On Friday, March 9, 2018, after celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday in a week-long Read Across America event, students who participated in a reading challenge at SAS Elementary School were recognized and rewarded with certificates and medals at an assembly. Top readers also got a chance to try their hand at pie tossing. The target? Dean Mrs. Smith! What a good sport!

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On Thursday, March 8, 2018, more than 80 students explored everyday math with their families at Math Night at Syracuse Academy of Science Elementary School, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. The well-attended event included six different math stations at which students and parents could apply diverse skills, including creating shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks, graphing how far they could throw a paper airplane, and guessing how many M&M's were in a container.

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On Tuesday, February 6, 2018, third graders had an opportunity to meet a guest speaker excited to tell what it is like to be an author. Jackie Grace is a local story teller turned author who graciously shared some of her stories with the class. As a testament to her wonderful storytelling skills, she had the students engaged throughout her entire visit!

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SASCS High School is hosting a month-long series to celebrate Women's History Month. Each week, women in leadership positions will be highlighted. This week we welcomed Gina Iliev, Planned Parenthood Health Equity Coalition Coordinator, and Sally Curran, Executive Director from Volunteer Lawyers Project. Both women outlined their struggles and success in making it to where they are today. Both women made a lasting impact on the students by sharing their unique journeys.

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On Monday, March 5, 2018, students in the middle school participated in Read Across America to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ (belated) birthday! ELA classes began the day with a read aloud of The Lorax, discussion on the environment, and time to drop everything and read!

In the afternoon, students in each grade rotated among three different stations related to four Dr. Seuss books: Horton Hatches the Egg, The Cat in the Hat, Oh, the Places You’ll Go! and The Lorax. The stations included more reading and writing, STEM activities, and a video with activities about The Lorax. Students left for the day with a “truffula tree seed” in hand and a quote in their minds.

We would like to leave you with one of our favorite quotes that embodies what we hope for our students as they go out into the world, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” –The Lorax

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On Thursday, March 1, 2018, kindergarteners took an exciting trip to the MOST, where they got to experience the Paleo Story of Life exhibit. Our students learned about fossils, and some of the rare ones they saw included Lucy, Archaeopteryx, a T Rex, and a raptor. After looking at all the displays, students had a fun-filled time in the play area. They can hardly wait for their next visit.

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Throughout the week of February 26, 2018, SASCS Elementary School celebrated Read Across America and Dr. Seuss' birthday. Students were very creative with their silly socks, wacky-hair day and funny-hat day. Older students performed a reader's theater for first-grade classes. Many classrooms celebrated reading Dr. Seuss books, and students competed in a reading challenge by logging all the pages they read over Winter Break. What a great way to promote reading and creativity at school!

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On Tuesday, February 27, 2018, Jada Williams, Aliyah Elliot-Felder and Makaylee Davis represented #SASCS at the English Speaker's Union Shakespeare workshop at Syracuse Stage. They prepared a monologue and a sonnet and received coaching from SU drama professors. At the city-wide competition on Saturday, March 3, 2018, Jada represented our school.

On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, the 3rd and 4th grades held their Student-of-the-Month ceremony. The character trait fostered in February was ambition. We are so very proud of all our winners for constantly putting forth outstanding effort in the classroom. Great job, everyone!

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On Friday, February 16, 2018, fourth-grade students competed in their school science fair. Today the winners were announced at the Student-of-the-Month ceremony. Projects were judged by staff and technology professionals from SUNY ESF and The Tech Garden.

1st place: Amirah Mohammad, with project Is Bottle Water Safer to Drink than Fountain Water?

2nd place: Ibrahim Abdulkadir & Tavin Penix with projects Do Antibacterial Products Work? and Turning Milk into Plastic

3rd place: Hunter Payne, Zaleya Derby and Jonathan Morales with projects Which Type of Potato will Produce the Most Energy?, How to Grow the Best and Largest Crystal, and Do AA or D Batteries Make a Better Magnet?

Honorable Mention: Adelynn Carruthers with project Which Egg Will Bounce?

All participants received a blue ribbon for their hard work.

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