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Colonial Named National Blue Ribbon School

Colonial Elementary School was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Education Department. Colonial received the award by the overall academic performance, also some schools are awarded the blue...

Colonial 5th Graders Last Newspaper Club Meeting

Colonial 5th Graders Last Newspaper Club Meeting

By Millie Matteuzzi, Emilia Bollin, and Emilija Stankunas March 5, 2024

Today marks our last newspaper meeting of the school year but that doesn't mean our weekly updates will stop! Sophia Wall says, "I enjoy the newspaper, however I did not love waking up early.” This...

Lunar New Year Cooking Class

Lunar New Year Cooking Class

By Dani Mattuezzi, Penelope Garvett, and Brooke Gatto February 26, 2024

For the past two years, Colonial has held a Lunar New Year cooking class. Everyone gets cooking kits from DeCicco's and the class is held on a Zoom meeting. CC Jiao leads the class and shows people how...

Kids For A Positive Change

Kids For A Positive Change

Kids For Positive Change is program that visited Colonial's 4th and 5th graders on January 31st, 2024. This program shows children how to help change the planet and about making the Earth a better place. ...

Pelham Winterfest was a hit!

Pelham Winterfest was a hit!

Did you hear? Pelham's annual Winterfest was last weekend and it was awesome. The WinterFest of 2024 was the best one yet! It began on Saturday, Feb 3, 2024 from 3:00 pm - 6:00 PM. The fest was held...

Author Visit: Gabrielle Grimaldi

Author Visit: Gabrielle Grimaldi

Gabrielle Grimaldi visited Colonial school on January 17th, 2024. She is an author and a Pelham resident. Gabrielle also attended Colonial school when she was younger.  She wrote the book Lina’s...

Colonial Food Drive for Feeding Westchester

Colonial Food Drive for Feeding Westchester

 Did you know that 8% of the households in Westchester don't have enough food? That might seem like a small number but it represents about 30,000 families. They could really use your help!  Colonial...

Spelling Bee

Spelling Bee

By Brooke Gatto, Dani Mattuezzi, and Penelope Garvett January 24, 2024

On January 5th, 2024 Colonial school held its annual spelling bee! Twenty-two students, 3rd grade through 5th grade participated. Mrs. Monteleone and Mrs. Stivala ran the spelling bee club. They held meetings...

Student Government Host Annual Coat Drive

Student Government Host Annual Coat Drive

By Anton Berman, Caitlyn Moore, Emmerson Potts, and Sophia Wall January 24, 2024

Colonial school's student government ran a coat drive where donations of winter clothes for people who need it most were collected. The winter clothes will be donated to children and young adults. In...

Colonial's Blue Ribbon Read-A-Thon!

Colonial’s Blue Ribbon Read-A-Thon!

The Read-a-Thon is a time at Colonial school when all the students try to read as much as possible. Why? Well because the more you read the better you get at it! During the Read-a-Thon, you can get...

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