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Riverdale Country School will host a three-week pilot program of Horizons NYC. Unlike traditional summer schools, students don't spend 45 minutes reading, writing, and math. Instead, students spend time in creative lessons to push their thinking and learning.

What began two years ago as a way for Riverdale Country School to help disadvantaged youth during the pandemic has grown into a sustainable summer school program. more

By Stacy Driks | 7/8/22

Henry Wright was elected to the governing body of the U.N.’s Education Cannot Wait fund. The offering is the first of its kind, designed to focus on the education of children who are now refugees as a result of war or natural disasters. Wright, 19, is a graduate of Riverdale Country School.

Learned lessons send Riverdale Country teen around the world

While many 19-year-olds prepared to start their spring semester of college, Henry Wright was preparing for something much different. more

By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ | 2/28/22

Martin Zelnik, left, blossomed into a competitive college tennis player at Bradeis University with the help of coach Bud Collins, seen here in 1961. Collins would go on to become a tennis commentator for CBS, NBC and ESPN. Zelnik, who returned to Riverdale to grow his architectural firm, will now have an award given to two Brandeis walk-on athletes each year in his name.

Brandeis creates award honoring walk-on Marty Zelnik

It’s an impressive list of multi-sports greats: Deion Sanders. Jim Thorpe. Bo Jackson. Jackie Robinson is in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame, but excelled at three other sports in college as well — football, basketball and track. Still, he’d have to tack on one more to catch up with Martin Zelnik. more

By PETE JANNY | 12/25/21

James Joseph McAlary's famly walks through Endor Garden near West 253rd Street and Fieldston Road after Saturday's dedication ceremony of a new sign commemorating victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks created by students from Riverdale Country School. McAlary, a commodities broker with Carr Futures, was attending a meeting on the 92nd floor of World Trade Center Tower One when it was struck by a plane that morning.

Hundreds gather to unveil Endor Garden 9/11 sign

Vandals may have stolen a sign from the entrance of Fieldston’s Endor Gardens four years ago, but they couldn’t claim the neighborhood’s spirit. more

By MICHEL HINMAN | 9/18/21

Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, someone constructed a wooden plaque in Fieldston’s Endor Garden honoring five local first responders who died that day. But someone stole the display in 2017, leaving it empty ever since. Laura Spalter and others are set to change that Saturday with the unveiling of a new plaque in time for the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Community comes together to restore garden

Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, someone anonymously constructed a wooden plaque in Endor Garden, a small wooded area near West 253rd Street and Fieldston Road. On it, they included the names of five area firefighters and police officers who lost their lives on 9/11. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 9/11/21

Artist Nicky Enright joins a volunteer painting a mural on the back retaining wall of 3636 Greystone Ave., where he lives. Enright was commissioned to paint this mural, ‘Aquarium,’ by his building’s co-op board because he’s no stranger to mural painting.

Enright commands ocean of talent

It’s not easy to pin labels on Nicky Enright. Over the course of the Riverdale artist’s career, he’s done video, photography — even painting. But perhaps the one thing Enright keeps coming back to is his love of creating murals. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 8/8/21

In years past, the Con Edison MoMathlon has taken place at the ConEdison building — and even more locally at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. But this year, students competed remotely thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.

Solving the problem of virtual math competitions

For some middle schoolers, there is nothing more daunting than a math test. But nearly a dozen of them from one Bronx school took one unlike any other last month. And they did so voluntarily. more

By ROSE BRENNAN | 4/25/21

A sign announces the temporary closure of the Riverdale Library in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

One Year Later ...

She was a Manhattan health care worker who recently returned from Iran. He was a New Rochelle lawyer who worked in Manhattan. Everyday people leading everyday lives. But what they carried inside them was no everyday virus. And there was just no way they could know how it would change not just their home, but the world. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 3/13/21

CNN analyst has deep Riverdale roots

Election Day dragging into “election week” might have been torturous for those just wanting to know whether Joe Biden would pull out the win against President Donald Trump for the White House. But for those who like to nerd out about numbers — hours and hours of debate surrounding vote counts was a dream come true. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 11/13/20

HomeBuddies Mentoring co-founders Katie Koch, left, and Cecilia Needham cut and color hand tracings during a group activity. HomeBuddies, a personalized mentorship program, was designed to provide children with remote mentoring during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Riverdale Country School grads are ‘HomeBuddies’ for housebound kids

When Columbia University — and the rest of the city — shut down in mid-March, one of the first things Ernest Robertson thought about was the kids. more

By ROSE BRENNAN | 9/13/20

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