Varsity teams earn scholar-athlete recognition

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) recently recognized several Fayetteville-Manlius School District athletic teams as part of its fall Scholar-Athlete program. At the end of each sports season, NYSPHSAA recognizes student-athletes and teams that have achieved academic success. To receive a NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete team award, 75 percent of students on a …

Award-winning author Dusti Bowling visits F-M students

In November, Eagle Hill Middle School and Wellwood Middle School each hosted a visit from award-winning and bestselling author Dusti Bowling. Fayetteville-Manlius School District students, in grades 5 through 8, attended a presentation given by Bowling in which she spoke about her childhood and her path to becoming a published author. She noted the importance …

District provides update on mental health initiatives

As the 2022-23 school year nears its midway point, Fayetteville-Manlius School District’s work to support the social, emotional and mental health and wellness of its students and staff members remains a top priority. The district provides support in three primary ways: educating, making connections and providing responsive services.   Earlier this fall, a publication outlining the …

F-M High School students rise to the top in photography contest

Four Fayetteville-Manlius High School students had the honor of being named finalists in the Bousquet Holstein PLLC 14th Annual Photography Contest. Each year, hundreds of entries are submitted by high school students in grades 9 through 12 from Onondaga and Tompkins counties and more than 20 finalists are recognized. This year, the following F-M students …

F-M students selected to perform at NYSSMA All-State Conference

Four Fayetteville-Manlius High School students have been selected to participate in the 2022 New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) All-State Conference. The F-M students will perform in ensembles with students from across the state at the annual NYSSMA conference in Rochester on Dec. 1-4.  Statewide, thousands of sophomores and juniors auditioned for All-State last …

F-M students advance to Regional Qualifying Spelling Bee

On Nov. 3, twenty-five Fayetteville-Manlius School District students competed in the 2022-2023 F-M Spelling Bee. In order to qualify for the spelling bee, students in grades 5 through 8 from Wellwood Middle School and Eagle Hill Middle School completed a 50 word written test. Out of the more than 130 students who took the challenging …

“Kindness Chain” grows as elementary students show acts of kindness

In an effort to encourage kindness, Fayetteville Elementary School students are documenting their acts of kindness and adding them to the Kindness Chain, which stretches through the school’s hallways. During November, the Fayetteville-Manlius School District students are asked to write down their acts of kindness on colorful strips of paper. These strips are linked together, …

Elementary students participate in an inclusion program

Last month, a group of Fayetteville-Manlius School District students had the opportunity to participate in a simulation program that teaches students what it might be like to live with differences. On Oct. 14, Enders Road Elementary School third-graders took turns rotating through stations during the We All Learn Differently Olympics, also known as WALDO. Each …

F-M senior selected for prestigious music conference

A Fayetteville-Manlius High School vocalist will soon be taking her music skills on the road. Senior Maya Perera is one of 540 high school students nationwide who has been chosen to participate in this year’s All-National Honor Ensembles as part of the National Association for Music Education’s (NAfME) annual conference, which is set to take …

Teacher’s lesson featured in PBS LearningMedia

An Eagle Hill Middle School teacher’s lesson was recently featured in support of a new PBS documentary. The documentary, The Power of Media in Shaping Americans’ Beliefs and Actions During the Holocaust, is a collaborative work between PBS documentarian Ken Burns and eighth-grade social studies teacher Mary Kate Lonergan whose lesson was crafted to support …

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