Local dignitaries, school administrators and community representatives were on hand to commend the students for their dedication and volunteer service as part of the 18th annual President’s Youth Volunteer Service Award dinner.
Financial plans for public schools are built on a delicate balance between reasonable expenditures, and revenue from state aid and taxes. In finding balance with the proposed budget for the 2014-2015 school year, the district leaders and members of the board of education have worked diligently to craft a spending plan that is efficient yet supportive of our educational mission. Over the next several weeks, as your superintendent of schools, I will be presenting the budget to various groups and answering questions to inform our community of the budget proposal.
“New York in the World,” a documentary produced by SUNY Oswego-based WRVO Public Media, has won a 2014 regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association. The association has honored outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Murrow Awards since 1971.
Sixth grade students at Granby Elementary School recently ended a unit on ancient Greece. As a final assessment for the unit, students were assigned a research project. These projects were then shared with the school during a Greek Festival, held in the school’s main lobby.
The Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Junior High School has announced its honor roll for the third marking period of the 2013-2014 academic year.
Wednesday at 9 a.m., the Cleveland Elementary principal Mike Smolnik did a Polar Bear Plunge into Oneida Lake. This was part of a challenge to raise items for the North Shore food pantry that is run out of the Cleveland Elementary School.
There were plenty of reasons to celebrate at Fairgrieve Elementary School on Thursday as 22 students earned recognition for their good behavior and the glee club performed a song. During the school’s Morning Express program the fourth-grade glee club sang “From the Inside Out,” which underscored the importance of self-control, April’s Virtue of the Month.
The overnight package will be one of the featured door prizes at the raffle drawing event on May 31. In addition to the many prize giveaways, the “Bundle of Bucks” Raffle drawing will pay cash prizes totaling up to $25,000 when all tickets are sold.
The Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Faculty Association and the Pulaski Teachers’ Association will be sponsoring the 3rd Annual Health and Safety Fair on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ringgold Fire Department.
Exploration Night put the world quite literally at the fingertips of Altmar-Parish-Williamstown students. The APW Parent-Teacher-Student Association coordinates a learning exploration event each school year as a way to kick off the school’s Parents/People as Reading Partners initiative.
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