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For the third consecutive year, Mount Pleasant has been recognized as a #BestCommunitiesforMusicEducation by NAMM Foundation. Congratulations to our teachers, students, parents, and community members!
Read about all the exciting performances in the Mount Pleasant Central School District. This includes Hawthorne Elementary School, Columbus Elementary School, Westlake Middle School and Westlake High School.
Dr. Peter Rufa has been selected as the new Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction. The appointment will be formally recommended at the May 14th Board of Education Meeting, with Dr. Rufa set to assume his new role on July 1, 2025.
The Mount Pleasant Central School District is pleased to announce that Mr. Kevin Hanlon has been selected as the next Principal of Columbus Elementary School. The appointment will be formally recommended at the May 14th Board of Education meeting, with Mr. Hanlon set to assume his new role on July 1, 2025.
On Saturday, May 3rd, the 7th & 8th Grade Band and the Meistersingers had an amazing day at Music in the Parks!
The excursions are the culmination of the year long Trout in the Classroom program that the AP Environmental Science classes participate in.
Mr. Anthony Carolini be appointed as the next Principal of Hawthorne Elementary, effective July 2, 2025. Mr. Carolini will succeed Anne Stern, who is retiring after a distinguished 31-year career in elementary education, including 11 years of dedicated service to Mount Pleasant.
Congratulations to WMS 8th grade students in Mrs. Seward's and Mr. Conroy's classes who earned the New York State Association for Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (NYSAHPERD) 2025 Physical Education Student Leadership Award.
In Mrs. Balcer's and Mr. Hall's Science classes, students worked together to develop ways of demonstrating physical versus chemical changes using a given set of materials.
The Public Hearing on the Smart Schools Bond Act will take place at the beginning of the Monthly Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 7:30 pm. If you have any comments prior to the Board meeting, please send them to Ken Amann at kamann@mtplcsd.org prior to April 22, 2025
Mr. Richard Sharpe will be appointed as the new Assistant Principal of WHS, effective July 1, 2025 replacing Daniel Brady who has been appointed as the next principal of WHS after serving in the position of assistant principal for the past two years. Read the letter from Dr. G below.
Dr. Robert Roelle be appointed as the new Director of Technology & Data effective July 1, 2025. Dr. Roelle is replacing Ken Amann who is retiring from a career of over thirty years in Mount Pleasant. Read the letter from Dr. G below.
In Mrs. Iannone 's 8th Grade Spanish classes, students celebrated Spanish cuisine.
The Middle School Science Olympiad competed on Saturday, March 1.
Nine WHS seniors will be showcasing their work at the "Young Artists 2025" exhibit at the Katonah Museum of Art, along with students from nearly 40 high schools throughout Fairfield, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties.