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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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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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A food drive organized by the Fayetteville Elementary School community recently garnered more than 700 non-perishable items for local families in-need. The Fayetteville-Manlius elementary school held the drive earlier this month so that support could be given to local families who are facing challenging times during the holiday season. Students were encouraged to donate non-perishable …

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On Tuesday, Dec. 7, Fayetteville-Manlius School District residents approved a $52 million facilities project proposal that will modernize and expand F-M High School. The proposal passed in a 611 to 438 vote. The capital improvement project allows for programmatic upgrades and improvements, a better connection between the school’s House 1 and 2, centralization of administrators’ …

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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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Three Fayetteville-Manlius High School students have been chosen to participate in a panel discussion focusing on youth-generated media and the power it has to transform perspectives, tell authentic stories and assist in creating caring classroom communities. Ninth-graders Devin Hack, Brooke Kronenberg and Tess Kronenberg will join award-winning media experts for “Student Showcase: The Power of …

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To help build a positive school community, Enders Road Elementary School students recently planted dozens of colorful, whirling pinwheels in front of their school. In September, the Fayetteville-Manlius students participated in an international initiative called Pinwheels for Peace. The project encourages students to use visual artwork and words to express feelings of respect, peace, tolerance …

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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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