Concussions may increase suicide risk in high school athletes, study finds
A history of sports-related concussions may increase high school athletes' risk of suicide, according to new research out of the University of Texas School of Public Health.
New allegations against suspended New Rochelle football coach
Police in Yonkers are investigating an accusation against New Rochelle High School Football coach Lou Dirienzo from three decades ago.
Report shows concussion danger for teen female soccer players
A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics found that young girls are nearly at the same risk for traumatic brain injuries as boys who play football.
Families continue to rally for reassigned New Rochelle HS football coach
Almost a week ago, the longtime New Rochelle High School football coach Lou DiRienzo was suddenly reassigned. The coach's son said there has been no mention of any meeting and no official reason for him being reassigned.
Reassignment of beloved high school coach angers parents
An upset crowd filled New Rochelle's Board of Education office demanding answers as to why beloved high school football coach Lou DiRienzo was abruptly stripped of those duties and reassigned Wednesday.
Newark’s Ironbound Stadium is back in the game
It’s been 32 years since anyone stepped on the field at Newark’s Ironbound Stadium. Once home to East Side High School’s football team, the field closed in 1987 after the federal government tested the soil and found it to be contaminated.
Grades changed at school
New Rochelle High School is facing yet another scandal. This time, an administrator is accused of tampering with grades.
Laundry in high school
Seeing a laundry room inside a high school is not common. But Newark's West Side High now has one. School administrators say kids were missing 3 to 5 days a week because of bullying. Sometimes the bullying was over dirty clothes.
New Rochelle violence
Parents and other community members in New Rochelle, New York, packed the high school auditorium in the wake of three violent attacks in and near the school in eight days. A student stabbed another to death at a Dunkin' Donuts on January 10, police said. Several students attacked a 15-year-old student at a pizzeria on January 17. And then a 15-year-old student stabbed and wounded another student in class on January 18. Some people blasted the school superintendent for not enforcing a policy that prohibits students from leaving the school during school hours.
A school on the water
The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School on Governors Island teaches students maritime skills.
High school football player dies
A teenager who collapsed at football practice at a private school in the Bronx Tuesday morning later died, according to authorities. Dominick Bess, 14, collapsed on the field at Mount Saint Michael Academy at 4300 Murdock Avenue at around 9:30 a.m., the NYPD said. Officers responded to a 911 call and found him "unconscious and unresponsive," police said.
Medical training for teens
Some high school students in New Jersey are learning technical skills they need to save lives. Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck offers students a one-week training program during the summer that uses high-tech mannequins to create real-life scenarios, like an opioid overdose.
High school student dies
A 16-year-old student at a Long Island high school died after suffering a head injury in a freak accident during an off-season football workout. A log used in the drill fell and hit Joshua Mileto in the head. Suffolk County police say that Mileto, of Farmingville, was transported from the school to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Study: Not Enough Done to Protect High School Athletes
Linda Schmidt takes a closer look at a study that found recommended guidelines to protect high school athletes are not being widely adopted.
Long Island students in ICE detention
Between April and May, a number of immigrant 15- and 16-year-old students from El Salvador and Guatemala have been suspended from Bellport High School in Suffolk County, Long Island. They were suspended on allegations of ties to the gang MS-13, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Ifeoma White-Thorpe
No TV, daily reading with her father and lots of diligence from both parents, just some of the things that put Ifeoma White-Thorpe, 17, on the road to success. The NJ high school senior was accepted to all eight Ivy League schools plus Stanford.