Community

Emerson J Dillon students celebrate with an ice cream social for receiving a quarter one gold or silver star, which indicates a grade point average above 90 or 85.

A standing-room-only crowd of faculty and family members filled the Lura M. Sharp auditorium to hear the sounds of the season during the pre-kindergarten through third grade concert.

As always, vehicles were parked down the street for the Sandy Creek Elementary Holiday Concert. A learning and appreciation for culture was evident in the performance with a Hanukkah song and even a song involving a piñata in a Mexican Christmas tradition.

Disaster Action Team volunteers from the American Red Cross of Central New York provided assistance to 24 people from five families who were displaced from their homes by three fires this week in Oswego, Onondaga and Cayuga counties.

With a focus on volunteer service, students at the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation recently donated their time doing a variety of tasks to benefit the community. The Exceptional Education program offered students a chance to volunteer by participating in activities such as making greeting cards, ringing the bell for the Salvation Army, making blankets and packing food boxes for those in need.

Fifth graders at Lura M. Sharp Elementary School in Pulaski wrote letters to Santa recently, but not to ask for presents for themselves. Their letters were selfless acts to help benefit the Central New York Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation through the Macy’s “Believe” Campaign.

Pulaski Senior High Chorus and band gave a stellar performance at the Holiday Concert