Treat Yourself: Mark your calendar for Disney’s “The Lion King”—and the other Broadway shows coming to Syracuse in 2025November 26, 2024
Reaching a Milestone: Now the largest chapter in the country, Special Olympics New York is celebrating 50 yearsMarch 30, 2020
Education Greg Roth: Soule Road Elementary SchoolBy Janelle RozzanoNovember 1, 20190 Tell me a little about your experience as an educator and your background. I received my teaching degree from East…
Child Development Good Habits for Leaders: Palermo Elementary encourages students to take chargeBy Christy Perry TuoheySeptember 3, 20190 Third-grader Abby Grzesik knows exactly how many days she was absent from school in 2018-19 (only missed one week), just…
Child Development Let’s Get Together: Remaking classrooms so all students are includedBy Tammy DiDomenicoSeptember 3, 20190 Julie Causton, Ph.D., wants teachers to help students become their best selves. As an educator who has worked at the…
Education Rhythm Nation: Student drummers tap into a rich cultural traditionBy Tammy DiDomenicoMarch 28, 20190 John Heard has been a mainstay on the local music scene for more than 35 years, but his 14…
Education Opening the World: Rochester School for the Deaf offers specialized education, communityBy Tammy DiDomenicoFebruary 28, 20190 Every Monday morning, 12-year old Lucas Krukowski boards a school bus at his Cicero home and heads off to school.…
Special Needs Brewerton dance class allows children with disabilities to grow at own paceBy Tami ScottOctober 25, 20180 Cicero native Lauren Calcagnino recently found a way to blend her two life passions—dance and working with children with disabilities—by…
Education A Show of Strengths: How one Central NY school started focusing on the positiveBy Sistina GiordanoSeptember 1, 20180 The Positivity Project came at a time when second-grade teacher Marc Herron needed some words of encouragement. After watching close…
Education Best Practices: Nonprofit the Reading League shows teachers what worksBy Tammy DiDomenicoNovember 1, 20170 Of all the skills elementary students acquire, learning to read is probably the most important. Literacy unlocks all the other…
Child Development Getting Off ‘The Plateau’: What motivates a child’s growth?By Deborah CavanaghNovember 1, 20170 The concept of academic plateauing has been discussed for decades. The theory is that at a certain point there is…
Education News The ABCs of Money: Teaching kids about spending, saving and moreBy Charles McChesneyOctober 3, 20170 Children who learn about money and financial literacy at an early age tend to be more responsible with their money, and have more respect for costs.
