Community

Surrounded by a standing-room-only crowd of friends and family members, Oswego County BOCES Career and Technical Education students were recently recognized for their commitment to their schoolwork and for their exemplary citizenship and service outside of the classroom.

Twenty-eight New York Dairy Leaders will graduate at Empire Farm Days on August 6 at 1:30 p.m. hosted by the Empire Farm Days Dairy Profit Seminar Center at the Northeast’s largest outdoor farm show at Rodman Lott and Son Farms in Seneca Falls.

The Oswego County Health Department offers a variety of services to all residents of Oswego County, including preventive health services, certified home health care, long-term home health care, certified hospice, and a maternal and child health program.

The city of Oswego Department of Parks and Recreation would like to announce that the Charles E. Gallagher Swimming Pool will be opening for the 2014 season on June 27 at 12:30 p.m.

Using the knowledge acquired in Dan Mainville’s global environment course at G. Ray Bodley High School, 11 students recently showcased their research at an environmental summit sponsored by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

In an effort to help parents better understand the math curriculum and the strategies implemented as part of the Common Core, the Fulton City School District recently hosted an information night.

Fourth graders at Lanigan Elementary School recently built on their classroom studies of geography and water navigation by getting a first-hand look at the lock system along the Oswego River.

The Oswego Minetto Elementary School students made a generous donation to the “Paws Across Oswego County” program. Students raised donations through a book sale, hat day, “Pennies for Paws” as well as through T-shirt and wrist bracelet donations.