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The Food Service team from Bishop’s Commons at St. Luke, led by director Stacia Steinbach, will be adding a little spice to the Warm Up Oswego Festival this weekend when they enter their favorite recipe in the Chili Cook-Off competition taking place on Saturday. The Chili Cook-Off will be held from 1 – 3 p.m. at King Arthur’s Suites.

In an effort to keep up with new age technology and promote education gain, both students and teachers in the Hannibal Central School District are learning how to properly utilize iPads. Technology integration specialist Amy Spath has been providing lessons throughout the district to help guide students and district personnel on how to properly make use of iPads.

At the start of the 2014-2015 school year, the Hannibal Central School District began to incorporate a research-based approach to planning instruction to increase student achievement, and positive results are already beginning to show. The district is incorporating data-driven instruction into classrooms, a concept that asks teachers to use results from assessments to drive instructional decision-making.

Job Corps, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, offers free career technical training for 16 – 24 year olds in auto mechanics, auto body repair, medical & business office, C.N.A., L.P.N, construction, culinary arts, security guard and more.

Performer and teaching artist Dave Ruch visited Lanigan Elementary recently and gave a musical and historical performance to Lanigan fourth graders. The concert included ancient songs about our state’s history including the Iroquois Native Americans, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Erie Canal and more.

In conjunction with the Fulton City School District’s implementation of the Positive Behavior, Interventions and Supports initiative, Fairgrieve holds monthly award assemblies to recognize students whose actions exemplify positive character traits. One student from each class is selected as an “expectation expert.”

Several Michael A Maroun kindergarteners and first graders were recognized for their display of responsibility during the month of January. Each student received an ice cream coupon valid at the school cafeteria as an award. Peer support shown through as the applause rang through the room as each student was called.

History was recently made during a physical education class at John C. Birdlebough High School, as a select group of students braved bitter cold temperatures and steady snow fall to become the first to participate in a snowshoeing exercise.

APW has created a BackPack Program, which has the goal of providing students who have been identified by the district to be at risk of hunger on weekends with a bag of nutritious food each Friday throughout the school year.