On October 16th, Springhurst Elementary School hosted its 28th annual Pumpkin Fair.The Dobbs Ferry Pumpkin Fair is the highlight of the fall season. It offers fun, food and games.  The Pumpkin Fair has been going on for almost three decades. The Pumpkin Fair usually lasts about three hours. Because...

The music blares loudly, lights are flashing in patterns on the ceiling, everyone is singing along to the music or talking to their friends. This is the Middle School Halloween Dance Party. It is silent outside, until you open the door to the Commons and walk in to the deafening music and the crowd of...

WE WALKED THE SKY- Lisa Fielder     Genre: Realistic fiction  ©2019    Backstory: (1965) Seventeen-year-old Victoria just escaped an unstable home. She flees to the “ultimate place for her dreams and runaways-the circus”, aka the VanDrexel Family Circus. Fifteen years later,...

As you know, a presidential election took place this year, 2020. In conjunction, the Dobbs Ferry  Middle School participated in a mock election. This is not the first one. They have done these in the past. They started in 2004. (George W. Bush vs. John Kerry. George Bush won.) In 2008, it was Barack...

On Thursday, October 29th, during remote and hybrid classes, students from the Dobbs Ferry Middle School dressed up in costume in celebration of Halloween.  Though we are in the middle of a world-wide pandemic, the Halloween spirit was still in full force!  Some cool costumes on display throughout...