Browse past news stories for South Orangetown Middle School in Blauvelt, NY.

• Suffern swims to Rockland title (The Journal News)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 07:56:23 am
  BLAUVELT - The Suffern swim team last won the Rockland County Swimming and Diving championships in 2006. Saturday at South Orangetown Middle School the Mounties left no doubt as to who the best team was as they claimed the county title.
• Tappan Zee's style remains perfect (The Journal News)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 06:46:44 am
  BLAUVELT - Tuesday's Tappan Zee-Suffern girls swim meet showcased a couple of firsts for the Dutchies. With the 86-84 victory over the Mounties at South Orangetown Middle School, the Dutchies remained undefeated at 6-0 under coaches Ray Gaffney and Dan Lafferty with two meets still to go.
• Sponsored by: (The Journal News)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 11:32:22 am
  NYACK - The decorative railings were missing and grass seed was on the bare ground near the new red buildings, but everything else was in place for the ribbon-cutting of Nyack's newest apartment units.
• South Orangetown Middle School's new principal brings math, technology skills to job (The Journal News)
  posted on August 17, 2009 at 06:44:26 am
  BLAUVELT — Karen Tesik is one of those school administrators who enjoys middle school students.
• 3 students win AAA's safety-poster contest (The Journal News)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 02:43:59 am
  BLAUVELT: Emma Foti, an eighth-grader from South Orangetown Middle School in Blauvelt, was selected as a first-place winner in the 65th annual AAA National Traffic Safety Poster and Public Service Announcement Contest. The theme for grades six to eight was "How to Be a Good Passenger."
• Cocker looking to make psychiatric defense against charges of holding school official at gunpoint (The Journal News)
  posted on July 28, 2009 at 07:13:51 pm
  NEW CITY - A Tappan father's lawyer is laying the groundwork for a psychiatric defense against felony charges the retired police officer brought a gun into a school and held the South Orangetown schools superintendent captive before they fought.
• Orangetown Town Board report (The Journal News)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 07:05:07 pm
  Here's a recap of the June 22 Orangetown Town Board meeting. Supervisor Thom Kleiner and Town Board members Nancy Low-Hogan, Marie Manning, Michael Maturo and Denis Troy were present. The Town Clerk's Office provided information for this report.
• Tappan dad undergoing psychiatric exam after being charged with holding school official at gunpoint (The Journal News)
  posted on June 25, 2009 at 01:47:32 am
  NEW CITY - A retired police officer accused of holding the South Orangetown schools superintendent at gunpoint will undergo a psychiatric examination to help determine the course of his criminal case, officials said today.
• Tappan dad faces psych exam on accusations of holding school chief at gunpoint (The Journal News)
  posted on June 25, 2009 at 01:44:41 am
  A Tappan father accused of holding the South Orangetown schools superintendent at gunpoint will undergo a psychiatric examination today to help determine the course of his criminal case.
• S. Orangetown's hero superintendent to be honored tonight (The Journal News)
  posted on June 22, 2009 at 07:59:01 pm
  ORANGEBURG - South Orangetown Schools Superintendent Kenneth Mitchell, who wrestled an armed man to the ground inside his office earlier this month, will be honored tonight by the Orangetown Town Board.
• 9/11 PLEA BY GUN COP (New York Post)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 10:22:10 am
  The former NYPD cop who stormed into a suburban middle school with a gun had to sort through body parts after 9/11 and suffers from posttraumatic stress, his attorney said yesterday. Defense lawyer Gerard Damiani spoke after the former officer...
• Accused S. Orangetown school gunman pleads not guilty; lawyer claims he suffers from PTSD (The Journal News)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 06:45:42 am
  NEW CITY - A former New York City police officer accused of holding a schools superintendent at gunpoint last week because he was angry about a swine flu letter pleaded not guilty this morning to a list of felony charges against him.
• Lawyer says man stressed over 9/11 (Charleston Daily Mail)
  posted on June 16, 2009 at 11:03:48 pm
  NEW CITY, N.Y. - The former New York City policeman who stormed into a suburban middle school with a gun had to sort through body parts after 9/11 and suffers from post-traumatic stress, his attorney said.Defense lawyer Gerard Damiani spoke Tuesday after t...
• Hero superintendent receives awards at South Orangetown Middle School (The Journal News)
  posted on June 13, 2009 at 06:45:32 am
  BLAUVELT - Flanked by state, local and school officials, South Orangetown school district Superintendent Ken Mitchell received awards and praise at a ceremony today honoring his actions on Tuesday.
• 'I was going on adrenaline' says hero school official (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 06:01:50 am
  BLAUVELT — He reluctantly faced the television cameras in front of South Orangetown Middle School Wednesday afternoon, steps from where he disarmed a gun-wielding parent a day earlier.
• Middle school gunman identified as former NYPD officer (The Journal News)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 02:16:42 am
  BLAUVELT - A former New York City police officer from Tappan was being held without bail last night after he entered South Orangetown Middle School with a gun because he was upset with a district letter on swine flu, but was disarmed by the schools superintendent, who wrestled the weapon away during a fight inside the official's office, police said.
• Massive emergency response to South Orangetown Middle School (The Journal News)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 02:16:32 am
  BLAUVELT - A massive emergency response is underway at South Orangetown Middle School, including SWAT officials, Orangetown police and paramedics.
• Rockland Co. school placed on lockdown (WABC-TV New York)
  posted on June 9, 2009 at 04:38:59 pm
  A Blauvelt middle school was locked down and one person was taken into custody.
• Armed Man Arrested In Rockland Co. Middle School (WCBS-TV New York)
  posted on June 9, 2009 at 04:19:22 pm
  Police arrested an armed man inside a Rockland County middle school on Tuesday morning, CBS 2 has learned. Officers were called to South Orangetown Middle School at 160 Van Wyck Road shortly before noon after reports that a male with a gun entered the school. The school was locked down for a short time as police responded to the scene and arrested the suspect.
• Man airlifted after motorcycle crash (The Journal News)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 06:43:07 pm
  BLAUVELT: A man was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla last night after his motorcycle veered off the road in Blauvelt, fell over and skidded about 100 feet. Orangetown police responded to 740 Western Highway around 10:30 p.m. to find a Harley Davidson and a spattering of blood.
• Man airlifted to hospital after Blauvelt motorcycle crash (The Journal News)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 06:45:05 am
  BLAUVELT- A man was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla tonight after his motorcycle veered off the road, fell over and skidded about 100 feet.
• 7th-graders win for human rights' essays (The Journal News)
  posted on April 16, 2009 at 06:36:33 am
  BLAUVELT: John Lorusso and Stephanie Butera, seventh-graders at South Orangetown Middle School in Blauvelt, had their essays selected for honors in the "I Have a Dream" essay contest sponsored by the Rockland County Commission on Human Rights.
• Rockland school news (The Journal News)
  posted on April 13, 2009 at 06:34:15 am
  NORTH ROCKLAND: North Garnerville Elementary School held a safety week to teach parents and students about Internet safety. John Slevin from the New York State attorney general's office spoke to parents about Internet safety.
• Lions name winners of peace poster contest (The Journal News)
  posted on April 2, 2009 at 06:35:59 am
  BLAUVELT - The Blauvelt Lions selected Sara Kugelman, Katie Poloss and Alexandra Nelson, students at South Orangetown Middle School in Blauvelt, as the winners in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest.
• Rockland people in the news (The Journal News)
  posted on March 29, 2009 at 06:33:45 am
  Cecilia Herdemian of Suffern was named Nyack Hospital's "Shining Star" employee for February. She was nominated by Kathleen McAuliffe, director of the hospital's performance improvement department. She has worked at Nyack Hospital for three years.
• Math Counts team finishes first in county (The Journal News)
  posted on March 12, 2009 at 06:47:57 am
  BLAUVELT - The South Orangetown Middle School's Math Counts team brought home a first-place finish in the county division competition held at Felix Festa Middle School in West Nyack.