‘Dear Tarrytown’ documents stories about community

Tony Albert Cypress, who has worked as a bus monitor, maintenance worker, and cafeteria worker, is a familiar face to generations of students at Sleepy Hollow High School, where his son, Tony Jr., graduated in 2016.

Alyn Diaz grew up in a close-knit Deaf community in upstate New York, and after moving to Tarrytown, became an advocate for the Deaf and helped teach American Sign Language to students, faculty, and staff.

Alexis De La Cruz, a custodian at John Paulding School, grew up in the Dominican Republic and attended Sleepy Hollow High School after moving to the U.S. at age 15. He considers the school his extended family.

These are but a handful of the more than 100 people whose stories and images are featured in “Dear Tarrytown Schools,” a community arts project on display at Sleepy Hollow High School and available for viewing at TUFSD.org/dear-tarrytown-schools. The exhibit will be at the Warner Library throughout November and December.