Granby Elementary School students are hitting the ground running this school year, literally. A newly formed running club, spearheaded by teachers Jennifer Killian and Danielle Bovay, aims to get students moving on the path to a healthy lifestyle. The group meets for an hour every weekday and it is open to students in third through sixth grades.
The John C. Birdlebough High School’s fall play production will be the comic Western “True Desperados.” Show dates and times are Oct. 30 at 4 p.m.; Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m.; and Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $5 for students and senior citizens and $7 for adults. The play harkens back to the days before television when families sat by the radio every night and listened to their favorite shows.
This year’s Champion Award recipients for excellence in traffic safety education were honored at a breakfast recently at Battle Island in Fulton. The awards are sponsored by the Oswego County Traffic Safety Board and funded through the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee.
The Oswego County Legislature’s Human Services Committee presented John Heretyk with a certificate of appreciation for his 30 years of service. Heretyk is a senior case manager at the Oswego County Department of Social Services.
Mrs. Pulverenti’s fourth grade class participated in a four-way videoconference called “Around NYS in 60 Minutes,” which connected classrooms from four separate regions of New York State. Each classroom provided a short presentation on their geographic location to the other classrooms watching, without ever saying their region’s name.
In keeping with October’s theme of Breast Cancer Awareness, Recognizing Oswego County has selected two Community Champions who are active in the fight against cancer in Oswego County. The Community Champions for October are Carl Emmons and Liz Lucas.
Dreary fall weather couldn’t keep the Phoenix community indoors on Saturday, as hundreds ventured into the cold for the Safety Expo. For the better part of a decade, the Phoenix Central School District Transportation Department has organized the event, which unites students, community members and local agencies for a day of safety and fun.
Novelis is introducing these manufacturing robots into its hot mill manufacturing process. The robotic arms will perform various machine functions, such as marking rolls of aluminum accordingly.
Forty employees from Novelis will attend a training provided by an ABB Robotics employee to learn how the machines work.
First established to provide cost-effective shared educational programs and services to school districts throughout Oswego County, CiTi now serves a student population of approximately 22,000 and provides a diverse mix of innovative student programs as well as educational and management support services to school districts in Oswego County and beyond.
The fourth graders at Sandy Creek Elementary School experienced a little bit of Native American culture from performer and teaching artist Dave Ruch. Ruch brought along a handmade rattle made by the Iroquois and had the children guess what materials the Iroquois might have used to make such an instrument long ago.
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