Generous Contributions to APW’s BackPack Program
There have been several generous contributions from the community in support of Altmar-Parish-Williamstown’s BackPack Program the last couple of months.
There have been several generous contributions from the community in support of Altmar-Parish-Williamstown’s BackPack Program the last couple of months.
Character.org recently awarded Millard Hawk Primary School with a 2016 Promising Practice National Award for their “Knots of Love” project that took place earlier this year.
Dr. Damian Schofield, director of Human Computer Interaction at SUNY Oswego, recently visited the students of Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District to share his thoughts, research and work on new emerging technologies.
Dee Schafer, a representative of Wanderers Rest in Canastota, visited the class with three of her therapy dogs to share about the mission of the shelter and to thank the students for their very appreciated donations.
The Oswego High School Jazz Ensembles will present its annual Evening of Big Band Jazz. This yearly tradition brings in an outstanding professional jazz musician to perform with our bands.
Several Fairgrieve Elementary School students were recently recognized for exceeding classroom expectations of respect, responsibility, safety and problem solving throughout the month of April.
Sixteen third and fourth grade students participated in the 16th annual Inventive Minds Invitational recently, where they competed with students from Wayne County school districts to recognize a problem, develop strategies to work through the problem and develop an invention to solve the problem.
Lanigan students enjoyed a performance called “StoryFaces” by artist and storyteller Christopher Agostino, a presentation about the art of storytelling through face painting.
Agostino shared the history of ancient storytelling as well as some of the same face painting techniques that are used by professionals in Hollywood.
The annual awards initiative provides a financial boost for high school seniors who plan to attend college next year and who perform exceptionally on Regents exams in the four core subjects.
Fairgrieve Elementary School fifth and sixth graders recently explored a variety of job options and post-secondary learning opportunities as part of the third annual College and Career Fair.
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