamboo trees and colorful birds. "I'm very impressed by the trail," said my dad. "The views are incredible!" I thought the... Read more »

Circus Arts Camp shows how to wire walk, unicycle and swing on the trapeze

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
August 27, 2012
Filed under From Our Own Summer Correspondents, Top Stories

HARTSDALE — Circus Arts Camp teaches unicycling, trapeze, wire walking and so much more. In this summer camp held on the Schecter School campus, they show you how to wire walk and also how to get on and ride a unicycle and how to do acrobatics. Campers learn from pros who were actually in... Read more »

Coney Island: A fun place to spend time in summer

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
July 23, 2012
Filed under From Our Own Summer Correspondents, Uncategorized

CONEY ISLAND — Coney Island is a great place to have fun with friends and go to the beach. It has been like that for a long time. One of the popular rides they have there is The Cyclone, which has been around for a very long time. What The Cyclone basically does is it throws you around whenever... Read more »

Fifth graders go to middle school to check out what it’s like to be a sixth grader

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
May 23, 2012
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories

PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL — The students of the fifth grade classes 5G, 5GL and 5V walked here in the pouring rain Monday to get to check out the sixth grade life. Mrs. Mary Goldszer, a fifth grade teacher, said highlights of the visit were “getting to walk through the hallways and looking into the... Read more »

Review: ‘Peter and the Starcatchers’ has bad jokes and bad acting

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
May 16, 2012
Filed under A&E

“Peter and the Starcatchers” was a bad play. The jokes weren’t funny, and the acting was not very good. One of the jokes that wasn't funny was the character Molly always saying “TTFN,” which means “Ta ta for now.” A part in "Peter and the Starcatchers" with bad acting was a joke too.... Read more »

Review: New musical ‘Newsies’ is okay show with funny parts and boring parts

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
May 1, 2012
Filed under A&E, Top Stories

“Newsies: The Musical,” a Disney production, was an okay show with some funny parts and some boring parts in it. The show had scenes that were slow and confusing. Some of the actors were not good at the songs and didn’t sound good. But "Newsies" also had some great actors, including Jeremy... Read more »

Celebrate Pi Day: 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459

By Patrick Zahradnik and Emilia Privat, Patrick Zahradnik, and Emilia Privat
March 13, 2012
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories

COLONIAL SCHOOL — What is pi, and not the pie you eat, but the symbol pi? You have probably not heard of pi as a part of math just as a yummy thing to eat. Pi Day is March 14 and is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world. Pi Day even has a website. Some classes at Colonial will be celebrating... Read more »

Coach comes to Colonial to show how flag rugby is played

By Kristina Roksvold and Patrick Zahradnik, Kristina Roksvold, and Patrick Zahradnik
February 14, 2012
Filed under Sports, Top Stories

COLONIAL GYM — Rugby player and coach Anthony Lenos came in to Colonial School on Feb. 1 to teach some of the PE classes how to play flag rugby. Coach Lenos has played rugby for five years. “I was too small to play football or wrestle in college, so rugby sounded fun to me,” he said. Some... Read more »

Pack 1 Cub Scouts hike, throw snowballs, hear stories during cabin campout

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
January 29, 2012
Filed under Our Town, Top Stories

PUTNAM VALLEY — The Cub Scouts went on a hike during their winter cabin campout held Jan. 20-22 at Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation. The temperature went as low as 17 degrees on the first night Pelham Pack 1 slept in the cabins. “I liked the fact that it was a new adventure,” said Jack Barrett,... Read more »

Review: Latest ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ is best in series so far

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
January 4, 2012
Filed under A&E

“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever” is the best one in the book series yet. If you read the others, you will love this one. In the book, Greg and Rowley become criminals for vandalizing the school, and Rowley confesses to the crime. Then Greg’s family gets caught in the snow from a blizzard. There... Read more »

Colonial School blood drive collects 56 pints, could help 168

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
November 18, 2011
Filed under News

COLONIAL GYM -- The Colonial School blood drive collected 56 pints on Nov. 3, and that is 168 lives saved. A pint of whole blood can help three or more different people, according to the New York Blood Center’s “Blood: The Gift of Life.” Students helped with card making, a canteen for donors... Read more »

Colonial Times staffers see presses running, learn about production at Herald Community Newspapers

By Colonial Times team coverage, Helena White, Manon Bushong, Ava Knapp, William Campisano, Anna Shampanier-Bowen, Francesca Di Cristofano, Ella Deyoung, Callie Leff, Peyton Rees, Lynn Dvorkin, Emilia Privat, Patrick Zahradnik, Daniel Bernstein, Sam Rodd, Henry Driesen, Lindsay McNamara, Luke Matos, Richard Che, Daniella Cherner, and Annika Jawanda
November 17, 2011
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Reporters and editors from the Colonial Times took a trip today to Herald Community Newspapers, where 17 newspapers are published. The company also prints papers for other companies, including the Pelham Weekly. Herald Community Newspapers publishes 12 different Heralds, as well... Read more »

Cub Scout Pack 1 hikes up Bald Mtn for reward of views

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
October 23, 2011
Filed under Our Town, Top Stories

BALD MOUNTAIN -- Here come the Cub Scouts of Pelham Pack 1 marching on their Bear Mountain State Park hike on Oct. 10. The scouts first went past three waterfalls, and then they went up to the top of Bald Mountain. Then they hiked to Doodletown, which is an abandoned village. “It is a challenging... Read more »

Mrs. Bagwell teaches here now but once walked Colonial’s halls as student

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
October 7, 2011
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories

COLONIAL SCHOOL GYM -- What was Colonial School like before you started here? Well, let’s find out. Mrs. Bagwell, the gym teacher, actually went here as a student back in the early nineties. “It was very similar,” said Mrs. Bagwell. Some small things have changed, though. There was a... Read more »

St. Petersburg artillery museum shows weapons from medieval times to now

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
August 17, 2011
Filed under From Our Own Summer Correspondents

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA -- The Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signals here has weapons dating back to medieval times up to modern times. There are more than 200 weapons in the museum, including cannons and swords. The museum used to be an arsenal for storing weapons. They show you weapons... Read more »

All About Tyumen, Russia: Cat statues, malls and cars

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
August 9, 2011
Filed under From Our Own Summer Correspondents

TYUMEN, RUSSIA -- Tyumen is a medium-sized city that has lots of places to visit and things to see. There is a statue for Siberian cats that saved St. Petersburg from mice that were eating all the food and paintings after World War II. All the cats in St. Petersburg died because of the war. There... Read more »

Bronx Zoo Animal Kingdom Camp shows kids exhibits

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
July 25, 2011
Filed under From Our Own Summer Correspondents

THE BRONX -- The Bronx Zoo Animal Kingdom summer daycamp shows kids animals and exhibits. In the daycamp at the famous zoo, you get to go to cool exhibits like the Congo Gorilla Forest and touch cool animals like a baby alligator. Joe Svoboda, counselor for the Ibis group at camp, said his favorite... Read more »

What is a Sports Car?

By Patrick Zahradnik
June 25, 2011
Filed under Fourth Grade Non-Fiction Project

A sports car is- a regular car modified to go faster, have a more powerful engine and look better. Plus from my opinion they look great! The fastest sports car in the world is the, Ultimate Aero TT Super Car designed by Shelby Supercars. The car goes 256.14mph, according to the Guinness World Records... Read more »

Consulate-General of Japan accepts books of hope from Colonial students

By Colonial Times team coverage, Helena White, Sam Rodd, Lindsay McNamara, Alexandra Broege, Patrick Zahradnik, and Henry Driesen
June 22, 2011
Filed under News

NEW YORK – The Consulate-General of Japan today received the books of hope that Colonial students made for kids in Japan affected by the earthquake and tsunami. The books were delivered by six reporters from the Colonial Times to Consul Rumiko Ishigami at the consulate’s offices in 299 Park Avenue. All... Read more »

Fifth graders DARE to make right decisions

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
May 13, 2011
Filed under Student Life

PMHS AUDITORIUM -- The fifth graders graduated from the DARE program at a ceremony here on April 8. DARE is a program that teaches fifth graders about making the right decisions, said Pelham Police Officer Brian Hendrie. It’s not all about drugs, though; it is also about alcohol and tobacco. Kids... Read more »

Students collect 350,061 Pennies for Patients

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
April 13, 2011
Filed under Student Life

COLONIAL SCHOOL -- Students collected change for Pennies for Patients. It is part of the The Leukemia and  Lymphoma Society and helps raise money to help kids. “We would like to thank all students, parents, and staff who participated in our Pennies for Patients Campaign,” the Colonial School... Read more »

100th Day big for Kindergarteners

By Patrick Zahradnik, Staff Reporter
March 22, 2011
Filed under Student Life

COLONIAL SCHOOL -- The 100th Day of School was pretty important for KM, KH and KR on March 8. Do you remember celebrating the 100th Day of School when you were in the first year of elementary school? It starts out that every day you keep track of how many days you have been in Kindergarten. When... Read more »

We are Colonial, hear us GROWL

By Francesca Di Cristofano and Patrick Zahradnik, Francesca Di Cristofano, and Patrick Zahradnik
February 18, 2011
Filed under News

COLONIAL SCHOOL -- Mrs.Wilson and Mrs.Gerhardt released the program called the “Ring Thing” on Jan. 11 and 14. Mrs. Gerhardt said she thought of a way for students to try to earn rewards for following basic school rules. So she sat down with Mrs.Wilson, and the loops were born. Every time someone... Read more »