Summer 2021 Vol. 69 No. 3 Dear Community Members, Our pandemic school year – which began with a hybrid remote/in-person learning schedule and progressed to fully in-person in April – ended with the usual (and close-to-normal) flurry of activities: Senior Prom, 4th and 8th grade moving-up ceremonies, our High School graduation (though at Parkway Field instead of in front of PHS; many thanks to the Village for making that possible!), farewells (our retirees are on pages 6-7) and new appointments. I want to thank everyone who participated in the various Larry Boes Tina DeSa administrator searches (for Superintendent of Schools, BRS Principal and Assistant Principal, Athletic Director, Assistant Director of Special Education, and Assistant Superintendent for Business) and the entire community for its support of our 2021-22 budget. Our Board of Education led the search for our next Superintendent of Schools. Board President Larry Boes, who chose not to run for reelection this year, had the honor of announcing the results of that search at the June 30 Board of Education meeting, his last. Dr. Tina DeSa will become Dan Brink Michael Pinkava Deputy Superintendent of Schools on November 1, working with me to assure a seamless transition to Superintendent on January 1, 2022. Dr. DeSa is currently Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel Services in the Arlington School District. You can read more on the District website (Board of Education>Superintendent Search). On behalf of the District, I thank Mr. Boes for his nine years of ser- vice to our students, our staff, and our community. During that time, we implemented two Strategic Plans, embarked on two capital improvement projects (the second of which will be completed this summer; see page 11), hired three building principals, initiated the joint Board of Education/ John Chow, Tim Whipple Student Government meetings, and created the Finance and Growth and We also welcomed two other Enrollment committees. In addition to his service on the Board, Mr. Boes highly qualified professionals: High has contributed in many meaningful ways to a whole host of organizations School special education teacher (Pleasantville Masons, Fund for Learning, Dad’s Club, P-Daddy Group); Dan Brink, who is now the Assistant cheered our Panthers in all kinds of weather; attended Rotary Pancake Director of Special Education; and Breakfasts, Tina Gambino Race/Walks, Break the Hold’s “Into the Light” John Chow, Assistant Superinten- walks; and more. Thank you! dent for Business. He succeeds Tim Also on behalf of the District, I am delighted to welcome Michael Whipple, who was recruited by the Pinkava, our new BRS Assistant Principal. Mr. Pinkava, who was one Harrison School District. of 180 applicants for the position, was special education coordinator and Please enjoy the rest of the summer! teacher at an elementary school in Queens. He joined new BRS Principal Mary Fox-Alter Rachel Hunger on July 1 and has been working with her on plans for the Superintendent of Schools upcoming school year. Published by the Board of Education, Pleasantville Union Free School District, Pleasantville NY Class of 2021 — College Acceptances and Destinations Bold type indicates the schools the Class of 2021 will attend in the fall, as of July 16, 2021. This list of colleges and universities includes 61 that are rated most/highly competitive; 71, very competitive; and 152, competitive (based on Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges). Adelphi University Hawaii Pacific University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University College London Alvernia University Hobart William Smith Colleges Rider University University of Alabama American International College Hofstra University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Arizona American University Holy Cross College Roger Williams University University of California: Appalachian State University Indiana University at Bloomington Rutgers University Irvine Arizona State University, Tempe Indiana University of PA Ryerson University San Diego Ashland University Iona College Sacred Heart University Santa Barbara Auburn University Ithaca College Saint John Fisher College Santa Cruz Babson College James Madison University Saint Leo University University of Colorado: Bard College Jefferson Saint Michael’s College Boulder Barry University Johnson & Wales University Salisbury University Colorado Springs Bates College Kean University Salve Regina University of Connecticut Bellarmine University Keene State College San Diego State University University of Delaware Bentley University Kenyon College Sarah Lawrence College University of Denver Berklee College of Music King’s College London Savannah College of Art and Design University of Florida Boston College Kutztown University of PA School of Visual Arts University of Georgia Boston University La Salle University Shippenburg University of PA University of Hartford Bryant University Lafayette College Siena College University of Illinois Bryn Mawr College Landmark College Simmons University University of Kentucky Bucknell University Le Moyne College Skidmore College University of Maine California State U, Long Beach Lehigh University Southern Connecticut State U. University of Mary Washington California University of PA Lesley University St. John’s University, New York University of Maryland Case Western Reserve University Lewis & Clark College St. Lawrence University University of Massachusetts Castleton University Long Island University St. Thomas Aquinas College Amherst Catholic University of America Louisiana State University State University of New York: Boston Central Connecticut State U. Loyola University Chicago Albany University of Miami Champlain College Loyola University Maryland Binghamton University of Michigan Christopher Newport University Loyola University New Orleans Buffalo University of Mississippi City University of New York: Lynn University Stony Brook University of Missouri City College Lyon College SUNY College: University of New England John Jay / Criminal Justice Manhattan College Alfred University of New Hampshire Queens College Manhattanville College Buffalo State University of New Haven Clark University Marist College Brockport University of North Carolina: Clarkson University Mary Baldwin University Cobleskill Asheville Clemson University Maryland Institute College of Art Cortland Chapel Hill Colby College Marywood University Delhi Wilmington Colgate University Massachusetts College of Art and Environmental Sci. & Forestry University of Oregon College of the Holy Cross Design Farmingdale University of Pennsylvania Colorado College Massachusetts Institute of Geneseo University of Pittsburgh Colorado School of Mines Technology New Paltz University of Rhode Island Columbia College, Chicago McDaniel College Old Westbury University of Richmond Columbia University McGill University Oneonta University of Rochester Connecticut College Mercy College Oswego University of San Francisco Cornell University Mercyhurst University Plattsburgh University of Scranton Curry College Merrimack College Potsdam University of South Carolina Daemen College Michigan State University Purchase University of South Florida Dean College Middlebury College SUNY Community College: University of Southern Maine DePaul University Mississippi State University Broome University of Southern California Dickinson College Mitchell College Dutchess University of St. Andrew’s Drexel University Mount Saint Mary College Onondaga University of Tampa East Stroudsburg University of PA Muhlenberg College Westchester University of Toronto Eastern Connecticut State U. New England Institute of Technology Stonehill College University of Vermont Eastman School of Music New Jersy City University Syracuse University University of Virginia Eckerd College New York Institute of Technology Temple University University of Wisconsin Elon University North Carolina State University Texas Christian University Ursinus College Emerson College Northeastern University Texas State University Utica College Emory University Norwich University The College of New Jersey Vassar College Endicott College Ohio Wesleyan University The College of Wooster Vermont Technical College Fairfield University Pace University The New School Villanova University Fairleigh Dickinson University Pennsylvania College of Technology The Ohio State University Virginia Military Institute Fashion Institute of Technology Pennsylvania State University: The Sage Colleges Virginia State University Fisher College Altoona The University of Edinburgh Wake Forest University Florida Atlantic University Harrisburg The University of Tennessee Wesleyan University Florida State University Lehigh Valley The University of the South West Virginia University Fordham University University Park Tri-County Technical College Western Connecticut State U. Franklin & Marshall College Pepperdine University Trinity College Western New England University George Washington University Plymouth State University Tufts University Wheaton College Georgia Institute of Technology Providence College Tulane University Wilkes University Gettysburg College Queen City College Union College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Hamilton College Quinnipiac University U.S. Air Force Academy Xavier University Hartwick College Reed College U.S. Coast Guard Academy York College of Pennsylvania 2 Class of 2021 — Awards and Scholarships Presented at the PHS Senior Awards Night on May 27, 2021. Valedictorian Carolyn Lee and Salutatorian Benjamin Hahn American Association