Month: November 2022

Four Fayetteville-Manlius High School students have been selected to participate in the 2022 New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) All-State Conference. The F-M students will perform in ensembles with students from across the state at the annual NYSSMA conference in Rochester on Dec. 1-4.  Statewide, thousands of sophomores and juniors auditioned for All-State last …

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With the holiday season around the corner, Fayetteville-Manlius School District’s counseling department is again calling upon community members to help brighten the holiday season for local children in need. F-M’s family-school liaisons are organizing a holiday giving program to help district families provide holiday gifts for their children. The program aims to help local families …

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On Nov. 3, twenty-five Fayetteville-Manlius School District students competed in the 2022-2023 F-M Spelling Bee. In order to qualify for the spelling bee, students in grades 5 through 8 from Wellwood Middle School and Eagle Hill Middle School completed a 50 word written test. Out of the more than 130 students who took the challenging …

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In an effort to encourage kindness, Fayetteville Elementary School students are documenting their acts of kindness and adding them to the Kindness Chain, which stretches through the school’s hallways. During November, the Fayetteville-Manlius School District students are asked to write down their acts of kindness on colorful strips of paper. These strips are linked together, …

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Last month, a group of Fayetteville-Manlius School District students had the opportunity to participate in a simulation program that teaches students what it might be like to live with differences. On Oct. 14, Enders Road Elementary School third-graders took turns rotating through stations during the We All Learn Differently Olympics, also known as WALDO. Each …

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A Fayetteville-Manlius High School vocalist will soon be taking her music skills on the road. Senior Maya Perera is one of 540 high school students nationwide who has been chosen to participate in this year’s All-National Honor Ensembles as part of the National Association for Music Education’s (NAfME) annual conference, which is set to take …

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In an effort to promote the importance of literacy, a group of Fayetteville-Manlius School District students participated in Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Day. On Oct. 27, 5th grade Literacy Lab students at Wellwood Middle School read Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady and illustrated by Gracey Zhang. It’s a book that honors diversity, …

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Nov. 1, 2022 – Update: Individuals who are interested in serving on the F-M Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Education can submit their request for consideration here OR by completing the community survey mentioned in the story below. If you are indicating interest via the community survey, please note that you will …

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