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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory takes the stage on March 9-10

The Sandy Creek Drama department will present “Willy Wonk and the Chocolate Factory” onstage March 9-10 with show times at 7:00 pm both nights. The story follows Charlie Bucket, played by Noah Reff, a sweet, unselfish, poor boy who has always been fascinated by the happenings at the factory. Only five tickets are available for a fantastic tour of a mysteriously secretive chocolate factory run by...
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Sandy Creek Holds 11th Annual Battle of the Books

The Sandy Creek Central School District hosted their 11th Annual Battle of the Books Competition to determine grade level winners to represent the district at the Oswego County Battle of the Books Competition on March 15th at Phoenix High School. Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading incentive where teams of up to three students read books from a list of ten, selected specifically for the...
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Sandy Creek Elementary’s reading challenge rewards students with a “snow day”

Sandy Creek Elementary, to encourage their students to read books at home, challenged their classes to keep track of how many books they read at home and the grade with the most books read would receive a special snow-inspired reward. The first grade classes read the most books in the month of January and on Wednesday, Feb. 14th they received their reward: a snow day! But not the kind most...
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Sandy Creek Elementary School Celebrates 100th day

Students at Sandy Creek Elementary School marked a milestone in the school year in a variety of different ways. The students celebrated the 100th day by creating things with 100 items, dressing like a 100-year-old person, or using their imagination to think of what they would do with $100 or if they could have 100 of an item, what would they want? The answers were as varied as their options for...
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Sandy Creek Varsity Cheer Takes Section III Title

Sandy Creek Varsity Cheer Team took the Section III Class C Championship on February 10th at Chittenango High School. In addition, two members of the team were named Section III All Stars; Rosie Walter and Cassidy Carnes earned the recognition. The team is coached by Tanya VanOrnum and earned the top spot for the fall season as well. Members of the team are pictured here following the...
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Sandy Creek tops list for Oswego County graduation rate

An article at Syracuse.com showed the New York statewide average for graduation rates increased slightly to 80.2 percent as reported by the New York State Education Department. Leading the list for districts in Oswego County, was Sandy Creek Central School District with a graduation rate of 94%. The district also ranked tops in the lowest dropout rate in the county with 2%. Read the full article...
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Second Quarter Principal Awards at Sandy Creek Elementary

Sandy Creek Elementary School presented second quarter awards to students at the school based on the Leader in Me seven habits: be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek first to understand then to be understood, synergize and sharpen the saw. The awards were presented by Principal Tim Filiatrault to students in two separate ceremonies with parents and...
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