The annual ceremony opened with a warm welcome from G. Ray Bodley High School Principal Donna Parkhurst and FTA Executive Vice President Karen Noel before FTA President David Derouchie offered remarks. Honorees and guests were treated to a comedic speech by GRB seniors David Houck and Jeremy Herlowski, who also were award recipients.
All students received special recognition during a Morning Express program and were encouraged by Principal Jean Sampsell to finish strongly in the fourth and final marking period.
A Great Lakes Buoys for Boaters introduction is a new addition to the 10th anniversary edition of the New York Sea Grant Discover Clean and Safe Boating campaign. The award-winning educational program has engaged more than 750,000 in how to be legal, safe, and environmentally-friendly on NY waters since 2008.
The history of the game was revealed during a recent videoconference between Caitlin Melvin’s classroom and the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. In the midst of an academic unit on sports and American culture, the connection offered Lanigan’s fifth graders insight on breaking Civil Rights barriers.
While current Fulton Junior High School eighth graders won’t become high school freshmen until the fall, the transition from FJHS to G. Ray Bodley High School has already begun. The GRB administrative team and freshmen counselors welcomed the future GRB class of 2021 during a recent eighth-to-ninth grade transition night at the high school.
Students in both the morning and afternoon Pre-K classes worked hard to learn “M-O-M-M-Y” (sung to the tune of B-I-N-G-O) and “Skinnamarinky Dinky Dink” before they performed it during the recent event.
Tomorrow, May 16, is the day to vote on the school budget and elect three people for seats on the Hannibal Board of Education. As a reminder, the vote is from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the District Office. I encourage anyone who resides within the Hannibal School District to go out and vote tomorrow. I, Heather Ladd, am running for a seat on the Board of Education as a write-in candidate.
Juniors and seniors in the Phoenix Central School District received a sobering lesson during a recent mock DWI presentation. Every other year, in the weeks leading up to prom and before summer break, the district teams with the Oswego County STOP DWI program to teach high school students about the dangers of drunken and distracted driving.
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