FRANCES HORWICH, A.K.A. MISS FRANCES, THE CROTON CONNECTION

Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

FRANCES HORWICH, A.K.A. MISS FRANCIS, THE CROTON CONNECTION---Frances Rappaport Horwich (born Frances Rappaport, July 16, 1907–July 22, 2001) was an American educator, television personality and television executive. As Miss Frances, she was the host of the children's television program Ding Dong School, seen weekday mornings on the NBC network in the 1950s and nationally syndicated between 1959 and 1965.  

For a brief time she was the head of the Hessian Hills School  in Croton.  You can read more about Horwich HERE. 

YOU CAN READ AND SEE MORE ABOUT HESSIAN HILLS HERE.