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The Mount Pleasant Central School District is located in the heart of Westchester County and serves approximately 2,000 students. The district encompasses the hamlets of Hawthorne and Thornwood, as well as portions of Valhalla and Pleasantville. Mount Pleasant Central School District is comprised of four schools: Hawthorne Elementary (K-2), Columbus Elementary (3-5), Westlake Middle School (6-8) and Westlake High School (9-12). The middle and high school share the same campus along with the District Office. We are the home of the Wildcats!
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![National Hispanic Recognition Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694690982/mtplcsdorg/vf0dyry6q3ri6tv9xruv/NationalHispanicRecognitionAward.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694690982/mtplcsdorg/vf0dyry6q3ri6tv9xruv/NationalHispanicRecognitionAward.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1694690982/mtplcsdorg/vf0dyry6q3ri6tv9xruv/NationalHispanicRecognitionAward.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1694690982/mtplcsdorg/vf0dyry6q3ri6tv9xruv/NationalHispanicRecognitionAward.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1694690982/mtplcsdorg/vf0dyry6q3ri6tv9xruv/NationalHispanicRecognitionAward.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1694690982/mtplcsdorg/vf0dyry6q3ri6tv9xruv/NationalHispanicRecognitionAward.jpg","width":2016}])
WHS senior Gianna Zurlo has earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs by receiving the National Hispanic Recognition Award.
![2023 Proposed Instructional Bond]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694100133/mtplcsdorg/fyi9dgyqpmbd4smci0fd/Bond23.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694100133/mtplcsdorg/fyi9dgyqpmbd4smci0fd/Bond23.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1694100133/mtplcsdorg/fyi9dgyqpmbd4smci0fd/Bond23.jpg","width":623}])
The work on our turf field and athletic facilities on the Westlake Campus is progressing well and we are looking forward to it being completed. It is now time to plan for the next 3-5 years. We are specifically planning improvements to our schools that are focused on both safety and security as well as to the instructional program. Our work will also address the space constraints that currently exist at Hawthorne Elementary School. Just like the field bond, this proposed project will be structured to be tax neutral, thus having no additional impact on our residents' taxes.
![Mount Pleasant Welcomes New Team Members During New Teacher Orientation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1693325976/mtplcsdorg/gyzyj1jsu2cn1wd9cafz/NewEmployees23.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1693325976/mtplcsdorg/gyzyj1jsu2cn1wd9cafz/NewEmployees23.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1693325976/mtplcsdorg/gyzyj1jsu2cn1wd9cafz/NewEmployees23.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1693325976/mtplcsdorg/gyzyj1jsu2cn1wd9cafz/NewEmployees23.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1693325976/mtplcsdorg/gyzyj1jsu2cn1wd9cafz/NewEmployees23.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1693325976/mtplcsdorg/gyzyj1jsu2cn1wd9cafz/NewEmployees23.jpg","width":2016}])
It was a day of learning, team building, making connections, and of course the famous bus tour of the district!
![Freshman Orientation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1693247687/mtplcsdorg/nge4sk7yzrpcwrixws5z/Freshman3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1693247687/mtplcsdorg/nge4sk7yzrpcwrixws5z/Freshman3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1693247687/mtplcsdorg/nge4sk7yzrpcwrixws5z/Freshman3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1693247687/mtplcsdorg/nge4sk7yzrpcwrixws5z/Freshman3.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1693247687/mtplcsdorg/nge4sk7yzrpcwrixws5z/Freshman3.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1693247687/mtplcsdorg/nge4sk7yzrpcwrixws5z/Freshman3.jpg","width":2016}])
Incoming 9th graders, Principal Keith Schenker, Assistant Principal Dan Brady, and their guidance counselors, as well as some upper class P.A.L.S. gathered at WHS for Freshman Orientation.
![Summer Newsletter]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1692372455/mtplcsdorg/oehyyovr4fhq5ksrfa83/Summer2023NewsletterFINALSmall2_Page_01.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1692372455/mtplcsdorg/oehyyovr4fhq5ksrfa83/Summer2023NewsletterFINALSmall2_Page_01.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1692372455/mtplcsdorg/oehyyovr4fhq5ksrfa83/Summer2023NewsletterFINALSmall2_Page_01.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1692372455/mtplcsdorg/oehyyovr4fhq5ksrfa83/Summer2023NewsletterFINALSmall2_Page_01.jpg","width":850}])
Our Summer 2023 Newsletter has been mailed, so check your mailbox! Click below to read Dr. G's letter to the community and read about all our exciting moving up and graduation ceremonies!
![Ms. Erica Denman New Assistant Principal at HES and CES]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1692194269/mtplcsdorg/xp8tqxtzxox8xz2hcufm/EricaDenman.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1692194269/mtplcsdorg/xp8tqxtzxox8xz2hcufm/EricaDenman.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1692194269/mtplcsdorg/xp8tqxtzxox8xz2hcufm/EricaDenman.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1692194269/mtplcsdorg/xp8tqxtzxox8xz2hcufm/EricaDenman.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1692194269/mtplcsdorg/xp8tqxtzxox8xz2hcufm/EricaDenman.jpg","width":1545}])
At the Board of Education Meeting on August 16, Dr. Peter Giarizzo, Superintendent recommended to the Board of Education that Erica Denman be appointed as the new Assistant Principal at Hawthorne and Columbus Elementary Schools, effective August 29, 2023.
![Poppy Poster Contest]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1692116946/mtplcsdorg/kokcd9nmctdqu6ubkfxl/PoppyEDP.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1692116946/mtplcsdorg/kokcd9nmctdqu6ubkfxl/PoppyEDP.jpg","width":512}])
We have an update on a #wildcatpride story we covered earlier this year! A Mount Pleasant 3rd grader's Poppy Poster Contest submission that won locally was selected by the American Legion Auxiliary Department at the New York State level to move on to its NATIONAL Poster Contest!
![HES and Mount Pleasant Police Department]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1692048192/mtplcsdorg/f1targhbxgruzs3r2t6v/MTPLPOLICE.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1692048192/mtplcsdorg/f1targhbxgruzs3r2t6v/MTPLPOLICE.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1692048192/mtplcsdorg/f1targhbxgruzs3r2t6v/MTPLPOLICE.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1692048192/mtplcsdorg/f1targhbxgruzs3r2t6v/MTPLPOLICE.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1692048192/mtplcsdorg/f1targhbxgruzs3r2t6v/MTPLPOLICE.jpg","width":1286}])
During the summer, the Mount Pleasant Police Department used Hawthorne Elementary School to conduct defensive tactics trainings.
![KinderCamp]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1691157947/mtplcsdorg/acevqlh0amspelxo3xu2/Kindercamp4.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1691157947/mtplcsdorg/acevqlh0amspelxo3xu2/Kindercamp4.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1691157947/mtplcsdorg/acevqlh0amspelxo3xu2/Kindercamp4.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1691157947/mtplcsdorg/acevqlh0amspelxo3xu2/Kindercamp4.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1691157947/mtplcsdorg/acevqlh0amspelxo3xu2/Kindercamp4.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1691157947/mtplcsdorg/acevqlh0amspelxo3xu2/Kindercamp4.jpg","width":2016}])
For the second summer, KinderCamp is providing amazing opportunities for some of our incoming Kindergarteners!
![Mrs. Outhouse -New Assistant Principal at WMS.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1691189773/mtplcsdorg/gtviobipq6nzekw9qziv/Outhouse.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1691189773/mtplcsdorg/gtviobipq6nzekw9qziv/Outhouse.jpg","width":320}])
Westlake Middle School's new assistant principal is someone that is familiar to all of us and has played an integral role in our community and on our leadership team for the past eight years. Theresa Outhouse.
![Daniel Brady, New Assistant Principal.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1681819039/mtplcsdorg/e81gfd5zo2t12wt8ljcs/DB.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1681819039/mtplcsdorg/e81gfd5zo2t12wt8ljcs/DB.png","width":300}])
At the Board of Education Meeting on April 18, Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo will recommend to the Board that Mr. Daniel Brady be appointed as the new Assistant Principal at Westlake High School, effective July 1, 2023, Mr. Brady is replacing Ken Amann who is joining the Central Office team as the Director of Technology and Data.
![Science Research]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1689891139/mtplcsdorg/rbiyf7ubawegroqtpnzn/Benal3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1689891139/mtplcsdorg/rbiyf7ubawegroqtpnzn/Benal3.jpg","width":458}])
Please join us in congratulating incoming science research senior Keishanne Bernal on being published in a peer-reviewed science journal as first author!
![Board of Education]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1689614826/mtplcsdorg/pml9dkzedpjt9ngu8os3/Boardelected2023.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1689614826/mtplcsdorg/pml9dkzedpjt9ngu8os3/Boardelected2023.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1689614826/mtplcsdorg/pml9dkzedpjt9ngu8os3/Boardelected2023.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1689614826/mtplcsdorg/pml9dkzedpjt9ngu8os3/Boardelected2023.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1689614826/mtplcsdorg/pml9dkzedpjt9ngu8os3/Boardelected2023.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1689614826/mtplcsdorg/pml9dkzedpjt9ngu8os3/Boardelected2023.jpg","width":2200}])
Laura Michalec Olszewski and Sara Beaty
During the annual reorganization meeting, our Board of Education swore in members Sara Beaty and Laura Michalec Olszewski who were relected.
![2023-24 District Safety Plan Open for Public Comment]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1689619934/mtplcsdorg/wfyadnqkp3houlcpi5lq/SelectedPawscopy_Page_062.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1689619934/mtplcsdorg/wfyadnqkp3houlcpi5lq/SelectedPawscopy_Page_062.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1689619934/mtplcsdorg/wfyadnqkp3houlcpi5lq/SelectedPawscopy_Page_062.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1689619934/mtplcsdorg/wfyadnqkp3houlcpi5lq/SelectedPawscopy_Page_062.jpg","width":1043}])
The draft District-wide Safety Plan is now open for public comment. It is expected that the Board of Education will adopt the Plan after the Public Hearing at the August 16 public meeting. The draft plan is available for review here and on the Facilities Page of the website. Please send feedback to Director of Facilities Eric Strack by 12 PM on August 16, 2023.
![HES Moving Up Ceremony]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1688390747/mtplcsdorg/xmteqjugmneqytysqgx8/HESMovingUp2023.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1688390747/mtplcsdorg/xmteqjugmneqytysqgx8/HESMovingUp2023.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1688390747/mtplcsdorg/xmteqjugmneqytysqgx8/HESMovingUp2023.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1688390747/mtplcsdorg/xmteqjugmneqytysqgx8/HESMovingUp2023.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1688390747/mtplcsdorg/xmteqjugmneqytysqgx8/HESMovingUp2023.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1688390747/mtplcsdorg/xmteqjugmneqytysqgx8/HESMovingUp2023.jpg","width":2200}])
The HES Moving Up Ceremony was on Thuesday, June 20, 2023.