Oswego Students Return To The Classroom

by Steve Yablonski | September 6, 2017 10:58 pm

OSWEGO – Hundreds of students returned to the classroom Wednesday in the Oswego City School District.

“Freshman First Day has been going very well,” said OCSD Executive Director of Secondary Education and Personnel Dr. Heidi Sweeney.

She was the school’s principal last year for the first Freshman First Day.

Thursday will be the regular opening day for the other OHS students.

Read about Freshman First Day here[1]

Things were going smoothly at Kingsford Park Elementary School, also.

Principal Dr. Mary Volkomer said she was visiting all the classrooms, welcoming the students back.

“Today was a great day! The first day of school brings so much excitement,” she said. ” This afternoon, I asked a student if he had a good day. He said, ‘No, I had a Great Day!’ He may not have realized it but he made my day feel that way too. It is so wonderful to see so many returning smiling faces and plenty of new faces dressed with nervous enthusiasm. You can’t help but love it every year.”

“We have a wonderful group of students and families here again at KPS. It’s going to be a fantastic year,” she added.

“Today was great at OMS! We’re having a wonderful first day,” Principal MaryBeth Fierro told Oswego County Today. “The students and staff are happy to be back. It was wonderful seeing all of our new seventh graders enter the building – and our eighth graders return. Lots of smiling faces and positive energy at OMS today.”

They held an extended first period opening day in order to answer student questions, review the student planner and handbook and give the students time to practice their lockers.

Fierro and members of her staff visited classes and lunch periods in order to make first connections with our students, she added.

It was an emotional time for some parents leaving their child for the first day of school.

There were some parents who were a little teary eyed, said Dr. Linda Doty, Charles E. Riley Elementary, principal. “We keep an ‘opening day’ box of tissues just inside the door,” she added.

Every year, on the first day, all the students come out and surround the peace pole in the front of the school.

“It’s a tradition. We have a special pledge that we do,” the principal said. “Everybody arrived A-OK! We are off to a fantastic Riley start. We are planning on teaming with students and parents to read together. We also have a Math and Movement project.”

Xander Scaringi said he was “excited to be moving up to first grade.”

He was accompanied to school by his two-month-old puppy, Odin. As he headed in to meet his new teacher, Odin was going back home, and to obedience school.

“We had a great opening day. Many students entered the building and reached their arms out to the familiar faces of our staff,” said Kara Shore, Leighton Elementary principal. “All of the students reminded me of what grade they were in and many of the students shared their first snack of the year with their friends.”

“All of the staff welcomed our students with open arms and did whatever it took to keep them excited about the learning of the day,” she added. “We, as a staff, are so proud of our school and we can’t wait for another great day to begin tomorrow!

Motorists Beware

“At the beginning of each school year, the Oswego City Police Department has officers specifically assigned to the various school zones in the city during the first several days to serve as a reminder that school is back in session and that due care needs to be exercised,” Police Chief Tory DeCaire said. “Speeding in school zones, aggressive driving and passing stopped school buses are typical areas in which special attention is given.”

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