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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Scarsdale schools landed among the nation's top districts again
  • Are Scarsdale students really learning more from classroom games?
  • How a Scarsdale High alum earned her own USPS stamp

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 73 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Friday: Warmer with some sun, temps: high: 84, low: 58.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 71 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Districts leading these new rankings have much in common (districtadministration.com) — Scarsdale Union Free School District is once again ranked among the nation's top public school systems, alongside high-performing districts in Illinois and other parts of New York. The rankings highlight Scarsdale's strong graduation rates, low student-teacher ratios, and excellent college preparation, with students frequently heading to selective universities and benefiting from well-funded schools and highly rated academics.
   

2. Expert Guide: Game-Based Learning in Westchester Schools (yonkerstimes.com) — Families in Scarsdale are seeing more advanced game-based learning tools like Pear Deck and Newsela in classrooms, reflecting the district's higher resources compared with Yonkers. This guide explains how platforms such as Kahoot, Blooket, IXL, and Khan Academy are used across Westchester, when they genuinely boost learning, and what specific questions parents should ask teachers about screen time, privacy, and academic impact.
   

3. USPS honors Linda McCartney with memorial stamps (kedm.org) — A new U.S. Postal Service stamp pane honors photographer and musician Linda McCartney, who was born in Scarsdale and graduated from Scarsdale High School before launching her groundbreaking creative career. The stamps, dedicated at New York's Museum of Modern Art, showcase her still lifes and landscapes and celebrate her influence on photography, music, and the vegetarian and animal-rights movements.
   

4. Frances Louise (Hiller) Healey, 82 (theweektoday.com) — Frances Louise (Hiller) Healey, who spent part of her childhood in Scarsdale after her family moved from Marion, New York, has died at 82 in San Rafael, California. A Skidmore graduate and dedicated landscape painter, she built a life in California public service and art, and is remembered by her sisters, nieces, nephews, and many close friends.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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