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Mott Road Elementary School will have familiar leadership in place beginning July 1. On June 15, the Fayetteville-Manlius School District appointed the school’s current assistant superintendent for instruction, Dr. Mary Coughlin, to serve as interim principal. She will replace the school’s current principal, Jonna Johnson, who accepted a central office position in another school district. …

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Twenty-seven Fayetteville-Manlius High School student-athletes recently committed to competing at the next level. The students signed National Letters of Intent to continue their athletic careers in college during the 2023-24 school year. The students participated in an official ceremony May 15 in front of family, friends and coaches at F-M High School. A National Letter …

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More than 90 Fayetteville-Manlius School District students studying Latin received awards on the 2023 National Latin Exam, including four who earned perfect scores.  The exam, which was administered in March, is not meant to be a competition but rather an opportunity for students to receive reinforcement and recognition, according to the NLE website. The exam …

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Students at Wellwood Middle School prepared for upcoming performances of “Dear Edwina Jr.” by working with a team of musical clinicians. Last month, clinicians Cindy and Al Ripley mentored music and theatre and band students during a day of workshops and rehearsals. The music and theatre students had the opportunity to refine their character development, …

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Join Fayetteville-Manlius High School students at the community-wide Dance Marathon kick-off event during halftime of the boys varsity basketball game on Friday, Jan. 20. The matchup between F-M and Liverpool is set to begin at 7 p.m. in the House I gymnasium at F-M High School, located at 8201 East Seneca Turnpike, Manlius. All students, …

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Earlier this month, the Fayetteville-Manlius United Nations Club hosted the 40th​​ ​Annual​ ​Central​ ​New​ ​York​ ​Model​ ​United​ ​Nations​ ​(CNYMUN)​ ​Conference at Syracuse University, bringing together over 600 students and more than 25 school districts state-wide. CNYMUN ​is​ ​one​ ​of​ ​the​ ​largest​ ​Model​ ​United​ ​Nations​ ​conferences​ run​ ​by​ ​a​ ​public​ ​high​ ​school ​in​ ​the​ ​country. ​During …

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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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An Eagle Hill Middle School teacher’s lesson was recently featured in support of a new PBS documentary. The documentary, The Power of Media in Shaping Americans’ Beliefs and Actions During the Holocaust, is a collaborative work between PBS documentarian Ken Burns and eighth-grade social studies teacher Mary Kate Lonergan whose lesson was crafted to support …

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The following message was included in the Sept. 2022 publication of the district newsletter, F-M News. While the start of each school year brings with it many new opportunities for our district, the F-M Board of Education is mindful of the commitments that we made last year regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and making …

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