2015/2016 - News Releases

Dobbs Ferry High School's IB Film Night Features Award-Winning Student Videos

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., May 30, 2017-- The Dobbs Ferry community is invited to attend the Annual IB Film Night at the High School on Thursday, June 1st at 7:00 PM in the High School Auditorium. The program will feature the culminating short films produced by seniors who have participated in the two-year International Baccalaureate (IB) Film course, along with selected junior videos. Three of the films to be screened have won top honors in prestigious Westchester and New York State film festivals. Read more...

Dobbs Ferry Middle School 8th Grade Theater Arts Presents “Curse of the Cobra’s Kiss” A Murder Comedy

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. May 22, 2017—Dobbs Ferry Middle School’s Theater Arts Department presents the murder mystery comedy, Curse of the Cobra’s Kiss, on Wednesday, May 24th at 7:00 pm in the High School/Middle School auditorium. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. This is the culminating event of the year-long 8th grade Theater Arts classes. Read more

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., May 19, 2017--  Dobbs Ferry High School’s spring production of the musical The Addams Family, received three nominations for the prestigious METROS (Metropolitan High School Theater Awards), sponsored by The Journal News  and Helen Hayes Youth Theatre. This is the first year that Dobbs Ferry High School has entered the competition and they were competing against other school musicals in Rockland, Westchester, Putnam and Bergen Counties, including many Districts with bigger student populations and theater budgets. A total of 24 schools in Westchester County participated in the 2017 METRO Awards. read more

Dobbs Ferry High School Theater Arts Class Performs “38 and Counting…”

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. April 25, 2017--  Dobbs Ferry High School’s Theater Arts class is staging four one-act plays for students, parents and the community this Friday night, April 28th at 7:00 pm in the High School auditorium.  The year-long course culminates with a final performance entitled “38 and Counting…” The show is free with a $5 suggested donation. read more

Springhurst’s Swietlicki is Music Teacher by Day; TV Composer by Night

Dobbs Ferry, March 23, 2017--Springhurst Elementary School’s very own music impresario, George Swietlicki, has gone Hollywood. One of his recorded arrangements was recently purchased by the television show “Homeland,” airing Sunday nights at 9:00 pm on Showtime (EST), and it is now being played throughout season six as part of the lead-in to all 12 episodes. Homeland is an award-winning American crime thriller television series. read more...