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Food. School. Family. Books. Clean water. These are just a few of the things that Mott Road Elementary School students expressed gratitude for during a recent school-wide project.  As part of the Fayetteville-Manlius school’s character education program, students each month participate in activities centered around such words as creativity, self-control and forgiveness. November’s theme is gratitude, and students and …

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Wellwood Middle School is partnering through its Positivity Project with local not-for-profit In My Father’s Kitchen (IMFK). IMFK provides food and basic necessities to homeless individuals where they live on the streets until the homeless individual is comfortable accepting help and working with community agencies to secure housing.  

If you grab a coffee at Starbucks in DeWitt or Fayetteville, take a moment to look at the sleeve around your coffee cup: It may have a message from a Fayetteville-Manlius School District fourth grader.   To spread kindness throughout the community, Enders Road Elementary School fourth-grade students decorated with positive and uplifting messages 2,760 coffee …

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A former wrestling superstar on a journey to inspire youth and eliminate bullying recently spoke to Fayetteville-Manlius middle school students about making positive life choices. On Oct. 22, Marc Mero presented his program, “Champion of Choices” to Wellwood Middle School students in grades 5-8. The program focuses on combating negative behaviors and self-destructive thinking while …

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The Fayetteville-Manlius School District is committed to inspiring students and promoting personal success. There are a number of facets to its strategic plan that support that vision, including a focus on teaching and learning.  One of the district’s goals under this priority area is to expand course offerings, units of study and learning opportunities that …

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With so much (mis)information a click away, several Eagle Hill Middle School students have been focusing on how to discern fact from fiction when consuming news online. This fall, a group of Fayetteville-Manlius eighth graders participated in a media literacy project that teaches students how to evaluate online news accuracy before they trust, share or …

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Inside Enders Road Elementary School, there is a quiet, cozy place where students and staff may go to reset, refocus and recharge.  The room has soft places to sit, squishy pillows to squeeze, a weighted blanket to create the feel of an enveloping hug, fidgets to occupy hands and soft “worry pets” small enough to …

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Two members of the Fayetteville-Manlius School District have been named to the New York State Master Teacher Program. On Sept. 27, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that J. Kathleen Benedict, a Fayetteville-Manlius High School science teacher, and Rachel Mason, a Fayetteville-Manlius High School math teacher, were both accepted into the four-year program.  The Master Teacher program …

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A Fayetteville-Manlius School District educator recently spent time exploring how specific events in American history are being remembered. This past summer, Eagle Hill Middle School social studies teacher Erica Aldrich attended The Seat of War and Peace at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The week-long professional development program provides participants with opportunities to learn more …

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