FULTON – Increased communication between Fulton City School District students, families and staff members is a top priority to ensure increased student achievement. That focus is one of the six tenets FCSD has begun to utilize to improve its schools and relationships.
The city of Fulton continued its tree planting program last year. New trees have been planted throughout the city in June and November.
When it comes to celebrating the holiday season, enjoying a Christmas dinner with friends is as anticipated as presents under the Christmas tree.
The Oswego County Pioneer Search and Rescue team will conduct its fourth Search and Rescue Academy in late winter and spring of 2018. The class size is limited to 20 students. Classes will start Feb. 28 and end June 10.
Emily has a New Year’s resolution, she’s going to get on the treadmill and lose some weight! Seriously, she has been with us for more than two months now and we think she is bored. She definitely enjoys sitting in the window. She plays when you put a toy right in front of her. But, she’s not a fast cat and she is surely not hyper.
Riley Elementary fourth graders hopped aboard “The Polar Express,” stopping at various holiday activity stations in the school cafeteria. The activity brought students from classrooms of Morganne Atutis, Nestor Aviles and Ashli Deming together to pair the reinforcement of academic lessons learned in English language arts with fun, holiday creations.
Chris Ells, FCSD director of health, physical education and athletics, said he was elated that five players alone from the girls’ varsity lacrosse team signed commitment letters to play Division 1 lacrosse at National Collegiate Athletic Association schools.
Volney Elementary Principal Todd Terpening beamed with pride as he announced the names of several students chosen as classroom role models. The honorees were recognized for exemplifying the character trait of empathy throughout the month of December.
Participants of SUNY Oswego’s Mentor-Scholars Program have guided several Fulton Junior High School students to a more comfortable place in their lives. Once a week, the 10 mentors from various college majors worked with 13 seventh grade and eighth grade students to boost their emotional and social skills.
For the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation’s Migrant Education Tutorial and Support Services Program, there is nothing better than being with family around the holidays.
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