News Archives - Page #23

Fort Drum Survey

In the near future, parents in the Sandy Creek Central School District will be receiving a letter from Mr. Faulkner regarding your participation in a survey being conducted by Fort Drum. The strength of area educational systems is one factor used by Pentagon leaders in decisions regarding base closures and troop levels in areas around the country. If you received a letter and have a student...
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Sandy Creek students selected for All-County Band and Chorus

Nine students from Sandy Creek were selected and participated in the Oswego County Music Educators Association (OCMEA) All-County Band and Chorus Festival held this past weekend in Hannibal. The students earned the privilege following an audition and recommendation by their music teachers. They joined with the top musical students from around the county for the annual festival. Pictured in front...
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Monster Match brings students together via Distance Learning

A recent Monster Match between students in Heather Wallaces first grade class at Sandy Creek Elementary School and a school in Copiague, NY on Long Island proved that students from very different areas, and backgrounds have more in common than might have been thought. The students connected via a distance learning network facilitated by the DL program at the Center for Instruction, Technology...
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Mindfulness Class Encourages Physical and Emotional Fitness

Sandy Creek High School has a new elective course that brings a wide range of mindfulness to students at the school. Taught by Dori Hathway and Kit Sheehan, the goal of the class is to expose students to techniques that will help them achieve social and emotional growth coupled with physical fitness in a safe and nurturing environment. The class will explore options for well-being that include...
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Share Your Care message resonates with students

Andy Thibodeau recently visited the Sandy Creek Central School District where he shared his Share Your Care message with students and parents in several assemblies. Thibodeau spoke to the elementary, middle and high school students during the day and stayed for a presentation for parents at the start of the Middle Schools Celebration of Learning. His message of caring talked about ways you can...
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Hovercraft project puts STEM in action at Sandy Creek

Sandy Creek sixth graders were flying around the gymnasium on Monday as they piloted hovercrafts in an exciting project-based learning experience. The Hovercraft Project, developed by Chase Educational Consulting, visited Sandy Creek Middle School and the teamwork and problem solving began. Teams of students, under the direction of Matthew Chase, founder of the project, began their task with what...
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Sandy Creek students participate in butterfly tagging to track Monarch migration

Why do Monarch butterflies migrate from Upstate New York to a small geographic region in mountainous Central Mexico? How do they find their way there and how doe their offspring find their way back to the Sandy Creek area? These are some of the many questions that scientists have been asking and students at Sandy Creek Elementary School are helping to answer. Future lepidopterists were hard at...
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