Great Depression Dessert
Mrs. Langford and Ms. Goodwin's Social Studies class had a treat while studying the Great Depression era. Apple Pandowdy is a traditional dessert from this time period that was discussed in the book we read called "Out of the Dust" about the Dust Bowl in the midwest in the 1930's.
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Tenure Awarded
Congratulations to six McGraw employees who were awarded tenure at the May 17, 2023 Board of Education Meeting.
Lindsay Palmer - Music Teacher
Cassandra Bush - Elementary Teacher
Jason Moore - Occupational Therapist
Katelyn Bilodeau - Teaching Assistant
Rachael ...
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Scholarship Winner
Congratulations to senior, Hailey McCall, for winning the $2000 NYS Midstate Facilities Association Scholarship. Members of the scholarship committee; Eric DeFrancisco, Director of Facilities - Auburn Enlarged CSD & NYSSFA Mid-State Chapter President; Vinny Smith, Director of Facilities - Jordan-Elbridge CSD; Elaine MacLachlan, Director of Facilities - Skaneateles; ...
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Battle of the Books
Our 7th grade Battle of the Books team battled against 16 other school districts over who best knew 8 books. Congratulations on our first ever participation! Impressive group of students! The group was sponsored by Ms. Closser.
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Tree Planting
As part of the Positivity Project Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence, McGraw Elementary took part in a whole school Earth Day Project. An assembly with Department of Environmental Conservation Officer Andrew Kostuk kicked off the day. He spoke about his ...
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Career Day for 5th Grade
Fifth grade had their career day on April 27. Students learned about police officers, the national guard, agricultural sciences, electricians, Loomis Armored Services, art careers, school counselors, nurses, information technology, and about being a principal. There were many questions and great discussions that took place about working in different careers. It was a great day ...
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Honor Roll - 30 Weeks
Grade 6 High Honor
Bonyak, Tatum
Brown, Gavin
Gleason, Liliana
Hallstead, Jacob
Hornbrook, Hannah
Magee, Lucas
McCall, Jacob
McConnell, Jenna
Nowalk, Xaynyn
Reynolds, Thomas
Wilson, Emersynn
Grade 6 Honor
Downes, Ethin
Long, Brailyn
Reed, Alex
Schulte, Peyton
Smith, Samuel
Tongue, Cody ...
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Enrichment Bridge Build Project
Seventh and eighth grade students in Enrichment have been building bridges out of balsa wood to see how much weight they could hold. Both Enrichment groups created their own list of materials and structured their bridges in their own way. Each group created two trial bridges and then one, final bridge build.
Rules: Bridges needed to be made out of one Balsa wood kit, ...
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Pre-K Celebrates Earth Day
Ms. Vianos's Pre-K collected trash and recycling around our school and playground to celebrate Earth Day. They have been learning about ways to protect our planet and keep it clean such as recycling, never littering or polluting, conserving water, growing plants, and taking good care of wildlife.
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Why Music?
March was 'Music in our Schools' month. Junior and Senior Choruses watched a short video about how music connects us with people all around the world and then were tasked to answer the question, 'why is music in our schools important?". They then took their responses and placed them into a short document presentation. Click Why Music_.pdf to ...
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Syracuse Stage Visit
Mr. Farfaglia’s college-level English class recently took a trip to Syracuse Stage to see a performance of Thornton Wilder’s classic play, Our Town . “The life of a village against the life of the stars” is how Wilder described his famous play. “It is an attempt,” he wrote, “to find a value above all ...
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Math Exploration
On March 30, fifteen Geometry and Algebra II students attended Ithaca College Math Exploration Day. They participated in a competition and a math exploration workshop. Students also attended mini sessions on many topics such as constructing hypercube models, logic puzzles, and geometric balloon bending. Fun was had by all!
~Mrs. Perry ...
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Varsity Baseball Team
The McGraw Varsity Baseball Team finished 2nd place in the Lumber Yard PBR Tournament!
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Stuffing Easter Eggs
The Modified and Varsity Softball teams stuffed Easter Eggs for the McGraw Recreation Easter Egg hunt. This was a great time for the girls to give back to their community!
-Coach Terwilliger, Coach Cole, and Coach McCrone
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Pie Day
The Junior High classes sponsored "Pie Day" last month (originally scheduled to be held on "Pi Day" - March 14). The students raised money to see which teacher would get pied in the face. Mr. Emma (class advisor), Mr. Brown, Mrs. Hughes, and Ms. Dewey were the ...
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Changing of the Seasons
Ms. Vianos's Pre-K is enjoying the changing of seasons as students move more of their learning to our outdoor campus. Whether classmates are using their senses on a hilltop to make observations, exploring what living or non-living objects are hidden under the snow, or testing their physical limits with managed risk taking...there are so many opportunities for discovery in our own ...
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McGraw Tea Party
Did you know the Boston Tea Party wasn’t actually a tea party? Mrs. Turshman’s third and fourth graders do. However, they celebrated learning about young America with an actual tea party.
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March Madness Short Story Style
Students in 4th and 5th grade, as well as Mr. Farfaglia’s College English class, celebrated March Madness, Short Story Style! The elementary students read two short stories a day and then wrote opinion paragraphs as to which one they liked better. Mr Farfaglia’s class is ranked the short ...
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