Imagine being a child in school, and you have no functional way to communicate what you need or want. You can’t read or write. Maybe you are sad or mad. Maybe you’re tired, hungry or sick, but no one understands you when you try to express your feelings, and you don’t understand what it is …
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More than a dozen Fayetteville-Manlius High School students recently picked up sanders, drills, hammers and nails to help build wooden bunk beds for local families in need. Eighteen students recently spent time volunteering their handiwork at the Syracuse chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP), which is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to building, assembling …
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Seven Fayetteville-Manlius High School students will represent their school at a state-level history contest in April and compete for the opportunity to advance to the national competition. The National History Day competition is held annually at regional, state and national levels. Students work independently or in small groups to complete a research project on a …
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Throughout the month of February, Fayetteville-Manlius School District students are celebrating the achievements of, and learning about, notable Black Americans. At the district’s elementary and middle schools, a different Black American is highlighted either daily or weekly during the schools’ morning announcements, including poets, abolitionists and political activists. Some schools are sharing quotes from those …
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Four members of the Fayetteville-Manlius School District have recently been named to the prestigious New York State Master Teacher Program. The Master Teacher Program engages participants in peer mentoring and intensive content-oriented professional development opportunities, including regional cohort meetings in which the teachers participate in, and lead, several professional development sessions annually. On Feb. 4, …
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Fayetteville-Manlius School District’s director of instructional technology was recently recognized as one of six school district administrators from across the country who are leading innovation in their school districts. Laurel Chiesa, who has worked for the F-M district for 13 years, received a Tech & Learning Innovative Leader Award during the Tech & Learning Leadership …
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Several Fayetteville-Manlius High School students are taking their music education to the next level. NYSSMA Area All State Festival and Winter Conference Twenty-two students were recently selected as active members or alternate participants for New York State School Music Association’s (NYSSMA) Area All State Festival and Winter Conference, which was held in December at the …
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Thanks to the generosity of the Fayetteville-Manlius School District community, the holidays were brighter for dozens of local children-in-need. During the month of December, Fayetteville-Manlius High School’s Spanish Club collected new and unwrapped toys, games, puzzles and more for its 20th annual holiday toy drive, The Wish Tree, which benefits underprivileged children who live in …
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