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eaglestarreview.com Volume 119, No. 15 April 13 to 19, 2011
Schools
Annex students raise funds for Bottle Schools By Caitlin Donnelly
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Sheikh named LHS Senior of the Week Check out this senior’s list of accomplishments and goals for the future. ...See page 6
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Students in Maureen Tricase’s social studies classes at the Liverpool High School Annex are doing more than just learning about history and cultures this school year; they’re helping to shape it. Tricase and her 125 ninth grade students are currently working to raise money for the Hug It Forward Project, which makes “Bottle Schools” out of recycled materials in poor communities in Guatemala. In her four years of teaching at the Annex, this is the first time her students are actively participating in a global project. The students got involved with helping children in Guatemala in September, after donating tubes of toothpaste
for Tricase’s nephew, Evan Dembkowski, a Peace Corp Volunteer in Guatemala, to distribute to the children in the community. After keeping in contact with Dembkowki via Skyke and blogging, and reading “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson—which the author himself donated 700 copies of to the Annex—the students decided they, too wanted to help build schools for the less fortunate. “It brings to mind how important education is throughout the world, how lucky they are to have such a great opportunity, and that they should not take it for granted,” Tricase said. So their involvement with Hug It Forward began. To raise money, the students decided to sell donuts, pizza and candy during the
By Caitlin Donnelly
editor@eaglestarreview.com Calendar....................2 Classifieds............... 20 Editorial.....................4 Obituaries. .............. 18 School news..............6 Sports.........................0
The Liverpool Central School District Board of Education passed a $132,966,686 during the regular board meeting April 11 at the District Offices. The budget includes a 2.33 percent tax increase, 16 position cuts and the creation of the FOCUS Academy. The board approved the budget 7 to 1, with board member F. Joseph Unangst voting against it. The budget was approved despite petitions signed by numerous
help the cause. T-shirts can be purchased for $10 each, with $4 per shirt going toward the project. Money raised by the Annex students will go towards the $9,000 needed to build a two-classroom Please see Bottle Schools, page 6
Please see St. joe’s page 8
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Liverpool school board approves buget
Liverpool residents in opposition of different aspects of the budget. On Monday, a petition with 500 signatures was presented to the board, asking the board members to reconsider cutting an entire team of teachers from Liverpool Middle School. On March 28, Sharon Yager presented the board with a petition containing 434 signatures in opposition of the FOCUS Academy. The board did not reconsider either option. The public hearing will be 6:30 p.m. May 5 at the District Offices, 195 Blackberry Road. The public will vote on the budget May 17.
St. Joe’s to hold annual gala St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation will host its annual black tie optional gala dinner dance on June 3. The event, which netted more than $304,381 last year, will be held at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino with a “green and silver eco-chic” theme. The theme celebrates the first stage of one of the largest “green” building projects in Upstate New York – St. Joseph’s emergency services building – as well as the 20th year of successful galas held to support St. Joseph’s many programs and services. Presenting sponsor is Central New York Infusion Services, LLC; gala co-chairs are Drs. Susan Merola-McConn and Mark McConn, and Dr. Alan and
Sam Papas, Geoff Bell, Dan Phillips, Will Schell, and Bryan LaFlair sell donuts during the New York State Regional National History Day Competition on March 26 to raise funds for the Hug It Forward Project. New York State Regional National History Day Competition held at the school March 26. In one day, the students raised $268. Ninth grader Jackie Chilbert also designed tshirts with the help of her parents that read “Liverpool Students Making a Difference” to be sold to
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Speed limit lengthened County Parks urged state DOT to slow down Parkway By Russ Tarby A few days before Christmas new 30 mph signs went up along Onondaga Lake Parkway (Route 370),
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lengthening the speed zone by 900 feet. While the 30 mph zone started in the village and previously ended near the entrance to Onondaga Lake Park, the zone now extends further southeast past the entrance to Sainte Marie Among the Iroquois, regulating the speed of traffic moving in both directions. Though most of
the parkway is located outside village limits, in January Liverpool Please see Speed, page 8
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