Author Visits Elementary School
Author and illustrator, Daniel Miller visited our elementary school this fall. Students in grades Pre-K to 5 attended his presentations. Daniel knew at a very young age that he wanted to be a writer and to illustrate his own books. Using exciting, and often humorous visuals, Daniel lead students through the timeline ...
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McGraw Giving Tree Project
With fall on its way and winter right around the corner, the school community is gearing up for the McGraw Giving Tree Project. The McGraw Giving Tree Project was started many years ago by Caroline Gates to provide holiday presents for families in need, in our district. Last year the district staff and faculty made the homes of 37 families and over one hundered of our children ...
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Super Busy in Fourth Grade
The fourth grade has been super busy since the beginning of the school year. In Science, they learned about the life cycle of butterflies. The classes were fortunate enough to watch them go through the stages and eventually let them go in the wild. They have also learned about the Scientific method and have enjoyed ...
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Halloween Candy
Some fifth grade students had the chance to write about their favorite Halloween candy! They wrote to persuade their teacher that their favorite candy is the ultimate Halloween candy. Now they are researching their favorite candy to write an informational paragraph. Who says writing can't be fun and tasty!
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Halloween Carnival
Last Thursday the high school Student Council put on the annual Halloween Carnival for the elementary school students. There were games like mummy bowling, face painting, and a scavenger hunt in the cafeteria with prizes and candy for the kids. There was also a "haunted hallway" in the basement that the students ...
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Elementary CARES
The McGraw Elementary C.A.R.E.S Crew kicked off cooperation with a demonstration by the administrative team. All the administrators and one student showed the importance of cooperating by pushing and pulling a heavy object across the stage. The students loved the cooperation presentation. Thank you to the administrative team for helping our students to better understand cooperation. ...
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7th Grade Science
Seventh graders simulating bacterial growth in Mrs. Niver's science class.
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First Grade Learns Parts of Speech
Mrs. Bassett's class has been introduced to the wonderful world of parts of speech. The students have worked on using purposeful play to show the different types of nouns. They built different places using legos, blocks, and pattern blocks. Then we used playdoh to create different types of things. The students used their creations and played a guessing game. ...
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Handmade Bowls Donated to "Empty Bowls" Fundraiser
McGraw’s “Studio in Art” and “Ceramics” students generously donated 30 hand-made clay bowls to the “Empty Bowls Fundraiser”. This annual event was held Sat., Oct. 20 th from 6pm – 10pm at the Center of the Arts of Homer. It was the13th year that the Cortland Loaves and Fishes held this event.
The theme of the dinner is to raise ...
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Career Exploration Opportunities
CNY STEM Connection is offering a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Carrer Exploration Series this November. Students age 12 and older are invited to participate at no cost. For more information, see the flyer: Upcoming STEM nights for Nov 2018.pdf
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Art Club Autumn Projects
On Friday Oct. 5 th the Art Club gathered for the first workshop for the year. Members had a great time painting autumn themed wood birdhouses and decorating styrofoam pumpkins.
The students created such a beautiful variety of colors and designs on their projects.
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Business Students "Live United"
Students from Business Education courses participated in the annual United Way Day of Caring on September 26, 2018. Ms. Coombs, Mr. Freeman, and 39 students volunteered their time and talents to assist the McGraw Methodist and Baptist churches, Lamont Library, McGraw Historical Society, McGraw Village Recreation, and McGraw Food Pantry. A very big thank you to all the students ...
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Pumpkin Painting
Happy artists hard at work! Students in Mrs. McMullin's class did a pumpkin painting to explore colors and get hands on with some real pumpkins.
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Sixth Grade English
Mrs. DiFulvio’s sixth graders are reading the much anticipated novel, Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief . This popular fantasy book is read in English with a focus on the archetype hero’s journey, comparing Percy’s path to characters in other mythical stories. Our standards are concentrated on citing textual evidence to support our claims, determining a central ...
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Literature Review Posters
Eleventh graders kick off the school year by creating unique literature review posters in Miss Wrisley's English class.
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Elementary STEM
Students in all grade levels at the elementary school are wearing thinking caps while participating in various STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) activities. These STEM activities in the photos range from “Which column shape is the sturdiest” to "Creating balloon towers” to “Saving Sam”.
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9/11 Ceremony
McGraw Seniors attended a 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Courthouse Park in Cortland on September 11, 2018.
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