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October Senior of the Month: October Senior Student of the Month   Rammi Hanai has been chosen as Fabius-Pompey’s Senior Student of the Month for the month of October. Rammi is a wonderful student and an active member of the arts community here at Fabius-Pompey. He has been an enthusiastic member of our band and technical theatre club throughout his high school career. This year, he also made his debut on stage as the lead in the fall production of “Fools” by Neil Simon. Despite it being his first time on stage, Rammi won a TANYS Meritorious Achievement Award in Acting for his portrayal of Leon Tolchinsky. Rammi is also a member of the FP Varsity Track & Field team, a founding member of a new improvisational theatre group, and Vice President of the senior class. His work in band, technical ... Board Game Club: Board Game Club Comes to Fabius Pompey MS/HS Library The students at the MS/HS are going crazy for Chess. One chessboard has morphed into 5 boards available each period of the day to students. They are playing on their devices and on game boards whenever they can. Seeing an explosion of interest in chess, Heather Turner, the new School Librarian at the MS/HS has started a board game club. We wanted to be inclusive to all students interested in learning new board games. Chess is one of these games but there are so many others. This club is open to students in grades 6-12 and meetings are every Monday in the MS/HS Library during Activity Period.   Each week we learn a new board game.  During the first week we learned how to bluff in Balderdash ... Robotics and Maker Club: Robotics & Maker Club Vex Robotics has arrived in Fabius Pompey. As a result students are getting excited about building, creating, and coding. Coding is an important new literacy that will continue to become more important for all students to learn. To facilitate this interest and spirit of invention, Heather Turner, the new MS/HS librarian started a Robotics and Maker Club.  The shift to "making" represents the perfect storm of new technological materials, expanded opportunities, learning through firsthand experience, and the basic human impulse to create. The Maker Movement has been tied to robotics because of its spirit of invention and creation. It gives student authentic experiences to grow and learn in student centered experiences. Students ... Girls' Soccer All-League: Girls' Soccer All-League Selections   Several members of the Fabius-Pompey Girls Soccer team were selected to the OHSL Patriot American All-League teams for the 2016 season.  Pictured from left to right are Hailey Niles (1st team), Lily Larkin (honorable mention), Carly Powell (1st team), Kendall Breed (honorable mention), Kim Holeck (honorable mention), Jill Murphy (honorable mention), Makenna Moll (2nd team) and Tori Heselden (2nd team).     Junior forward Hailey Niles, a team captain, led the team with 15 goals and 7 assists.   Senior midfielder Lily Larkin had 2 goals and 3 assists.   Senior midfielder Carly Powell, a team captain, had 5 goals and 2 assists.   Junior ... Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged:  September 28 th two of our elementary school athletes and twelve eighth grade volunteers traveled to the Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged which were held at the CNY Family Sports Centre in Syracuse.  Our athletes participated in the adaptive games while our eighth grade volunteers manned the various stations of adapted sports.  Student athletes from many school districts in the county participated.  Thanks to the Fabius-Pompey APTS and the Fabius-Pompey elementary school faculty and staff for providing all the juice boxes and paper products and a large percent of the snacks for the three hundred athletes, aides and volunteers.  The day is an exceptional day of fun for all.             Alex Curr places 5th in Discus at the NYSPHSAA Track and Field Championships: Alex Curr Places 5 th  in Discus at NYS Track and Field Championships Continuing his remarkable run of success, F-P senior Alex Curr placed 5 th  overall in the discus throw for Division 2 in the New York State Track and Field Championships on June 10 th  at CNS High School.  Alex threw 144’10”, nearly matching his personal best.  Alex’s 5 th  place finish in all of New York State Division 2 schools adds to his already impressive resume from this season.  Alex took 5 th  in the discus at the CBA Invitational on May 6 th , and took 1 st  in discus at the Weedsport Invitational on May 14 th .  He was also the OHSL Patriot League Champion in the discus.  In addition, at the State Qualifiers on June 3 rd , Alex broke ... Section 3 Scholar Athlete Dinner: On Monday, June 13, 2016, Section 3 honored scholar athletes.  Fabius-Pompey had two student-athletes that were recognized, Joshua Andrews and Sarah Marsden.   Sarah's class rank was one out of sixty-five.  Sarah's sports career included: 4 years Varsity Soccer and 4 years Varsity Track and Field. Josh was third in the class. Josh's sports career included: 3 years Varsity Soccer and 4 years Varsity Track and Field. Sarah Marsden was one of four recipients of the Coach D awards, out of 172 top student-athletes.  Trumpet clinic for F-P band students: On Tuesday, June 7th professional trumpet player John Raschella gave a trumpet clinic for Fabius-Pompey band students.  Mr. Raschella had some wonderful advice.  He shared ideas on using your musical talents to gain college scholarships even when you aren't majoring in music and worked with individual trumpet players on the benefits of great breath support and posture in trumpet playing.  He also rehearsed a piece entitled "Emmanuel" that he will be performing in concert on  Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a Holocaust survivor visits F-P MS/HS: On  Wednesday, May 18th  the students at the MS/HS had the unique and wonderful experience of listening to Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a Holocaust survivor, as she visited our building.  Her story told the students of her personal experience of being trapped in Hitler's Germany, living in a refugee camp turned into a prison camp in Holland, spending over a year of her childhood at the infamous concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen, and awaiting her fate on the infamous death trains towards the end of the war.  Her story, however, did not end there.  She told the ... Seussical: Seussical the Musical   On March 11 and 12 over fifty Fabius-Pompey actors, pit orchestra musicians, and technical theatre students presented Seussical, the Musical to three enthusiastic audiences. Prior to their performances, students also had an opportunity to participate in a "Learning Adjudication" by a trained adjudicator from the Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS). First, they performed Seussical, then Mr. Paul Nelson from TANYS gave them constructive and objective feedback to help them develop their skills as performers and theatre technicians.   The Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS) is the primary voice of community and academic theatre in New York State.TANYS nurtures and supports the growth  of all aspects ... Fabius-Pompey Goes Pink: Fabius-Pompey Goes Pink                               When a Fabius-Pompey community member thinks about Tully often the term rival or competitor comes to mind. However, on Thursday October 1 st , Fabius-Pompey and Tully put their differences aside and created an event to stamp out Breast Cancer by supporting the Carol M. Baldwin Fund. This inaugural event, known as “Communities Kickin’ Cancer,” saw parents, coaches, players, local businesses and community members come together, clad in pink shirts, for a night of soccer, good food, games, prizes, but even more important remembering and honoring loved ones afflicted with cancer. The ... Empire State Game for the Physically Challenged: Students attend the Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged   Three student athletes from the elementary school and eleven volunteering eighth graders from the middle school attended the Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged Adapted Sports Clinic on September 30 th at the CNY Family Sports Center.  The athletes participated in an array of modified games and sporting events such as golf, bowling, archery, volleyball, an obstacle course and many more.  The eighth grade volunteers earned Community Service hours as they helped man the various sporting events and cheered on the athletes.  Both the athletes and the volunteers were worn out by the end of the day, but everyone agreed it had been a wonderful day! Front Row (L to R): Megan Gagnier, ... Teen Institute Youth Staff Inductions: On Monday, September 14th, FP was given the honor to host the Heart of NY Teen Institute Youth Staff induction ceremony.  Three FP students were among the select young people to be inducted! Congratulations to Riley Whalen, Joey Yomtob, and Tom Sayles! Author Visits Sixth Grade: Author Visits Sixth Grade! Heidi Kelley and Carol Steele      Sixth grade had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Jerome Mark Antil, author of the Pompey Hollow Book Club series, on May 27 th .  Students asked a variety of questions like what his favorite book was and where he gets his ideas from.  His mother knew he would be an author someday and named him after Mark Twain. His father also inspired him through his storytelling.  He began writing the Pompey Hollow Book Club series after his daughter encouraged him to write and publish the stories he had told her growing up. Mr. Antil generously donated a copy of his first book, The Pompey Hollow Book Club, to every student in sixth grade and signed them. Mrs. Kelley also got a sneak peak at his newest book, ... Museum of Earth: Are You Smarter than a Sixth Grader? Heidi Kelley   See if you can answer the following questions:   What modern day animal is a relative of the extinct mastodon? Why would you be unable to find dinosaur bones in New York State? Was New York once under a sea? What color is a glacier? Where would you find the oldest known rocks on Earth and how old are they?   The sixth grade class knows the answers and a whole lot more about Earth’s history after visiting the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca on May 22 nd . The museum houses one of the nation’s largest fossil collections and provides the public with a unique opportunity to explore 4.5 billion years of Earth’s history through a mix of natural history displays, interactive ... Culinary Arts Class: Culinary Art students are getting a first hand experience in preparing and making food in a commercial setting. Seniors Tanner Allen, Brandon Henson and Chase Breed  are pictured helping in the cafeteria preparing fresh fruit for the lunch menu. Students in the two classes also assisted with preparing food for the winter picnic which was held March 25th. High School Symphonic Band wins big in Boston: Congratulations to the Fabius-Pompey High School Symphonic Band for their outstanding performance in Boston this past weekend (March 27-29).  The band received a Gold rating, 1st place in their class, a 'top section' award for the french horns (Sydney Alley, Riley Whalen & Rammi Hanai), and was awarded the top overall band award, beating out eleven other groups from six states.  We are exceptionally proud of their accomplishments.   War and Remembrance Day: On Thursday, March 19th, the 8th grade students participated in War and Remembrance Day to remember the events of World War II. Throughout the day, students visited various stations ranging from code-breaking to army basic training. As a concluding event, students participated in recreation of a USO show, complete with performances from Abbott and Costello, the Andrew Sisters, and Bob Hope! Science Olympiad: High School Science Olympiad The High School Science Olympiad team competed Saturday January 31 st at LeMoyne College. The team included: Anthony Fish (12), Sindney Lelakowski (12), Sam Sharpe (11), Meaghan McDevitt (11), Kelsey White (11), Sarah Marsden (11), Adrian Warner (10), Ben Stroh (10), Victoria Sims (10), Joe Alnutt (10), Rebekah Warner (10), Adrian Vilardi (10), Lydia Young (10), Tyler Gorman (9), and Hailey Niles (9). The students did a great job competing in “Chemistry Lab”, “Cell Biology”, “Bridge Building”, “Experimental Design”, and many other science and technology events. Adrian Warner and Lydia Young placed 9 th in “Fossils”, Adrian Vilardi  and Joey Alnutt placed 8 th in “Compute This”, ... Revolutionary War Day at FP: On Tuesday, December 23 rd , the seventh grade students participated in an interdisciplinary event surrounding the American Revolution.  The day began with a presentation in the auditorium that involved a video by Morgan Freeman discussing the contemporary application of the Declaration of Independence and a  performance of the document from 1776 by Fabius-Pompey staff and school board members.  The students continued their experience of the Revolutionary War time period by rotating through a variety of activities which included candle-making, snowshoeing, colonial crafting, and colonial snacking.  In order to understand t he differences in the experience of war from 1776 to today, students and parents were able to follow the events of the day through a special ...

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