Do you love to design?  Do you love to write?  If so, the New York State Education Department invites you to enter the Write on, NY! Logo Design Contest.  The contest is open to all New York State students in prekindergarten through grade 12 who love to design and...

The movie Soul is one of my favorite movies that was recently released. Soul is a Pixar animated film directed by Pete Docter, who is not only the chief creative officer of Pixar but also directed iconic movies like Monsters, Inc., Up, and Inside Out. Some of the people who starred in Soul include...

I’ll never forget the first time I met my best friend, Ricky. It was at a farm in Pennsylvania, four and a half hours from where I live. You might ask, why would I go all the way to Pennsylvania to meet someone? This friend wasn’t just like any other. This was a friend that I wanted to have for a...

The movie, “The One and Only Ivan” is directed by Thea Sharrock, who is an amazing English theater and film director from London, United Kingdom. This  definitely is not her first rodeo because she also directed the famous “Me Before You” and “The Hollow Crown: Henry V”. The movie has an...

A story about grief, a story about adventure, a story about love - Over the Moon has all these qualities. It talks about a young girl who lost her mother, and still can’t accept that she is gone. Her name is Fei Fei. Fei Fei and her mother always loved the Moon Festival. They would repeat the story...

The NYS Office of Information Technology Services, Chief Information Security Office (ITS CISO) is conducting a kindergarten through 12th grade computer safety contest in conjunction with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). The goal of the contest is to engage young...