It’s not a see-or-be-seen type of thing.”And it has been that way since the two started at Bronxville on the same day 22 years ago.Peterson, whose unique resume includes heading programs and coaching at the Division I and III college level (she was Manhattanville’s athletic director immediately before joining Bronxville), is retiring after this spring.The saying goes, “No one is irreplaceable.” But this might be an exception.Bronxville, with section and state championships in multiple sports, is the little school that not only could but often does, and that, many coaches say, is because of Peterson.Everybody has tried to talk her into staying, said varsity baseball coach Anthony Vaglica, who heads Bronxville’s Athletic Council.“What strikes me most is the way she builds relationships with everyone and, through those relationships, builds a shared culture at Bronxville,” he said. “The kids really respect her. "She supports any initiative any coach or athlete has. Abreu. Rakiya. We're an independent nonprofit that provides parents with in-depth school quality information. Danielle Minerva Athletic Trainer 914-395-0500 dminerva@bronxvilleschool.org "Peterson, whose heavy work schedule includes service on various section and state athletic associations, is deeply involved with even modified squads.Not wanting kids cut from modified basketball two years ago, she created in-house teams for the overflow and juggled schedules to get them time in limited gym space, Agnello noted.Citing skiing and track, he also praised her for allowing kids from neighboring districts, whose schools don't have teams, to compete with Bronxville.“A lot of athletes would not have been able to compete without Karen encouraging it,” Agnello said. Bronxville High School located in Bronxville, New York - NY.
School Nurse +19143950500 ksosa@bronxvilleschool.org. By providing opportunities for student-athletes to serve, these young men and women make meaningful contributions to society. Wilberto. She works magic with budgets. Abbatecola. Bronxville's national rank has moved -2. “If you don’t have someone who can pitch, someone who can play shortstop, you can’t go out and get them. An athletic career can be over in a minute.”She moved to high school, she said, when she started to see the same problem at the Division III level.Ever-increasing paperwork aside, Peterson has found happiness in the more balanced world of high school sports.“Let me hire good coaches.
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From a track coach perspective, that’s unheard of,” said Mitchell, who pointed to his friends’ ongoing battles with pigskin-obsessed administrators.Perhaps Peterson’s emphasis on fairness comes from the fact she’s a child of Title IX, the clause in federal education law that, among other things, bans sexual discrimination by schools receiving federal dollars.She was just months away from starting high school when the law passed, although it took years for girls programs to grow substantially as a result.For instance, while she played basketball and softball for Green Brook (N.J.) High School, her school had no girls volleyball team, so she played on a U.S. Volleyball Association club squad.At the University of Maine, from which she graduated in 1980, Peterson played volleyball and softball, plus one year of junior varsity hoops until she realized “the girls were too big and too fast.”Her college roommate received a volleyball scholarship. Watch all the can't-miss high school sports top plays. To the best of Peterson’s knowledge, it was the first athletic scholarship Maine ever gave a female.Peterson was assistant softball coach and pitching coach at D-I Maine, then worked for three years as director of intramurals and recreation and as softball coach at D-III Plymouth State University. Jul 28 Find Bronxville High School test scores, student-teacher ratio, parent reviews and teacher stats. They’re thinking my next step is nursery school," said Peterson, who's funny, often self-deprecating wit is cited by her coaches.But the fact is, while very much enjoying coaching college kids, particularly in softball, Peterson abhorred a major aspect of college athletics.“I left D-I because of recruiting,” she said. You’ve got to help kids develop at those positions.”Its girls track program is one of New York’s best — for schools of any size — and has had multiple individual state winners.Since Peterson’s arrival, Bronxville has also won state team titles in field hockey, boys soccer, girls soccer, football, boys lacrosse and girls cross-country — the latter 10 times.She considers last fall’s field hockey title particularly special, since the Broncos had gone to the state field hockey playoffs multiple times during her years at the school without winning and this team wasn’t expected to do more than possibly win a section title.“It was fun it happened in my last year," she said. The attached modified handbook contains all information regarding the Middle School sports program. “A lot of districts will not do this.”Peterson, who lives in Yorktown, is eyeing a retirement that, coronavirus-allowing, will involve at least initial travel, including visits to relatives.But before she goes, she’s hoping for more time with her coaches and athletes — and hoping the virus subsides to the point students and staff members can return to school and that some practices and games will be held his spring.“We’ve had our fair share of championships and our fair share of heartbreak,” she said, noting she’d been optimistic about this spring's teams' playoff prospects.But her 22 years at Bronxville have been about a lot more than winning.“There’s nothing like going out at 3 o’clock,” Peterson said, “and watching kids practice and play with their friends.”
… She’s really into it. Adams. View Rankings. It’s where our success comes from.”Perhaps the most striking thing about Peterson, coaches say, is her insistence on treating everyone — and all teams — equally.Jim Mitchell, the legendary girls track & field and cross-country coach after whom the Bronxville track is named, was on the committee that selected Peterson as athletic director.“She has been absolutely spectacular,” said the former longtime Latin teacher, who stopped coaching last spring after 53 years, 40 of them at Bronxville. … She was really wonderful right from the start.