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Volney Elementary students truly displayed their love of reading as they celebrated Read Across America Week and Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Read Across America is an annual event recognized by the National Education Association that promotes reading for fun.

Jonathan Mooney, writer and learning activist, is scheduled to present at Hannibal High School in the Lockwood Memorial Auditorium on March 19 at 7 p.m. He is founder and president of Project Eye-To-Eye, a mentoring and advocacy non-profit organization for students with learning differences.

The students have been involved in multiple facets of the Ramp Program, previously helping to build sections for new ramps. The tear-down process involves ramps that are no longer in use and can be recycled for utilization elsewhere. Last year, ARISE built 31 ramps and took down six.

According to the most recent Oswego County Community Health Assessment, “The County has the highest adult smoking rate and obesity rate among all its neighboring counties.” With the thought that prevention is the best medicine, New Vision students decided to investigate the percentages of tobacco use in Oswego County Schools. Working in groups from multiple districts, individuals implemented student surveys in their home districts.

Kindergarten students at Granby Elementary were recently treated like royalty, as they became the main attractions of an aristocratic parade throughout the hallways of the school.

It was a bull market at Lura M. Sharp Elementary School when 17 teams from the school’s fifth grade classes invested $100,000 each in theoretical money into company stocks as they participated in The Stock Market Game. At the end of three months, seven of the teams had realized a profit, and one team stood out as the Stock Market Game champions.

The Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation provides adult learners in Oswego County with a wide range of trades and technology training and recently was approached by Exelon Generation at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear facilities units 1 and 2 to provide specific heavy equipment training for their employees.

After students in the Phoenix Central School District attended last year’s Special Olympics in Cicero, PCSD personnel were so inspired that they wanted to start their own event for Oswego County students. That idea, first pitched to administrators by physical education teacher Angie Neiss, quickly blossomed and will become a reality when Phoenix hosts the Oswego County Olympiad Invitational on May 14.

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