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Biondi Lions Basketball Player Steps Up In Game, Named Athlete of the Month

Ronald Garcia, a junior at Biondi High School, has been named the Yonkers Daily Voice Athelete of the Month for February after helping to lead the Biondi School Lions all the way to the Section 1 Class D basketball finals.

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Sharon Woods Wins Joey Award from the Childcare Council of Westchester

Sharon Woods, Director of the Leake & Watts Ames Early Childhood Learning Center, is honored for her hands-on approach and for making a difference in the lives of hundreds of Westchester County’s children and families.

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Leake & Watts Awarded Grant from the Laura Bush Foundation

Leake & Watts has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Laura Bush Foundation to fund the purchase literature for the library at the Leake & Watts Woodfield Cottage in Valhalla, New York...

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Mayor Bloomberg Praises Leake & Watts NYC Civic Corps Members

On June 25, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg spoke at the graduation ceremony of the third New York City Civic Corps class, and among others, praised the contributions of Leake & Watts' own two graduating Civic Corps members.

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Good Food for the Hungry: The Food Bank for Westchester Partners with Local Organizations, Including Leake & Watts

Dissent Magazine has published a great article about how The Food Bank for Westchester is partnering with several local organizations, including Leake & Watts, to grow healthy organic food for Westchester County's hungry residents.

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Art and Music Promote Learning and Self Expression Across Leake & Watts

Check out how music, dance, theater, painting and drawing are an important part of many of our programs!

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New York Giants Visit Biondi High School

Biondi students have New York Giants fever! Defensive lineman Chris Canty and linebacker Chase Blackburn are the latest of five New York Giants players to visit our high school...

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Leake & Watts Recognized as Outstanding by The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center

In February 2011, Leake & Watts was recognized by The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center for “outstanding work toward creating an inclusive and affirmative environment” for LGBTQ teens in our Family Foster Care Program.

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