Dobbs Ferry High School
| Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District | |
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Dobbs Ferry, New York United States |
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| Type | Public school district |
| Established | Yes |
| Superintendent | Lisa Brady |
| Grades | K to 12 |
| Website | www.dfsd.org |
Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District is a grades K-12 school district based in Dobbs Ferry, New York in the Hudson Valley, approximately 20 miles north of midtown Manhattan. The district is small compared to most districts in Westchester County, New York, with approximately 112 students per grade in three schools: Springhurst Elementary School; Dobbs Ferry Middle School; and, Dobbs Ferry High School.
The combination of small size and emphasis on educational excellence results in a district that offers a "private school experience in a public school setting".
The governing body of the school district is the elected board of education, which contains seven members each serving 3-year terms. The board members elect a president and vice-president for 1-year terms. The president for the 2014-2015 school year is Tracy Baron, and the vice-president is Robert Reiser. The board of education hires the superintendent of the school district. The current superintendent is Lisa Brady.
Springhurst Elementary School is a small coeducational public elementary school in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Grades range from Kindergarten to fifth grade.
The school's intimate size and corresponding small class sizes (averaging 20-22 students per classroom) allows for significant personal attention from teachers and staff.
Springhurst contains an "outdoor classroom" school garden in the main courtyard of the building. The "outdoor classroom" is integrated into various subjects in the curriculum.
Music is also thoroughly integrated into the curriculum. A major example was an original piece about the Hudson River written collaboratively with the fourth-grade teachers, music teacher George Swietlicki, and playwright and Springhurst parent Laurence Holzman.
Nationally, Springhurst is known best for its select chorus, The Harmonaires. The chorus is led by the legendary Springhurst teacher George Swietlicki, who trained at the Vienna Academy of Music in Austria. The Harmonaires have travelled throughout the country for decades, singing at major venues including: the White House; the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; Disneyland in Anaheim, California; Radio City Music Hall, in Manhattan; and all the arenas and stadiums in the New York metropolitan region.
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