Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022—A Public Hearing meeting was held on Wednesday, February 23^rd to discuss the Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship expansion. During the meeting, attendees discussed the approval of the City of Syracuse moving the school to a building that is leased in the Liverpool Central School District.

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Friday, February 11th, 2022—Today (and today only), we dub thee, the prince and princesses of Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship elementary school! The kindergarten classrooms received royal treatment as the Atoms had an opportunity to dress as royalty. This celebration was undoubtedly fit for a king or a queen, as the students celebrated their hard work, success and accomplishments on Amplify Education Kings and Queen's domains.

Monday, February 7th, 2022—This month, Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship elementary school kicked off its annual 28 Speakers in 28 Days event. This yearly event is a time-honored tradition at Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship elementary school. Community members, thought leaders, SANY alumni, and many more people share their career experiences, valuable life lessons, and educational experience with the Atoms.

The first guest speaker for the 28 Speakers in 28 Days event was Syracuse Academy of Science Charter School, Class of 2013 alumna Jada Zachery. Jada shared with the Atoms about her career at SmileyCuse and the importance of dental hygiene, including braces. The Atoms also received a hands-on, minds-on demonstration where they learned how orthodontists put braces on teeth using a model of teeth.

Thank you, Jada, for taking time out of your schedule to speak with the Atoms! We are many Atoms, One family.

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022—Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship elementary school recognized its students for their outstanding work, leadership, academic achievements, and monthly character traits. For January, the monthly character traits included: Optimism, prudence, and perseverance.

We want to congratulate the students selected for January's Students of the Month ceremony! Please click here to view more pictures from the Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship elementary school’s Students of the Month ceremony. Keep up the great work, Atoms.

Monday, February 7th, 2022—The Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship elementary school students in 2A have worked hard on their persuasive letter writing and are here to share a few tidbits of information. 

The keys to success when writing a persuasive letter must include the following elements. First, a strong topic followed by three reasons to convince someone of something you want them to do.

Keeping this in mind, the students quickly teamed up to prepare a persuasive letter. Students were tasked with choosing one of the following people and writing a compelling letter keeping their specific goal in mind. These people include:

• The tooth fairy: asking for more money
• Their teacher: asking for no more homework
• The President: asking to go to the moon or visit our class
• The Principal: asking to be 'Principal for the Day.'
• Their Parents: asking for a pet

It's hard to say no to these smiling students and their impeccable persuasive writing skills.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022—Who says that science can’t be creative? The 3^rd-grade Atoms at Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship elementary school are learning about the importance and significance of the genetic makeup of animals. For their science experiment, students teamed up for their hands-on, minds-on science project to decipher, translate, and make an animal using modeling clay correlated to the genetic code. Not only did this allow for the students to unleash their creativity but they were also able to practice their teamwork and interpersonal skills.

Monday, January 31st, 2022—There are so many emotions, and identifying them can be hard work. Thankfully Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship first-grade students are 'emotion detective experts,' as they learned about various emotions and how to identify feelings through facial expression, body language, and words.

To become emotion detective experts, students read the story, 'A Little Spot of Feelings: Emotion Detective,' by Diane Alber. This story discusses eight different feeling spots: peaceful, happy, angry, loved, anxious, sad, confident, and scribble (confused). Atoms carefully looked at each of the spots and identified how they were feeling by looking at the spots' facial expressions and body language.

With this new set of knowledge, the Atoms became emotion detectives by playing Hedbanz. Students had to help their classmates guess which emotion they had on their headband by using facial expressions and body language. Keep up the great work, Atoms!

Wednesday, January 26th, 2022—Empathy is the ability to understand how another person may be feeling and the ability to place yourself in their situation. And empathy is an important life lesson to learn, one in which the Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship elementary school students in Mrs. Badman and Ms. Diorio's class worked on with Mrs. Morehouse.

Teachers applied a hands-on, minds-on approach to teaching the students about empathy. For their activity, students were given a scenario and had to develop a solution that kept their classmates' feelings and perspectives in mind. Atoms decorated a winter moose and shared something no one knew about them following this activity.

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022—In honor of National School Counseling Week, SANY Charter Schools want to take this time and thank all of our school counselors for their hard work in helping the Atoms become successful in every aspect of their lives. School counselors play a pivotal role in our students' lives inside and outside the classroom. From listening to helping them strive and plan for a rewarding future, and so much more. Thank you for all that you continue to do for our students and their families. Many Atoms, One Family!

Friday, January 28th, 2022—Every season has a journey and last Friday was an adventure with the students in 2B at Syracuse Academy of Science and Citizenship elementary school. Over the last month, the students have been studying about the cycles of nature, and how to identify patterns or cycles in everything seen in nature. 

To celebrate the end of this unit, Atoms had an opportunity to dress as their favorite season. Congratulations to 'Princess Spring' and 'Water Cycle' for winning the most creative costume award!

The Atoms are looking forward to starting their next unit, Westward Expansion - Yee Haw!