The Fulton District Wide Storytelling Festival was held and storytellers from throughout the district showcased their talents in telling a wide variety of stories. Participants told a folktale, fairytale, myth, legend, tall tale or fable. The stories ranged from spooky legends to hilarious tales and many had a useful moral attached that provided a bit [...]

Kristina Rathbun was going to quit school.  A straight A student whose grades sank because of problems with other students, she thought the only alternative was to leave.  Instead, she landed in a little-known district program for students with poor grades, attendance or behavior.  She and many of the nearly two dozen other students in the program are in the midst of remarkable turnarounds.

Fulton’s Board of Education meets tonight.  The board will discuss its budget for next school year, will hear an update on the district-wide construction project, consider approving two new high school courses, and more.

You can read the entire Board of Education meeting agenda at this link (pdf).

When news of the devastating earthquake in Haiti reached Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Middle School, staff members at the school knew they wanted to do something to help the victims of the natural disaster. Ryan Cobb, Dean of Students at the Middle School asked staff for their input and together they came up with an idea for a [...]

In recognition of Children’s Dental Health Month, representatives from a local orthodontist’s office spoke to students at Fairgrieve Elementary School about the importance of good dental hygiene. Nancy Negus, dental hygienist and Claudia Murray, marketing coordinator for Callahan, Flanagan and Smith, an orthodontist practice in the Fulton community presented an informative program on many areas [...]

Jean Soprano talked to the children from the Phoenix-2 Head Start Preschool/UPK/Day Care and presented Eyesly Owl, talking about how and where owls live, about their feathers and what they eat.

“Working together brings strength,” Granby Elementary School student Kelly Caza declared while presenting The Bundle of Sticks story for a panel of judges at her school’s building level competition.

 
From folklore to fable and mythical to hysterical, students from elementary through high school will present their stories at the Fulton City School District Annual Storytelling Festival [...]

The draft reviewed Tuesday night by a committee of district administrators, Board of Education members and several members of the public raises spending 3.4% but requires a 6.6% increase in the tax levy. That’s down from a 7.8% tax levy increase in the first draft of the budget, reviewed two weeks ago.

Superintendent of Schools Bill Lynch stresses that this is just a draft, and that the increases in the current draft are not acceptable.

Superintendent Mike DiFabio explains, “The board is working to understand the current language in the contracts to prepare for contracts that will be (nearing their expiration).”

The following student is on the Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement for the Fall 2009 semester from the School of Management at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

The Fulton District Wide Storytelling Festival was held and storytellers from throughout the district showcased their talents in telling a wide variety of stories. Participants told a folktale, fairytale, myth, legend, tall tale or fable. The stories ranged from spooky legends to hilarious tales and many had a useful moral attached that provided a bit [...]

Parents: Get your social life back on track! Go out “guilt-free” and have fun knowing that your children are not just waiting for you by the TV — but are having fun too!

Happy New Year to all of our readers in the tri-county region!
While our Richland facility is closed until April, the society is still active with Friday afternoon hours at the Barclay Court House in Pulaski (2nd floor over DMV, 2pm until 5) or by appointment. We got off to a rocky start following our [...]