At a recent Fulton Sunrise Rotary meeting, Rotarian Carol Vescio presented Nancy Fox from CNY Arts Center. Fox spoke about the ongoing activities and plans for the center. They are very happy with their new location at the Cayuga Community College Campus.
On December 23, the stock market reached a historic high which can encourage year-end donations to The Salvation Army. “The Salvation Army offers these year-end strategies that can change lives and provide more benefits for a donor,” said John Gleason, C.F.R.E., CAP, director of Planned Giving for The Salvation Army Empire State Division, covering all of upstate New York.
Students collected a variety of foods to be distributed to Leighton School families in time for the holidays. This year, students added a new twist for some fun, and collected new and gently used books that would also be given to families.
The Oswego County Tourism Advisory Council named Carole Sponable, of Phoenix; Legislator Margaret Kastler, District 1, of Lacona; and the Winona Forest Recreation Association as the 2014 Oswego County Tourism Ambassadors at its year-end meeting.
Oswego Middle School eighth grade students in Lori Bradway-Veiga and Danielle Clemens’ Spanish classes celebrated “La Navidad” recently by making their own piñatas.
Fifth grade students from Leighton Elementary School were recently invited by professors at the Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation at SUNY Oswego, for a field trip and demonstrations specific to their classroom science curriculum. Dr. Kestas Bendinskas, editor of The American Journal of Undergraduate Research, conducted demonstrations with chemical reactions that captivated the students.
The 14 students, who participated in the performances in Mary Alice Flynn’s primary art class, read three Greek myths and acted them out in a special theatrical performance in the same way Greek tragedies were performed in ancient Greece.
This is the time of year that we usually issue warnings about all the horrible things that can happen to your pets over the holidays. If it’s not poinsettias to worry about (which it is not) then it’s mistletoe (which it is) or chocolate, or grapes or tinsel (yes to all). But you can just go online to any reputable animal welfare site, we like the ASPCA, and read all those depressing and dire warnings. We’re not saying you shouldn’t read up about them. We’re just saying, let’s have fun instead!
Students at Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School welcomed a guest speaker recently who shared her own personal history and Native American culture through her ancestry in the Onondaga Nation.
Students in Universal Pre-Kindergarten class at Lura M. Sharp Elementary School, with the assistance of former Principal Cathy Adams, recently constructed and decorated gingerbread houses in their class.
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