A fourth Fayetteville-Manlius School District school has been designated as a National Blue Ribbon School, an honor reserved for public and private K-12 schools that have achieved high levels of academic success or have made significant improvement in closing achievement gaps. On Sept. 21, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona designated 325 schools, including F-M’s …
An Eagle Hill Middle School teacher is the first graduate of a new regional academy focused on media literacy skills. Social studies teacher Mary Kate Lonergan earned her Media Literacy Educator certification from PBS. WSKG, the PBS/NPR affiliate station serving New York state’s Southern Tier region, provided supporting resources and workshops designed to guide teachers …
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The Fayetteville-Manlius School District has been invited by a national educational organization to serve as a case study and model of an exemplary school district. AASA, The School Superintendents Association, has asked the district to apply for membership in its Learning 2025 Network of Demonstration Systems. AASA defines a demonstration system as an educational system …
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Although it was summer vacation, Fayetteville-Manlius School District’s elementary schools buzzed with activity during the district’s 2021 Summer Literacy Camp. About 130 elementary school students spent a portion of their summer at the schools maintaining the literacy gains they made during the previous school year. Each school of the district’s three elementary schools hosted a …
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The College Board recently recognized high school students across the country who have shown outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on Advanced Placement (AP) Exams during the 2020-21 school year. In 2021, Fayetteville-Manlius School District students earned a total of 142 AP Scholar-level distinctions. AP Scholar Award The College Board grants AP Scholar awards to …
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Fayetteville-Manlius High School was again named a New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete School of Distinction. Schools can apply for School of Distinction status by having 100% of its varsity teams qualify for and receive the Scholar-Athlete team award during their respective sports seasons. Winners will be presented a certificate and a …
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A Fayetteville-Manlius High School student recently qualified to compete in the Junior Gold Championships, an annual national tournament for the top male and female young bowlers in the United States. Junior Adam Koss is one of 75 New York state students who qualified to compete in the boys national competition. Bowlers qualify for the tournament …
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Wellwood Middle School students took on a schoolwide collaborative art project to create a hallway mural made up of more than 3,000 miniature paintings. More than 350 students from all grade levels participated in the project, including developing the design, choosing the font and color scheme and assembling the individual pieces in the hallway. The …
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A Fayetteville-Manlius High School rising-senior qualified to compete at the recent National History Day 2021 National Contest where she earned two significant awards. PeiLin Lu, a member of F-M High School’s National History Day Club, was a top 10 finalist in the Senior Exhibit category for her project entitled, “Anna May Wong: Advancing Asian-American Representation …
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Eagle Hill Middle School students recently completed a cross-curricular project that entailed delving deep into the events and stories of World War II and then using their media literacy skills to produce a podcast or documentary. Eighth-grade teachers Emily Baickle, English language arts (ELA), and Mary Kate Lonergan, social studies, teamed up for the project …
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