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Southern Cayuga valedictorian wins video game scholarship

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Southern Cayuga valedictorian wins video game scholarship
When most people hear that someone is attending college to learn to make video games, they might think of complex programs, detailed 3D models or powerful computers. But for Primrose Kirk, the 2018 valedictorian of Southern Cayuga High School, video game school is all about the music. Kirk, of King Ferry, was one of 35 students awarded a scholarship by... more

INSIDE THE FLX: Students bring positive change to community through interactive program (podcast)

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INSIDE THE FLX: Students bring positive change to community through interactive program (podcast)
“Rachel’s Challenge” is coming to Seneca Falls. Thanks to a joint-effort between school officials, students, and community partners – a national program will be making its way to Seneca Falls – allowing members of the community, parents, and students to learn about kindness and respect toward others. The event will take place on January 8th, 2019 and will be open... more

Auburn student organizes pajama fundraiser to help cancer patients

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Auburn student organizes pajama fundraiser to help cancer patients
Sixth-grade student Addison Lange gasped and cupped her hands around her mouth Friday when she realized how much money her fundraiser at Herman Avenue Elementary School raised. Addison, 12, organized a fundraiser for Paige’s Butterfly Run, which supports central New York pediatric cancer patients “through the sponsorship of pediatric oncology research and patient programs at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in... more

Cayuga Community College negotiating to use Auburn space for culinary center

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Cayuga Community College negotiating to use Auburn space for culinary center
Cayuga Community College is negotiating to use the Plaza of the Arts in Auburn for the college’s proposed culinary center. CCC’s board of trustees unanimously gave the college approval to move forward with negotiations with The Plaza of the Arts in Auburn for the possible center at a trustees meeting Dec. 20. Dan Soules, of Soules & Dunn Development Group,... more

Winter Family Fun Night at Kelley School was a great December evening out

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Winter Family Fun Night at Kelley School was a great December evening out
More than 210 attended the wonderful Kelley School PTA-sponsored Winter Family Fun Night December 6th that provided a fun-filled Christmas holiday-themed evening for families and friends to enjoy. The many impressive attractions included: • The amazing Holiday Book Fair • Several stations were set up where cookies were decorated; hot cocoa, complete with marshmallows was served; coloring took place; snowman... more

Full bellies, full hearts: Auburn school’s food drive helps families during holidays

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Full bellies, full hearts: Auburn school’s food drive helps families during holidays
Genesee Elementary School’s winter break lasts 12 days this year, and Sandy Lalonde wants to make sure children at home have enough to eat on every single one of them. Lalonde is the co-founder of Fill-A-Belly Over Break, which collects supplies to make sure families of children who attend the Auburn school have breakfast, lunch and dinner each day of... more

Clyde-Savannah band members put on festive holiday concert

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Clyde-Savannah band members put on festive holiday concert
Members of the Clyde-Savannah concert bands got into the holiday spirit as they performed in the band concert on Monday, December 3rd. The concert was held in the high school auditorium and featured three bands, all of which were directed by Michael Witter. The sixth-grade band performed three pieces, include the holiday classic “Frosty the Snowman.” The seventh and eighth... more

Long distance cheer: Kelley School 3rd graders connect with 4th graders in Romania

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Long distance cheer: Kelley School 3rd graders connect with 4th graders in Romania
Kelley School third graders in long-term substitute Morgan D’Eredita’s class enjoyed talking with a fourth grade class in Romania via Skype December 11th. Aaron Sweet, Newark Central School District’s Integration Technology Coach facilitated the Skype call by hooking a webcam up to a projector so D’Eredita’s class could see on their smart board the fourth grade class in Romania. It... more

South Seneca production of Up The Down Staircase debuts Friday night

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South Seneca production of Up The Down Staircase debuts Friday night
“Hi, Teach!” are the first words to greet attractive Sylvia Barrett. There’s a special happiness in walking into the still-empty classroom and for the first time writing her name on the blackboard. Students pour into the classroom—cautious, testing, challenging. Simultaneously, there’s a blizzard of paperwork, warnings, contradictory orders, indecipherable instructions. Frantic, Sylvia begins to fear she doesn’t even understand the... more

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra plays to a packed house in Newark High School Auditorium November 30th

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Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra plays to a packed house in Newark High School Auditorium November 30th
A wonderful holiday music concert was performed by the incomparable Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra November 30th to a packed house in the Newark High School auditorium delighting concert-goers at the beginning of this holiday season. It was made possible, once again, through the collaboration of the Newark School District and the Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce, that teamed up to bring... more

Keuka College names Vice President of Finance and Administration

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Keuka College names Vice President of Finance and Administration
Veteran college administrator Bob Baumet will join Keuka College this month to fill the newly created position of Vice President of Finance and Administration. He’ll succeed Interim Chief Financial Officer Carl Sgrecci, who will remain on board through the transition. Baumet brings extensive management and government/nonprofit accounting experience to his new role. He comes to the College after more than... more

Hundreds participate in first annual Turkey Trot at Newark Middle School

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Hundreds participate in first annual Turkey Trot at Newark Middle School
More than 275 Newark Middle School students and staff participated in the first Turkey Trot November 20th. Braving chilly air and snow flurries, participants ran from front entrance of NMS to the Newark Central School District bus garage on nearby Woodlane and back. The route is about a mile. They were cheered along the way by some NMS students and... more

Newark High School Senior Anisha Stallworth hits a high note in her musical journey

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Newark High School Senior Anisha Stallworth hits a high note in her musical journey
As she’s approaching the end of her high school career, Newark High School senior Anisha Stallworth has hit a really high note. She’s one of only a very few students who’ve been involved, at least for over the last three decades in the NHS music program, to have been selected to participate in one of NAfME’s Eastern Honors Ensembles in... more

Bowling teams in Seneca get a financial boost from Seneca Meadows

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Bowling teams in Seneca get a financial boost from Seneca Meadows
Seneca Meadows recently presented the high school bowling teams represented in Seneca County with a contribution to help offset their season costs.    “High school bowling programs require funding above and beyond what is typically allocated in school budgets, and this boost from Seneca Meadows goes a long way toward meeting the funding gap,” offered Pat Malcuria owner of Sunset... more

Newark High School National Honor Society Chapter inducts 20 new members

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Newark High School National Honor Society Chapter inducts 20 new members
Sixteen Newark High School juniors and four seniors were inducted into the NHS chapter of the National Honor Society November 5th at an evening ceremony in the auditorium. New inductees and their grade levels are juniors: Tatum Arnold, Isabella Bailey, Phoebe Bates, Brendan Briggs, McKenna Briggs, , Elana Verbridge-Day, Hannah Fisher, Lynzee Havert, Matthew Hutteman, Lauren MacTaggart, Luis Ortiz Jr.,... more

Newark High School students continue to be members of Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra for 2nd year in a row

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Newark High School students continue to be members of Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra for 2nd year in a row
For the second year in a row, two Newark High School students are members of the 2018–19 Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra, the highest-level youth orchestra in The Hochstein School’s five-tier youth orchestra program. They are Mallory Williams, a NHS senior who plays trumpet, and sophomore Rachel George, who plays French horn. The HYSO is an advanced youth orchestra comprised of... more

Cato-Meridian schools receive $15,000 from Dollar General campaign

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Cato-Meridian schools receive ,000 from Dollar General campaign
The Cato-Meridian Central School District was greeted with a surprise $15,000 donation Tuesday morning. Dollar General gave the principals for the elementary, middle school and high schools unexpected $5,000 donations for literacy and education initiatives, according to a press release. The donations were a part of a gift due to Dollar General’s “Thanks Giving” holiday campaign. The schools will be... more
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