Fayetteville-Manlius School District’s Parent Council plans to meet 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 1 via video conference. Parent Council is a forum where F-M parents and community members informally meet with the superintendent and other district staff. At each meeting, presentations and discussions take place regarding relevant and timely issues facing the school district and its …
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On May 17, Fayetteville-Manlius voters will choose three district residents to serve on the F-M Board of Education from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. Residents must collect 27 signatures from qualified school district voters to be placed on the ballot. Petitions will be available for pickup on March 1 and must be filed …
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F-M High School will present “SpongeBob SquarePants,” the musical adaptation of Nickelodeon’s long-running animated children’s sitcom of the same name. Performances will take place in F-M High School’s auditorium, located in House 1, 8201 E. Seneca Turnpike, Manlius, on the following dates and times: March 4: 7 p.m. March 5: 2 and 7 p.m. March …
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Fayetteville-Manlius High School’s 2021-22 community “Big Read” is underway, and a second meeting is coming up for individuals to discuss the selected book, “Permission to Feel” by Marc Brackett, Ph.D., founder and director of the Yale University Center for Emotional Intelligence. A kickoff event was held Jan. 25, and this second meeting will be held …
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New York state has shared at-home COVID-19 test kits with the Fayetteville-Manlius School District to distribute to students before the February school break, which is Feb. 21-25. Those kits will be given to all students in kindergarten through grade 12 today, Feb. 17. Families of students who are absent today may contact their student’s school …
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Throughout the month of February, Fayetteville-Manlius School District students are celebrating the achievements of, and learning about, notable Black Americans. At the district’s elementary and middle schools, a different Black American is highlighted either daily or weekly during the schools’ morning announcements, including poets, abolitionists and political activists. Some schools are sharing quotes from those …
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Four members of the Fayetteville-Manlius School District have recently been named to the prestigious New York State Master Teacher Program. The Master Teacher Program engages participants in peer mentoring and intensive content-oriented professional development opportunities, including regional cohort meetings in which the teachers participate in, and lead, several professional development sessions annually. On Feb. 4, …
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New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the state will continue to require face masks in schools and provide test kits to all K-12 students to use after the February school break as strategies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. During a Feb. 9 press conference, Hochul said state officials will reassess the mask …
Two seasoned authors – who are perhaps best known for the out-of-the-ordinary and humorous teen books they’ve written – recently visited Fayetteville-Manlius School District where they talked with middle school students about what it takes to draft, write and publish a book. Eagle Hill Middle School In November, non-fiction author Alicia Klepeis paid a visit …
Coming to a neighborhood near you: Fayetteville-Manlius High School students are seeking community support for the biggest fundraiser of the school year. For more than 30 years, students in grades 9-12 plan a months-long fundraising campaign, which culminates in a Dance Marathon (DM) event. Those campaigns have benefited Camp Good Days and Special Times, a …
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