Port Chester Schools, Local Clergy Plan Annual MLK Jr. Celebration

Port Chester School District administrators and members of the local clergy recently gathered at Port Chester Middle School to discuss plans for the group’s annual Interfaith Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative event.

This year’s event will take place on Sunday, January 24, at Christ’s Church in Rye, according to officials. Rabbi Jaymee Alpert of Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel will be the keynote speaker. The celebration also will include readings from Dr. King’s body of work, as well as performances by the Port Chester High School Select Chorus and the Port Chester Middle School Grade 8 Chorus.

This is the second year that this longstanding event will be organized by an interfaith committee comprised of All Souls Presbyterian Church, Bethel Sounds of Praise, Bethesda Baptist, Christ Episcopal Church, Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel, Girtman Memorial, Holy Rosary Roman Catholic, Mount Zion Baptist, Rye Presbyterian, St. Frances AME Zion, St. Paul’s Lutheran, St. Peter’s Episcopal, and the Port Chester School District.

Photo: From left, Reverand Gerald Washington, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edward A. Kliszus, Rabbi Jaymee Alpert, Port Chester Village Mayor Dennis Pilla and Reverand Robert Girtman. Not pictured are Port Chester Middle School Principal Pat Swift, Reverend Bruce Baker of All Souls, and Pastor Rachael Huntley of Rye Presbyterian, who also attended the Dec. 10 meeting at PCMS. Photo credit: Contributed