Granby Elementary Principal Heather Witter is serving up slices of fun during a school-wide classroom attendance competition. In an effort to increase attendance rates across all grade levels, Witter said students have been tasked with encouraging one another to be present and on time every day of the 2017-18 school year.
FULTON – Increased communication between Fulton City School District students, families and staff members is a top priority to ensure increased student achievement. That focus is one of the six tenets FCSD has begun to utilize to improve its schools and relationships.
Riley Elementary fourth graders hopped aboard “The Polar Express,” stopping at various holiday activity stations in the school cafeteria. The activity brought students from classrooms of Morganne Atutis, Nestor Aviles and Ashli Deming together to pair the reinforcement of academic lessons learned in English language arts with fun, holiday creations.
Chris Ells, FCSD director of health, physical education and athletics, said he was elated that five players alone from the girls’ varsity lacrosse team signed commitment letters to play Division 1 lacrosse at National Collegiate Athletic Association schools.
Volney Elementary Principal Todd Terpening beamed with pride as he announced the names of several students chosen as classroom role models. The honorees were recognized for exemplifying the character trait of empathy throughout the month of December.
Participants of SUNY Oswego’s Mentor-Scholars Program have guided several Fulton Junior High School students to a more comfortable place in their lives. Once a week, the 10 mentors from various college majors worked with 13 seventh grade and eighth grade students to boost their emotional and social skills.
For the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation’s Migrant Education Tutorial and Support Services Program, there is nothing better than being with family around the holidays.
More than 200 Fulton Junior High School students were recognized by building administration for achieving Very Important People status in the first marking period.
Second graders in the Phoenix Central School District took their studies around the globe as part of a holiday-inspired lesson prior to Christmas break. Students used their imaginations to travel to Sweden, Germany, England and Mexico.
Fulton City School District students in grades four through six are moving toward a healthier lifestyle. Chris Ells, FCSD director of health, physical education and athletics, said that is because all students at those grade levels now receive 40 minutes of physical education three times each week, as 120 weekly minutes of PE is required by the New York State Education Department.
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