The full chorus has also performed at many venues in the New York area, including annual performances in Midtown Manhattan venues.ĭobbs Ferry Middle School is a coeducational public middle school. The Harmonaires have travelled throughout the country for decades, singing at major venues including: the White House the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC Disneyland in Anaheim, California Radio City Music Hall, in Manhattan and all the arenas and stadiums in the New York metropolitan region. The chorus is led by Springhurst teacher George Swietlicki, who trained at the Vienna Academy of Music in Austria. Nationally, Springhurst is known best for its select chorus, The Harmonaires. A major example was an original piece about the Hudson River written collaboratively with the fourth-grade teachers, music teacher George Swietlicki, and playwright and Springhurst parent Laurence Holzman. Music is also thoroughly integrated into the curriculum. The "outdoor classroom" is integrated into various subjects in the curriculum. Springhurst contains an "outdoor classroom" school garden in the main courtyard of the building. The school's intimate size and corresponding small class sizes (averaging 20–22 students per classroom) allows for significant personal attention from teachers and staff. Grades range from Kindergarten to fifth grade. Springhurst Elementary School is a small coeducational public elementary school in Dobbs Ferry, New York. 4 Parent and community support of school district.The current superintendent is Lisa Brady. The board of education hires the superintendent of the school district. The president for the 2014–2015 school year was Tracy Baron, and the vice-president was Robert Reiser. The board members elect a president and vice-president for one-year terms. The governing body of the school district is the elected board of education, which contains seven members each serving three-year terms. The combination of small size and emphasis on educational excellence results in a district that offers a "private school experience in a public school setting". The district is small compared to most districts in Westchester County, New York, with approximately 112 students per grade in three schools: Springhurst Elementary School Dobbs Ferry Middle School and Dobbs Ferry High School. Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District is a grades K–12 school district based in Dobbs Ferry, New York, in the Hudson Valley, approximately 20 miles north of midtown Manhattan.
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