Tell me about Pelham (houses, elementary school, living in)

[jaymtea]

I'm mostly interested in the schools. We're looking at houses with Siwanoy as the elementary school.
Are the schools in Pelham as good as the greatschools numbers say?

What about living in the town with two little kids? I don't think there's a town pool in pelham, but are there town events or things to do with the kids? I'm thinking about things like fireworks for the 4th in town or a town easter egg hunt....

We're also not looking at houses that are a million+. We'd definitely have one of the more modest homes in the area. Is there a lot of pressure to keep up with your neighbors? Are the kids going to have problems in school if they don't have Prada sneakers? (Does Prada even make sneakers? )

Thanks is advance for all the info. We live in the north east Bronx now, so I know that Pelham is a lovely town, but I don't know the inner workings at all.....