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. more

The Riverdale Press won seven statewide awards from the New York Press Association last week, including the top two spots for best news story. more

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. more

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. more

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. more

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. more