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Student touts benefits of BOCES tech program French and Spanish students awarded ‘Seal of Biliteracy’ By kate Hill Staff Writer During the June 13 Cazenovia Central School District (CCSD) Board of Education meeting, Cazenovia senior Luka Galle presented on her experience as a student at the Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Innovation Tech high school. Opened in 2014 and located at the Lee G. Peters Career Training Center in Liverpool, Innovation Tech is one of the newest programs delivered by OCM BOCES to Central New York. It is also CNY’s first high school to be part of New Tech Network, a nonprofit school design organization that works closely with districts and schools to create innovative learning environments. There are nearly 200 schools in 28 states and Australia in the New Tech Network. Innovation Tech is designed to empower students to take control of their education and future. Instead of taking traditional classes, students actively participate in classes that combine disciplines, like global history and art. The school employs modern technology and focuses on project-based learning, an approach that allows students to master the material in their classes in real-world settings. Students collaborate on interdisciplinary projects that require problem solving and critical thinking skills. They present their work and proposed solutions not only to their teachers and classmates, but also to community and business leaders. Through the program, students
can earn college credits, real world experience in a field of their choice, connections to local business and community leaders, internship and community service experience, the ability to problem-solve and present solutions to an audience, and technology skills that promote success in college and careers. In a CCSD video highlighting Innovation Tech, Galle, who enrolled during her sophomore year, describes the education she has received as “one-of-a-kind learning.” “We just really do individualized learning,” she said. “If I have something out of the box that I want to do, my teachers are always for it. It’s really helped me to get up and get out and be more social and, you know, learn talking skills or just how to write a resume — stuff that I actually will need.” In the past two years, Galle has won over 24 scholastic, economic, and artistic awards. In addition to her accolades, Galle has also earned a considerable amount of college scholarship money as a result of her hard work. After being accepted to eight different colleges, the senior decided on St. Bonaventure. “I had over $200,000 in scholarship offered,” she said. Galle plans to go into media marketing and aspires to someday author a book. In the video, Galle attributes her high school success in part to a strong support system, which includes her mom, her friends at Innovation Tech and at Cazenovia, and her teacher Ms. Alexander, whom she credits with pushing her and recognizing her potential to be a good student. “The board was thrilled to have Luka present about her experience in the Innovation Tech program,” said Tech program
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June 17-19, Cazenovia celebrated Pride Month with its second annual Pride Fest Weekend. The theme was “All in this Together.” Organized by Travis Barr, Meg Tobin, Lori Lewis, Alison Boissonnas, Kate Schwartz, and Tammy Tanner, this year’s festivities included a Pride-themed story time at Purpose Coffee Co., a “Pride Fest Family Kickoff” at Madison County Distillery, Cazenovia’s first Pride Parade, a community celebration at Lakeland Park, and an inclusive family brunch at Pewter Spoon. On Saturday, Casey Frazee was awarded “The Amy Bradstreet Ally Award.”
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‘Rosalia’ rose celebration returns to the gardens at Bag End By Kate Hill Staff Writer
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On June 16, Bag End in Cazenovia hosted its fifth annual “Rosalia,” a celebration honoring the “first flush” of the property’s hardy, old-fashioned roses. Pictured (left to right): Visitors Colleen Oliva, Sophie Oliva, and Sharon Gerber.
On Thursday, June 16, Bag End in Cazenovia hosted its fifth annual “Rosalia,” a celebration honoring the “first flush” of the property’s hardy, old-fashioned roses. Visitors were invited to tour the rose gardens, taste some rosé wines, and enjoy a selection of artisan cheeses inside the “Pioneer Barn.” “We just hope that visitors will enjoy the beauty of the flowers that are blooming and perhaps identify varieties they would like to grow,” said Bag End owner Jay King. Drawing inspiration from an ancient festival of roses observed by the Roman Empire, King and his wife, Anne, organized the first Rosalia in 2018 in hopes that the event would encourage local gardeners to try growing old-fashioned cold hardy roses at their own homes. Located on Fairchild Hill over-
looking Cazenovia Lake, Bag End features two antique barns that were moved and renovated by builder and historical barn expert Randy Nash. The Kings lived in the 1795 antique barn home year-round for 23 years before making it available to Cazenovia visitors for short-term rentals. The couple purchased Bag End — named after the home of “Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien’s Baggins family — in the late 1970s from prominent Cazenovian Jimmy Hubbard. When preparing to move to Cazenovia from the Sedgwick neighborhood in Syracuse, the Kings were warned by local, long-time gardeners that they would be unable to grow roses at their new home. After years of struggling to maintain a garden of modern hybrid tea roses, the Kings discovered Rosa rugosa rubra growing wild out of a shale embankment along Route 20.
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The couple determined that if the roses could grow in such inhospitable conditions, they could certainly survive in their garden. “Once [the Rosa rugosa rubra] had gone dormant in the fall, our younger son nearly rappelled down the steep embankment and just tore out 30 rootings, which he and I immediately stuck in the unprepared ground in front of our house,” recalled King. “Every single one took hold and the resulting 50-foot hedge — 20 feet deep in some places — is there today. That led me to do some research, uncovering other varieties of rugosas, the cold hardiest family of roses in the world, and rugosas became the nucleus of our antique rose collection.” The Kings organized the first Rosalia with the goal of sharing their discovery that roses can indeed be grown in Cazenovia, even on their windswept hilltop. In 2020 and 2021, in lieu of the traditional Rosalia, Bag End hosted
Getting ready for the 4th: Cazenovia preps for the parade and race.
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Celebrating success: Caz Girls Track wraps up another good season.
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