The Central Square Robotics Club’s VEX team, the Robo Eagles, had a huge day at the recent New York State Championships, taking home several top awards and qualifying for the VEX World Championships in Lousiville, Kentucky.
Mexico High School students showcased their incredible talent during the school’s recent “Footloose” musical.
Tom Briggs, director of the recent Quirk’s Players’ musical, “Annie,” said the decades-old tradition of showcasing select scenes from their productions has been successful twofold. It prepares the actors, actresses and crew for their public performances and opens up the world of theater to several young children.
One of Central NY’s most active Christian Rock bands is gearing up for a new season of its popular passion concert “Tenebrae.” Telling of the battle between light and darkness, during Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem first appeared at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Fulton in 2013.
Several Mexico Middle School students took home top honors for the local portion of the annual Patriot’s Pen national writing contest. Collin Hatch took home a first place finish at the local level, while Matthew Purchas came in second, Matthew Morrel came in third and Kaylee Drake came in fourth.
Three Central Square alumni were recently inducted into the school district’s wall of distinction, an honor bestowed to individuals whose hard work, dedication and volunteerism have benefited the school and community. The fourth annual wall of distinction ceremony recognized Dean Burdick, Maryellen Commisso and Kenneth Sherman.
Fairgrieve Elementary was the lucky local school to benefit from TCC Verizon’s Culture of Good initiative.
Store manager David Janes and representative John Budd recently visited the school to deliver several boxes full of school supplies for Fairgrieve classrooms.
Perseverance is not giving up when you feel defeated. That was the message Syracuse Silver Knights professional indoor soccer players Andrew Coughlin and Ben Ramin gave to Volney Elementary, as an introduction to the school’s Virtue of the Month for March.
Fairgrieve Elementary School teachers recently honored one student from each of their classrooms for exceeding expectations throughout the month of February.
While the fifth grade classes at Oswego’s Kingsford Park and San Antonio, Texas’ Windcrest elementary schools may be thousands of miles apart, a collaborative distance learning program in the Oswego City School District is connecting students with peers anywhere in the world.
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