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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The Fayetteville-Manlius School District is working to establish an early childhood education initiative that introduces young learners to the school environment. The district is seeking a partnership with one or more community-based organizations to provide a full-day Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) program for four-year-old children who reside within F-M boundaries. The district is soliciting proposals from …
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Several Fayetteville-Manlius High School students are taking their music education to the next level. NYSSMA Area All State Festival and Winter Conference Twenty-two students were recently selected as active members or alternate participants for New York State School Music Association’s (NYSSMA) Area All State Festival and Winter Conference, which was held in December at the …
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Thanks to the generosity of the Fayetteville-Manlius School District community, the holidays were brighter for dozens of local children-in-need. During the month of December, Fayetteville-Manlius High School’s Spanish Club collected new and unwrapped toys, games, puzzles and more for its 20th annual holiday toy drive, The Wish Tree, which benefits underprivileged children who live in …
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Forty-eight Fayetteville-Manlius High School students were recently inducted into the Joaquín Sorolla Chapter of the Fayetteville-Manlius Spanish Honor Society. The F-M chapter celebrates students’ interest in the Spanish language and commitment to high academic achievement. Members pledge to: Remain enrolled in a world language course through their senior year; Maintain an overall GPA of 85% …
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The exemplary performance and commitment demonstrated by a Fayetteville-Manlius School District coach is being recognized at the national level. F-M High School boys varsity soccer coach Jeffrey Hammond was recently named 2020-21 New York Boys Soccer Coach of the Year by National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). He was nominated for the award …
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A food drive organized by the Fayetteville Elementary School community recently garnered more than 700 non-perishable items for local families in-need. The Fayetteville-Manlius elementary school held the drive earlier this month so that support could be given to local families who are facing challenging times during the holiday season. Students were encouraged to donate non-perishable …
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A Fayetteville-Manlius High School student was recently selected for a Rochester-based music school’s prestigious orchestra program. Freshman violinist Shreya Bhattacharya will perform with the 2021-22 Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra (HYSO), which is the highest-level youth orchestra in the music school’s four-tier program. To be considered for the HYSO, students must be a New York State …
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On Tuesday, Dec. 7, Fayetteville-Manlius School District residents approved a $52 million facilities project proposal that will modernize and expand F-M High School. The proposal passed in a 611 to 438 vote. The capital improvement project allows for programmatic upgrades and improvements, a better connection between the school’s House 1 and 2, centralization of administrators’ …
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Six Fayetteville-Manlius High School students were recently inducted into the Fayetteville-Manlius Delta Epsilon Phi German National Honor Society, New York Beta Alpha Chapter. Delta Epsilon Phi celebrates student academic achievement in German and promotes the study of the language, literature and culture of German speaking countries. Inducted into the F-M chapter on Dec. 3 was …
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