AMERICAN YACHT CLUB — My summers consist of sailing—and more sailing. I sail optimist (or dinghy) sailboats for most of the summer. I am on my final year of optis. I ask myself sometimes, why...

5th GRADE CLASSROOMS — On June 17, the Colonial School fifth graders will have their graduation. The ceremony will be in the Pelham Middle School gym, where they will be moving up. After, they will...

PELHAM — The fifth graders every year go to the Picture House Regional Film Center to learn about the making of a film and then direct, film and appear in a documentary movie. On May 15, this year's...

BROOKLYN — Constitution Works is an annual fifth grade project and field trip where students research a mock court case and argue it before Supreme Court justices (also students) at the Federal courthouse...

5TH GRADE CLASSROOMS — Pelham Police Sergeant Brian Hendrie taught the fifth grade classes about drug abuse resistance education, or DARE. In this program, kids learn how to live drug-free and violence-free...

COLONIAL CLASSROOMS — There were many Perennial Math award winners this year, a few from each grade from third and up to fifth. Everybody in Perennial Math got a participation award. Students had...

COLONIAL GYM — Principal Tonya Wilson held a meeting in March about issues like bullying and plans to continue more town meetings over the final months of school. In her talk to the fifth graders, she...

Editor's note: After our print edition went to press, voters approved the purchase of 314 Pelhamdale Ave. described in this story. COLONIAL SCHOOL — By a unanimous vote on May 1, the Pelham Board...

PELHAM — In fifth grade, 15 students have a smartphone already and 14 students are getting their phone for graduation. Parents and students have mixed opinions on the devices. Many students get phones...

As school ends, movies debut in the theaters to entertain kids during the summer months. Some of the movies are remakes of animated movies like the live-action versions of "Aladdin" and the "Lion King"...