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Fairport Central School District welcomed back it’s faculty and staff during it’s annual Opening Day celebration at Fairport High School (FHS) on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Jefferson Avenue Principal Rich Greene wrote and facilitated this Opening Day song to kick off the event (see below to watch the video). Thank you to Mr.

The 2019-20 edition of the District’s Welcome Back Guide was mailed to all residents in August. Click here to read the online edition!

The Fairport Board of Education held a special Workshop on Aug. 21 to discuss the timing and scope for a capital project referendum vote for December 2019. Many community members were in attendance to share their experiences and aspirations for the future of the District’s facilities.

The District has been studying its facilities for more than two years with a variety of stakeholders who have shared their experiences and expectations for our school community.

A special workshop of the Fairport Board of Education will be held on Wednesday, August 21 starting at 5 p.m. at Johanna Perrin Middle School choir room. The Board will be discussing the scope and timeline of a potential Capital Improvement Project. All members of the community are encouraged to attend to learn more about this important topic of interest for the school community.

Elementary teachers from the Fairport and Penfield Central School Districts collaborated on Mystery Science, an engaging K-5 science resource that combines information with hands-on projects, in July. This project was made possible by a $23,000 grant from Bosch Community Fund that Fairport applied for collaboratively with Penfield. The grant covers the cost of Mystery Science (online) access for both districts for the 2019-20 school year,

Fairport Central School District provides several summer school programs each year to meet the different needs of students. One of the programs is STAR (Students and Teachers Achieving Results), a general education remedial program for students entering grades 6-8 and ENL 9th graders that runs half days from July 9 through August 1.

At the Board of Education’s reorganizational meeting on July 9, Peter Forsgren and Damon Buffum were re-elected as president and vice president, respectively, for the 2019-20 school year. Buffum was sworn in for his third three-year year term on July 3 and Timothy Slisz was sworn in for his first three-year term on July 1.

Unnamed (5) Fairport CSD held its annual End-of-Year Celebration for faculty and staff on June 26 featuring the Fairport High School Asset Leaders, a recap of the Make a Difference campaign, recognition of Principal Dave Dunn, our talented high school musicians and a retiree celebration.

Congratulations again to Dave Dunn who was named SAANYS/NAESP 2019 New York State Middle School Principal of the Year.

Fairport High School awarded diplomas to its 489 graduating students of the Class of 2019 on June 27 during its Commencement ceremony at the Blue Cross Arena.

Among the speeches during the ceremony was guest speaker, FHS English Teacher Dylan Gillett. The valedictorian address by Ben Caplan and salutatorian address by Alicia Loui were among the other speeches given alongside musical performances by Fairport High School students.

On June 13, 2019, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation removing non-medical exemptions from school vaccination requirements for children. There is no longer a religious exemption to the requirement that children are to be vaccinated against measles and other diseases to attend pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in a public, private or parochial setting or to be enrolled in daycare.