Fourth graders at Altmar-Parish-Williamstown recently traded in their “Rebel blue” for Syracuse orange as they toured Syracuse University. The field trip provided the students with a first-hand glimpse of the opportunities available to them at the collegiate level.
The Oswego City School District Board of Education recognized the retirement of Brendan Fear at its June 16 meeting. Fear was director of technology, networks and information systems.
Students who achieve grade averages of 3.80 and above on the 4.00 scale are named to the President’s List, the top 7.3 percent of Oswego students.
The Oswego County Health Department offers a variety of services to all residents of Oswego County, including preventive health services, certified home health care, certified hospice, and a maternal and child health program.
Assemblyman Will Barclay will host a coffee hour from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Constantia Fire Department. The public is invited to attend.
As a reward for their reading excellence throughout the year, students at Fairgrieve Elementary school were recently afforded to opportunity to submerge one of their educators into the frigid waters of a dunking booth.
A free public reception for the artist, a recent Fayetteville-Manlius High School graduate who is a national and regional Scholastic Art Awards honoree, will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. July 18, at Oswego State Downtown.
A student who graduates with honors is indicated by the traditional Latin phrases summa cum laude, with highest honor (grade averages of 3.8 to 4.0); magna cum laude, with great honor (grade averages of 3.6 to 3.79); and cum laude, with honor (grade averages of 3.30 to 3.59).
School days are winding down. Children and families are getting ready to switch gears to summer fun. Last summer, Discovery Learning Center offered four weeks of Summer Camp fun and this year the fun is being doubled. Starting July 6, DLC will have eight fun-filled weeks of Summer Camp from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Isabelle Perry submitted the winning entry in the Asian elephant naming contest at Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse. Perry, a student in Michelle McManus’ third grade class, submitted the name Batu (“BAA-two”) and after five days of voting and 3,794 votes cast online, her submission garnered 47 percent of the total votes.
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