The Fulton Family YMCA will hold a Girls Rock workshop during winter break. This is a one-day workshop is designed to give a preview of our positive self-esteem boosting program. Girls Rock is designed to transform self-doubts and insecurities into self-love and worth.
Hundreds of sophomores from throughout Oswego County recently gathered together at the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation during the annual Career and Technical Education 10th grade orientation.
Members of the Oswego City School District’s Athletics Department are making their impact felt outside the gym this holiday season as student-athletes and coaches are pitching on service and charity efforts throughout their community. Bucs from all sports have been involved in the effort, said OCSD Director of Physical Education and Athletics Rhonda Bullard.
“Our students recognize that these are the men and women who are working each day to make our community safer and we wanted to show them we appreciate them during the holiday time,” said OMS Principal Mary Beth Fierro.
For students at Pulaski Academy and Central School District, the joy of reading will now be coupled with the thrill of competition. Twenty-one sixth grade students at Pulaski Middle School will compete in a Battle of the Books event, the first time the district has participated in the program.
A new group offering support for those who are experiencing grief due to the loss of someone close has begun meeting the fourth Tuesday of every month at St. Luke Health Services in Oswego. The next meeting takes place on December 26, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Lynn Dumas, a third grade student at Sandy Creek Elementary was looking for a way to raise money, so she created what she called fidgets: flour filled balloons that students could squeeze to ease stress or anxiety and help them focus in the classroom. She created the fidgets at home and sold them to her friends and classmates, earning about $20 for her efforts. It’s what she did with the money that showed her true spirit of generosity.
In celebration of the holiday season, the residents of St. Francis Commons hosted a poinsettia fundraiser to create a “Living Poinsettia Tree” the dining room. Family members have purchased poinsettias plants as a beautiful tribute honoring loved ones.
As part of the students’ “Different Lands, Similar Stories” English language arts unit, the children worked with their families to research and then create a house from a culture other than their own.
On Saturday, the Oswego Sub Shop Peewees hosted Valley and emerged victorious with a 6-3 final score. On Sunday, they overpowered Corning, 9-1.
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