The Fayetteville-Manlius School District Girls Varsity Soccer Team has been recognized for excellence both on and off the field. United Soccer Coaches, the world’s largest soccer coaches’ organization, named the F-M team as one of 23 high school teams and nine college programs as recipients of the United Soccer Coaches Team Pinnacle Award for the …
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Fayetteville-Manlius parents and guardians will have several upcoming opportunities to learn about, and provide feedback on, the school district’s initiative to investigate changing its schools’ start times. In spring 2019, the F-M Board of Education tasked Daniel Lewin of the Children’s National Health System, which specializes in a range of pediatric services and research, including …
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On Friday, Oct. 16, the Onondaga County Health Department notified the Fayetteville-Manlius School District that a Mott Road Elementary School teacher tested positive for COVID-19. Based on contact tracing, the district has determined that Mott Road can remain open for in-person instruction. At this time, the teacher who tested positive is in isolation and another …
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Six Fayetteville-Manlius High School students are semifinalists in the 66th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The F-M students are among 16,000 students—a select group that represents less than 1% of high school seniors nationwide—who qualified for the scholarship program by scoring among the highest in their respective states on the Preliminary Standardized Achievement Test (PSAT). …
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To protect the health and safety of students and staff, the number of spectators permitted at Fayetteville-Manlius School District’s athletic events remains limited. Reducing spectator capacity helps ensure the district is adhering to local and state health guidelines that are designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, according to F-M Director of Physical Education and …
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Three Fayetteville-Manlius High School seniors were selected to participate in the 2020 All-National Honor Ensembles as part of the National Association for Music Education’s (NAfME) annual conference. F-M seniors Sadie Fridley, Lindsay Hebert and Gerard McCrohan were among 50 New York state students chosen to participate. The All-National Honor Ensembles represent the top performing high …
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Updated Oct. 13, 2020: USDA recently announced the free school meals program has been extended to include the duration of the 2020-21 school year. The story below, which was originally posted in September, has been updated to reflect the deadline extension. Fayetteville-Manlius School District’s Food Service Department is making sure the district’s most vulnerable students …
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The Fayetteville-Manlius School District is adding another layer of precaution to its health and safety protocols for in-person instruction. On Oct. 10, parents and guardians will begin receiving a weekly email via SchoolMessenger asking them to complete by noon on Mondays an online health attestation for each child in their family who is participating in …
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For the 10th consecutive year, the Fayetteville-Manlius School District maintained its number two ranking in academics out of 430 Upstate public school districts, according to a Buffalo-based business magazine. In the Syracuse Area, which includes 54 school districts within Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego and Tompkins counties, F-M ranked first. On Oct. 5, the magazine, …
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Fayetteville-Manlius School District officials recently learned that two students who are attending school remotely have tested positive for COVID-19. On Friday, Oct. 2, F-M officials learned that a Wellwood Middle School student who has been attending school remotely since the start of the 2020-21 school year has tested positive for the virus. On Oct. 7, …
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