In January, the Fayetteville-Manlius boys varsity ice hockey team honored more than twenty faculty and staff members from F-M, Tully, Bishop Grimes, and East Syracuse Minoa school districts at their Teacher Appreciation Night. Every year, the team selects a home game to be designated as Teacher Appreciation Night. Each student-athlete on the team invites a …
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Fayetteville-Manlius School District has formed its first Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Education. The committee will support the district’s priority of creating a welcoming school community where everyone feels respected, included, valued and connected. Forty members have been selected to serve on the inaugural committee, comprised of parents, teachers, students, administrators, support …
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Eighth-grade students at Eagle Hill Middle School recently finished a program that provided opportunities to reflect on their own identities and cultures, affirm other’s identities and cultures and celebrate diversity. Fifteen Eagle Hill Middle School students and fifteen Grant Middle School students from the Syracuse City School District participated in this year’s 8th Grade Dialogue …
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In January, F-M students focused on relieving and managing stress and anxiety. Wellness Day, a half-day of school that coincides with the last day of the second marking period, is dedicated to students’ mental, social, emotional and physical well-being. “As we get toward the end of a marking period there are added stressors for students …
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A media association based at Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications recently recognized Fayetteville-Manlius High School journalism students for the work they do to bring their school community together. In December, Empire State School Press Association (ESSPA) awarded F-M High School’s student-produced daily television program, FMTV with the 2022 Service to School Award. The …
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Eagle Hill Middle School students recently participated in a series of workshops geared towards cultivating inclusivity and raising awareness of inequity. The workshops ran in conjunction with Wellness Day, which is dedicated to students’ mental, social, emotional and physical well-being. William DeSantis, a mental health educator within the Fayetteville-Manlius School District, prefaced the workshops with …
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During this past holiday season, Fayetteville-Manlius students were looking out for others. In November and December, Enders Road, Fayetteville and Mott Road elementary schools each held non-perishable food drives in support of the F-M Food Pantry. Students collected more than 4,300 food donations for the community organization, which supports F-M families who are facing challenging …
With the help of her school, Fayetteville Elementary first-grader June Finnegan recently turned unimaginable grief into positive action. Earlier this school year, the Fayetteville-Manlius School District student and her family experienced a devastating loss when June’s three-year-old brother, Kian passed away after a 33-month battle with brain cancer. The devastating loss affected the many people …
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In December, Fayetteville-Manlius School District hosted an electric bus informational session that was attended by district leaders from across Central New York, including Jamesville-DeWitt, West Genesee, Fabius-Pompey, and Pulaski central school districts. The session included an in-person electric bus tour and demonstration, as well as a presentation led by representatives from Blue Bird, the leading …
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Several budding Fayetteville-Manlius middle school engineers will soon have another chance to demonstrate their solution to the energy crisis. Last month, Wellwood Middle School’s robotics club competed in the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) event “Super Powered,” which challenged participating students to design, build and code a robot that can improve how renewable energy is stored …
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