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Westchester Girl Hopes To Stop Bullying With New Musical
When it comes to bullying, Ariel Pennington-Reyes is teaching people the importance of being an upstander rather than a bystander.
Pennington-Reyes, a Yonkers resident, is one of the stars of "It's Easy," which debuts Saturday, Sept. 16 for a 10-show run through Sunday, Oct. 8 at the Irvington Town Hall Theater.
The musical, geared toward kids in grades 4-8, takes place in one day in the life of 6th-grade classmates, where bullies make life miserable and bystanders stay quiet.
Pennington-Reyes, who is about to start 7th grade at Pearls Hawthorne, plays Joy Montgomery, the school…
15-Year-Old Westchester Student Inspires Girls To Think Big
MOHEGAN LAKE, N.Y. -- Raina Ghosh, a Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School student was one of nine awardees from across the country who took part in the nationwide ThinkBIG Challenge, a nonprofit organization established two years ago by then 13-year old Jothi Ramaswamy.
ThinkSTEAM, her 501(c) 3 Mohegan Lake-based group, profiled in an earlier Daily Voice story, operates with financial backing from organizations including Ardsley-based Acorda Therapeutics, Purchase-based PepsiCo, IBM in Armonk, Wal-Mart and PepsiCo.
The organization is built around recognizing female talent in the math, tech…