Thomas Paine House Community Service Event From The Fuller Center Club

Written by Elle Holbert

On October 19th, 13 Bronxville students from the Fuller Center Club run by Mr. Doyle and Mrs. Cabrera went to the Thomas Paine house in New Rochelle. Thomas Paine, the author of Common Sense (1776), a pivotal text of the American Enlightenment era which advocated for the thirteen colonies freedom from Great Britain. The pamphlet played a big part in persuading colonists to support separation from Britain. He lived in this house from 1802-1806, he was buried in the property in 1809 and removed in 1819. The property is now a museum owned by Huguenot and New Rochelle Historical Association. 

The museum has several guided tours, however they’ve been closed for construction and repairs due to damage from floods. The students made repairs on the schoolhouse, shed, outhouse and cottage, as well as scraped sea paint, and repainted for several hours until the project was complete. This refreshed the buildings and allowed the museum to begin their reopening process. All the students expressed gratitude towards Mr. Doyle and Mrs. Cabrera for giving us this opportunity to engage with their community. One student stated, “ By volunteering their time and working hard, this experience demonstrated how students can fulfill the Bronxville Promise”.

Fiona Barr
March 15, 2023

This past weekend, the Bronxville girls and boys indoor track team competed at the 2023 New Balance National Indoor Track and Field Championship. After winning the Section 1 title in late February, the combined team qualified for states at the Armory, and went on to compete in the NYSPHSAA State Championship the weekend of March 4th. There, the boys team placed 5th in the 4×400 (Davis Patterson, Pierce Patterson, Gavin Benton, and Jaime Valdes), and 6th in the 4×800 (Andrew Jensen, Ellis Goodson, Ian Gegenworth, and Kieran McBride). 

Prior to the post-season, both teams qualified for the national meet and competed on Saturday, March 11th. The boys 4×400 placed 30th in the nation, with a new school record of 3:25.65, and the 4×800 ran an 8:07.5, coming close to their season best. On the girls’ team, the 4×400 (Danielle Dragoni, Kara Kochansky, Mai Ly Reinking, and Juliet Winiecki) placed 15th at Nationals, running a 3:58.54. Other runners from the girls team include Charlotte Murray, Maddy Stupart, Hope Hershberg, Katie O’Hare, and Maddy Williams. 

After a strong finish for the season from both the boys and girls teams, outdoor track and field will start up in the next coming weeks. 

Lilah Keating
February 27, 2023

In the past few weeks, the weather in Bronxville has been very strange. In January, the weather has ranged from 60 degrees, where no jacket was required, to as cold as 5 degrees with heavy wind. 

The bizarre weather can be attributed to global warming. When fossil fuels are released into the atmosphere, CO2 fills our atmosphere, trapping heat which causes our planet’s temperatures to rise. While many associate global warming with strangely warm weather, it changes all weather patterns, meaning that we also experience extreme storms, intense colds, and even droughts. 

Additionally, with increased global temperatures, ice in places like Antarctica melts, posing threats to the wildlife that lives there as well as greatly affecting marine life. So while a strangely hot or cold day here or there may seem like nothing, you might want to question how these changes may look more drastic in the coming years and consider what you can do to prevent the warming of our planet.