When New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo presented his executive state budget proposal on Jan. 21, it included a $586 million increase in overall funding for school operations in the 2020-21 school year. The proposal shows F-M receiving a total allocation of $20,772,623 for 2020-21, which is a $1,060,547 increase in total state aid compared …
About 200 Eagle Hill Middle School students pledged to have “waste free” lunches Jan. 13-17, which students designated as Waste Free Week. Waste Free Week was the initiative of two eighth-grade students enrolled in the school’s Agents of Change elective course. In 2018, Eagle Hill and Wellwood middle schools both began offering the 20-week elective. …
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Since Fayetteville Elementary School students returned from winter recess, they have been hopping, jumping and doing push-ups in the hallway— and staff members are encouraging them to do so. As part of the school’s new multi-sensory pathway that was funded by the FM Education Foundation, students are encouraged to follow a sticker path that tells …
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A Fayetteville-Manlius High School senior has been named a top scholar out of nearly 2,000 students, earning himself and his school $2,000 each and a shot at a $250,000 individual prize. Maximilian Du has been named a top 300 scholar in the 79th Regeneron Science Talent Search—the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics …
Enders Road Elementary School students are hoping to bring a little cheer to patients, and their families, admitted to Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse. The school’s five second-grade classes—about 125 students total— worked together in small groups to decorate 25 framed inspirational messages that they then donated to the hospital. The 8.5” by 11” …
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Seventh-grade students recently became crime scene investigators during an Eagle Hill Middle School social studies lesson. Teacher Rebecca Stephens kicked up her students’ engagement in studying the 1770 Boston Massacre by enlisting the help of library media specialist Meghan Scott and School Information and Resource Officer Dan Filip. On the first day of the lesson, …
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Food. School. Family. Books. Clean water. These are just a few of the things that Mott Road Elementary School students expressed gratitude for during a recent school-wide project. As part of the Fayetteville-Manlius school’s character education program, students each month participate in activities centered around such words as creativity, self-control and forgiveness. November’s theme is gratitude, and students and …
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With the recent New York State Education Department approval of district plans for a new addition and renovations at Wellwood Middle School, the district is moving forward with the largest portion of the $45.2 million capital project that voters approved in 2017. The total project includes an addition at Enders Road Elementary, which was completed …
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In preparation for upcoming construction at Wellwood Middle School that is part of the 2017 voter-approved capital project, the district plans to separate the electrical system that is shared by Fayetteville Elementary and Wellwood Middle schools. Depending on the weather, site work is expected to begin during the week of Nov. 18. Contractors plan to …
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Wellwood Middle School is partnering through its Positivity Project with local not-for-profit In My Father’s Kitchen (IMFK). IMFK provides food and basic necessities to homeless individuals where they live on the streets until the homeless individual is comfortable accepting help and working with community agencies to secure housing.
