The first Kingsford Park Elementary School Bookmark Contest was held over the past month, according to Jeremy Shanly, the contest organizer and KPS library media specialist. Students designed their bookmarks based around the theme “So much to see and do at my school library.”
Pulaski High School student Sarah Clark earned national recognition and a silver medal in The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of 2015. Clark has been identified by panels of creative professionals as one of the most talented young artists in the nation. 300,000 works of art and writing were submitted and only one percent of those students were recognized at the national level.
Last summer, Vanessa Langdon served as an AmeriCorps member at the Fulton Public Library. She initiated a successful Teen Advisory Council and oversaw a group of teens who met weekly to improve the library’s teen book section and participated in a book club. They also did a cleanup project that beautified the library grounds. She will return for her third term of service with Oswego AmeriCorps this summer.
The Fulton City School District recently brought in local businesses and organizations for a “Making Connections Day,” aimed at educating teachers and staff on the career opportunities that are available for students in the community. Fields such as human services, government, business, technology, agriculture and more were present.
One of the area’s most anticipated and largest golf tournaments, the United Way of Greater Oswego County’s Annual Golf Classic is looking to be bigger than ever this year. Scheduled for July 13, the event will be held at one of Central New York’s finest private golf courses, the Oswego County Club.
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