Pumpkin Bouquets for the win!

In a move that probably made lots of Highland Falls and Fort Montgomery moms incredibly happy, florist Rosemarie Pozo and Kim Kort, with the help of retired Highland Falls florist

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How to make a Skeleton

Highland Falls Intermediate School’s CONNECT kids took paper towel tubes, painted them, laid them out on a table and … a skeleton appeared! Nah, it wasn’t that easy. The children,

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‘Escape the Room’ at CONNECT

Students need to combine their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and math (aka STEM) to solve interactive puzzles in CONNECT’s new ‘Escape the Room’, part of the free after-school program

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Be Part of Something Beautiful

Sherline, Rosemary, Marley, Terrence, Skyla, Kenneth and Abigail want their friends and Highland Falls Intermediate School to join them at CONNECT this school year! You may not be able to

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Rah, rah, rah, it’s time for CONNECT!

These cheerleaders, shown post-performance at an end-of-the-school-year performance by CONNECT’s cheerleading class, are here to remind parents of third to eighth grade in the Highland Falls – Fort Montgomery Central

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CONNECT is just one month away!

Christine McDonald, shown at right, is the director of CONNECT, the West Point Association of Graduate’s free, afterschool program for students in the Highland Falls Intermediate School. At left are

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Fun last day of CONNECT!

When CONNECT, the free after school program at the Highland Falls Intermediate School hosted by the West Point Association of Graduates, finished out the 2024-25 school year with a fun

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Delicious food, Good company!

Connect, the free after-school program for Highland Falls Intermediate School students hosted by West Point’s Association of Graduates, held the first ever ‘Hudson Valley Welcome’ fair on Main St. in

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CONNECT + RISE = Success!

During the current school year, CONNECT, the free afterschool program for second through sixth graders at the Highland Falls Intermediate School, found a new partnership, with O’Neill High School students

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Who doesn’t love a good book?

CONNECT, the free afterschool program for Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District second through sixth graders, has a Book Club! Here, Mr. Christopher reads Ralph S. Mouse to a younger

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Letting their lights shine!

CONNECT’s Creations Class is all about being creative; so last week the students made lanterns out of recycled soda bottles, stencils and fairy lights. CONNECT is a free West Point

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Looking for a creative caterer?

Well, if you wait a few years, any of these current CONNECT students at the Highland Falls Intermediate School might be able to help you! They’re enrolled in the afterschool

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Students learn Yoga at CONNECT

“The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness” The above is a quote from Sakyong Mipham, and it reenforces that both physical fitness – and mental health

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CONNECT kids learn cheerleading

Highland Falls Intermediate School’s CONNECT kids take a variety of classes in their afterschool program — math & English, for instance are mandatory. But they also get to choose fun,

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Everyone loves LEGOs

One of the programs that CONNECT, the West Point Association of Graduates afterschool program at the Highland Falls Intermediate School, offers is LEGOS, and it’s a popular one. Students make

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They look almost good enough to eat!

Students in the CONNECT program at the Highland Falls Intermediate School have been busy designing houses! Well, gingerbread houses, that is! The students helped get themselves and everyone in the

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