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Oswego AmeriCorps members Paige Havener and Jacob Belcher are working in conjunction with the Fulton City Parks and Recreation office to create a summer program that’s available for children in preschool, up to sixth grade. The program will begin July 5th and run until mid-August.

Nearly 100 Fulton City School District senior athletes were recognized recently for their contributions to the Red Raider sports program over the years. Keynote speaker Tim Connors, a 2013 GRB graduate and cancer survivor, congratulated the athletes and encouraged them to strive for success amid adversity.

Talent was on display at an Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary talent show, where students performed in the high school auditorium. More than 40 acts performed, the talent ranging from singing to magic tricks to gymnastics.

Eleventh grade honors students in the Fulton City School District recently partnered with the Wisdom Thinkers Network for a community oral history project. After months of research, writing, videotaping and editing, the oral history effort culminated with a presentation and community discussion in the Fulton Education Center auditorium.

Combined, these students have volunteered 9,409.74 hours in the greater community of Central Square Central. These hours multiplied by the NY State minimum hourly wage of $9 per hour is a savings of $84,687.75 to the non-profit organizations they volunteered with.

The grant, offered through the New York State Retired Teachers Association of Oswego County, will be used towards the purchase of training materials for the First Aid and CPR Unit that all Central Square seventh graders students participate in during health class.

Several Fairgrieve Elementary students were honored during a recent Morning Express program in the school gymnasium because they followed expectations throughout the fourth quarter.

Central Square School District named two valedictorians for the 2016 graduating class: Natalie Guzelak and Brianna Grimes tied with a final GPA of 101.57.

Twelve students in grades second through sixth at Fairgrieve Elementary School were invited to a Pizza with the Principal celebration in the school library because they achieved 100 or more Accelerated Reader points and maintained at least an 80 average on AR tests from September through May.