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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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Four Fayetteville-Manlius High School photography students recently transformed everyday moments into images that have been recognized as among the best student photography in Onondaga County. F-M High School seniors Catherine Jia, Aum Patel and Hali Seidberg and sophomore Kathleen Stevens were named finalists in the 2021 Bousquet Holstein Annual High School Photography Contest, which is …

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A Fayetteville-Manlius High School sophomore’s opinion article she wrote for the school newspaper was recently recognized as among the best student journalism.  Arusha Ramaswamy, co-editor for the Opinions section in The Buzz, has received a “Best of SNO” award for her recent opinion article, “The difference in the responses to BLM and anti-mask protests, and …

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F-M High School senior Eddie Elliott recently won first place in the 2021 New York State Archives Student Research Awards for a paper he researched and wrote about the Syracuse Salt Company. The awards program is designed to encourage students to explore the wealth of historical records held in in New York state’s historical records …

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Twenty-one Fayetteville-Manlius High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2022 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who …

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The Fayetteville-Manlius School District and each of its six schools received an A+ in Niche’s 2022 Best Schools and Districts Rankings. Comprised of data scientists, engineers and parents, the Niche organization each year analyzes public data sets and millions of reviews to produce comprehensive rankings, report cards and profiles for every K-12 school, college and …

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The Fayetteville-Manlius School District is again offering a custom program that connects F-M students with mental health support within the local community. As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance student wellness, the district recently entered into an agreement with local mental health care provider Melissa Carman, Ph.D, LMHC. As part of the partnership, Carman …

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