The rocket named “Budd” blasts off during the Volney Elementary School 6th grade rocket launch event, a culmination activity to a recent academic unit.
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Rocketry Lesson Also Teaches Perseverance To Volney 6th Graders

For Volney sixth graders, the introduction to rocketry began with three Newton’s Laws of Motion: objects at rest will stay at rest, and objects in motion will stay in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an unbalanced force; force is equal to mass times execration; and for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.

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Police Officer Joli McGrath demonstrates how her handcuff key unlocks handcuffs after she explained several of her job duties during the Fairgrieve Elementary second grade Community Day.
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2nd Grade Community Day Held At Fairgrieve Elementary

It takes several people to help a community remain safe and prosperous. That is what Fairgrieve Elementary School second grade students took away from attending a recent Community Day discussion where a hairdresser, physical therapist, factory worker, police officer and firefighters spoke about their roles and responsibilities in creating a community.

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Middle School Science Students Get First-Hand Experience Around Lake Ontario

Seventh and eighth graders from Oswego Middle School’s accelerated science program recently had the opportunity to experience first-hand the rigors and benefits of exploratory field work in a partnership with SUNY Oswego. In a full-day field trip, students were able to interact with professors and undergraduates at the Rice Creek Field Station as well as tour the college’s chemistry department labs.

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