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Some Mexico Middle School students are getting a jumpstart on potential future career opportunities one hands-on learning experience at a time. Eighth graders enrolled in the Exploratory Occupations class are nearing the completion of their eighth and final unit of the 2017-18 school year.

From hot soup secretly made in the barracks of a concentration camp to a warm, full-Kosher luncheon in the Mexico High School library, Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan has learned to appreciate the simple joys in life.

While teachers, administrators and community members all rallied around the inaugural Oswego Middle School Safety Summit, it was a core group of students that served as the catalyst for change.

Students in Andrea Barry’s third grade classroom at New Haven Elementary School were recently tasked with creating a prosthetic leg using their academic and life skills.

Alternative Education students at the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation have provided increased access to books for children in communities where Little Free Libraries were not housed, until now.

The sounds of spring filled the air, as fifth and sixth grade students at Dennis M. Kenney Middle School delighted a packed auditorium with a variety of choral and instrumental performances.

In just a few months, staff members at Mexico Elementary School have seen Student Lighthouse Team members blossom into strong leaders. That trait was also apparent to guests of the recent student-driven Leadership Day, where Lighthouse Team participants welcomed teachers from other Mexico Academy and Central School District buildings and guided them through all of the Leader in Me-inspired highlights of the hallways, classrooms and special areas.

New Haven Elementary students who have exhibited leadership qualities throughout the first half of the 2017-2018 school year recently received the opportunity to let their leadership skills shine.

Lanigan Elementary School kindergartners recently visited Little Apple Stables, home to Sunshine Horses, a rescue group of horses which mostly were retired racers.