SAR Academy and its nearby high school made national headlines becoming some of the first schools in the state — and perhaps the country — to close because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, nearly a year later, they’re leading the charge to get their surrounding community vaccinated against the very virus that initially shut them down.
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By ROSE BRENNAN
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2/21/21
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The Riverdale Press won seven statewide awards from the New York Press Association last week, including the top two spots for best news story.
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STAFF REPORT
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8/24/20
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It was a Friday at Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, just hours before Shabbat was set to begin. Every student and teacher — from kindergarten through eighth grade — was pulled from their lessons, gathering on the balconies of their open learning space to hear what their principal, Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, had to say.
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By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN
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9/29/19
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Every student, from kindergarten through eighth grade, filled the balconies of SAR Academy’s open learning space to talk about a former assistant principal who has since been charged with a variety of crimes, including possession of child pornography and the sexual exploitation of a young boy.
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By KIRSTYN BRENDLEN
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9/20/19
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Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy said it fired an associate principal arrested Sept. 14 on criminal charges he tricked a 14-year-old boy into sending him sexually explicit images.
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By HEATHER J. SMITH & MICHAEL HINMAN
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9/16/19
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More than 400 people in Brooklyn and Queens have been infected by measles this year, according to the city’s health department. And that’s a pretty significant stat considering the disease was considered eradicated in the United States back in 2000.
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By JOSEPH KONIG
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5/5/19
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