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The Pulaski Historical Society will have activities for Screen-Free Week on on April 26 from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be an interactive gathering in the Carriage House featuring old and new activities.

Several students from Emerson J. Dillon Middle School in Phoenix were recognized for their contributions as good citizens throughout the school. The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth graders exhibited positive character traits and became role models for classmates throughout the school.

More than 200 Emerson J. Dillon Middle School students will be rewarded for their academic successes on May 4 when they attend a Syracuse Chief’s baseball game. The honorees earned gold or silver stars for the third quarter of the 2015-2016 school year.

During a recent Morning Express program, Fairgrieve Elementary School Principal Jean Ciesla congratulated several students for being named by their classroom teachers as the most improved students throughout the month of April.

Michael A. Maroun Elementary fourth grade students recently performed their last elementary concert at the school. The sharply-dressed students brought their confidence and smiles to the “What a Wonderful World”-themed spring concert, which was held in the intermediate cafeteria and gymnasium.

The John C. Birdlebough High School Earth Science Honors class boasted academic exploration during the annual Earth Science Honors Research Symposium, held in the JCB library. The symposium was a culmination of six months of student research based on climate change.

Several Emerson J. Dillon Middle School students were recently recognized for improving their academics from the second quarter to the third quarter. Honorees received a Jump Shot Award for achieving an overall average of 65 or higher and for increasing their average by five points.

Kristen Munger, associate dean of the SUNY Oswego School of Education, has edited and co-authored a new Open SUNY textbook on research-driven literacy teaching practices. “Steps for Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice” recently became the college’s first contribution to the open-access library of State University-published textbooks.

SUNY Oswego professor Dr. Damian Schofield, director of the college’s graduate program in human-computer interaction, spoke recently to Syracuse-area high school students at STEM Careers Day at Upstate Medical University’s Biotech Accelerator on East Fayette Street.