Guest Artist Visit Elementary Students:
On Friday, November 15, Dr. Bob vonHunke visited Fabius-Pompey Elementary School to share his artistic expertise with a first and fourth grade. Dr. Bob is a retired art teacher from Fayetteville-Manlius who is an active, exhibiting artist. He also happens to be the grandfather of F-P students Lein and Siriah Walser. After showing some of his amazing acrylic paintings of scenes from as far away as China, a student asked how he creates a painting. It was a perfect lead-in for him to share the artistic process, which begins with ideas and inspiration. Dr. Bob takes many pictures and makes numerous sketches of places and things that catch his interest. From these, he “roughs” out the elements on a canvas and begins to develop and refine them, resulting ...
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Teen Institute attends Heart of New York TI:
From November 7 to November 10, eleven High School students attended the Heart of New York Teen Institute Conference. They learned a lot about leadership and met many new people from all over New York State. The students did many activities that strengthened their personal leadership skills. While there, the students planned activities for their school, including The Great American Smokeout, Lights on for Life, Band aids for Better, and Chalk the Walk. These events inform other students and the community how to make good choices and how to be safe. The Fabius-Pompey Chapter of Teen Institute currently has 24 members.
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Drama Program successfully revived with "Rumors":
On November 15th and 16th the High School Drama Club put on their production of Neil Simon's comedy "Rumors." This was the first drama production in a number of years and in an amazing show of support from the community, nearly 400 people attended the show! The cast of 10 students did an amazing job both nights and had the audiences laughing all night long. Thank you for coming out to support our kids and the revival of the program - we'll see you next fall!
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Acting Residency with Holly Adams:
On October 15, A.P.T.S. sponsored a special acting residency for Middle School and High School students. Performers in the High School drama production and the Middle School and High School musicals had an opportunity to work with guest artist Holly Adams to develop essential acting skills.
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F-P Boys Soccer Repeat Section III Class C Champs:
“It was so much fun the first time, we wanted to do it again,” said one of the Falcon Boys, in a celebratory group filled with so much excitement ownership could not be recognized. The fun and excitement experienced right after defeating West Canada Valley 3-1, however, was for their second straight sectional title.
The 2012 team outperformed every goal that Coach Neuner had for them. The Falcons went 12-1, winning the Patriot League title for the first time since 2008. Within their 17-3 record, the Falcons won the Section III Class C Championship with a dramatic 1-0 overtime victory over MPH. During the season, our Falcons allowed only three goals in the Section III part of their schedule. Lansing defeated the Falcons during the last ...
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Fabius-Pompey Art Displayed at Crouse Hospital:
Mr. Hyatt is pleased to announce that students from his High School Studio Art classes are exhibiting their work at Crouse Hospital. The artwork is being displayed in a rotating exhibit that will be changed every two months throughout the school year. The exhibit is in three showcases located on the bottom floor across from the surgery waiting room.
The exhibit contains work done by students during their Friday Observation Drawings. Having students regularly engage in the process of observation drawing is the best way to train the eye to see and to build drawing skills. As part of the process, students set up their own still-life with objects provided by the art teacher. Students then need to complete three drawings within a 42-minute class. ...
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Peter Wilder - Master Teacher:
Peter Wilder, one of our MS/HS science teachers, was recently selected to participate in the New York State Master Teacher Program. He is one of 35 members of the inaugural Central New York cohort of this program. The primary goal of the program is to help develop regional public school teaching capacity in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math.
In his role as a Master Teacher Fellow, Mr. Wilder will mentor new and pre-service science teachers, as they begin their careers as educators. He will also have the opportunity to participate in and to lead several professional development sessions over the course of the next four years.
The Master Teacher program is sponsored by the State University of New York, and ...
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Fabius-Pompey Fall Success!:
It has been another stellar fall for the Falcon athletic teams, along with our Lancer football squad. On the grid-iron the boys started out strong with wins over Onondaga Central and Bishop Grimes, before a couple losses. The Lancers are led by F-P seniors Mitch Devine, Greg Kreinheder, Tim Vales, Dylan McAndrew, Jamie Kraft and Casey Scida.
Boys and Girls Cross-Country has put in the miles, and have a lot to show for it as they are led by seniors Matt McGarry, Noah Sims, Zach Olmstead, Lucas Flannigan, Alison Gasparini, Cassie Perrone and Marina Giraud. The girls have legged out to a 4-2-1 record heading into the Patriot League Meet that both teams host at Highland Forest on Wednesday, October ...
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Finding Nemo Theatrical Awards for Fabius-Pompey:
The Fabius-Pompey Theatre Program was honored with five awards from the Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS). TANYS, the primary voice of community and educational theatre in New York, “supports the growth of all aspects of the craft of theatre by providing theatrical resources, networking, recognition, and outreach services to its constituents.”
Students in our middle school musical Finding Nemo Junior participated in a learning adjudication with a trained TANYS professional. This adjudication provided an opportunity for our group to hear constructive, objective feedback about their work. The adjudicator came to Fabius, watched a rehearsal, and then talked with our students about ways to develop their skills as performers and theatre technicians. ...
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