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Fayetteville-Manlius School District senior Angela Wu recently received an $800 scholarship from the German-American Society of Central New York. On April 29, Angela was honored at the society’s annual German Student Scholarship Night, along with four other students from area high schools. The German-American Society of CNY established the German Student Scholarship Program to provide …

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Fayetteville Elementary School’s sixth annual Dads Night comedy show raised $1,650 to be equally split between the Fayetteville Elementary Home and School Association and local nonprofit Helping Hounds Dogs Rescue. The April show, “Escape from TV Land,” featured spoofs on school traditions and popular culture, choreographed dance routines and appearances by parents, school staff members …

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On May 21, voters will decide on the purchase of five buses: three 71-passenger school buses, one of which would have a luggage box, one 36-passenger bus and one 56-passenger, wheelchair-accessible school bus. Each of the buses would include air conditioning, and the total purchase cost would not exceed $675,137. All school buses must pass …

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Two Fayetteville-Manlius High School students recently earned recognition for superior achievement in career and technical education fields. Earlier this spring, F-M seniors Hanna Breen and Taqaneessa Desmond were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS). Hanna and Taqaneessa are each enrolled in New Vision programs through Onondaga – Cortland – Madison Counties BOCES. New …

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Two Fayetteville-Manlius High School students’ academic excellence contributed to them earning opportunities to study abroad in Germany. Junior Ian Bryant received the U.S. Department of State’s Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) High School scholarship to live in Germany with a host family and attend a German high school for the 2019-20 academic year. Eligibility requires students …

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Fayetteville-Manlius High School has once again been named among the best public high schools in the nation and is the highest ranking public high school in Onondaga County, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best U.S. High Schools rankings. In the rankings, released on April 30, F-M High School landed 67th out of 1,204 …

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Fayetteville-Manlius High School’s production of “Newsies” has been nominated for 13 Syracuse High School Theatre Awards, including Best Overall in the Large Schools category. Winners will be announced June 2 during the fifth annual Syracuse High School Theatre Awards event, which will take place at the Landmark Theatre in downtown Syracuse. Advance Media New York …

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When children’s author Kate Messner visited the Fayetteville-Manlius School District in April, she made sure to bring along with her at least one of her (seven) writer’s notebooks. “You just never know,” she told a group of Fayetteville Elementary School second-graders while holding up her chosen notebook for the day: a spiral bound pad wrapped …

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Several Fayetteville-Manlius High School seniors are getting ready to compete at the next level. Seventeen F-M student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent and will continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level during the 2019-20 school year. The students participated in an official signing ceremony on April 11 in front of family, friends and coaches …

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