Parents

Say Yes to Education announces the opening of the Say Yes Financial Aid Counseling Center (FACC). The FACC will be housed in the Say Yes (109 Otisco Street) and will be open beginning Saturday, April 7th and continuing every Saturday through September 8th (with the exception of 5/26, 7/7 and 9/1) from 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM.

Two third grade students from Bellevue Elementary School won awards for their poetry from the Central New York Branch of the National League of American Pen women 2012 Poetry Contest. The students wrote poems about an insect that they studied during the Say Yes afterschool program. Kai’Asia Reed won 2nd place for her poem, entitled “WETA.” Nyaisha Vazquez received an Honorable mention for her poem, “Firefly.”

Students at Seymour Dual Language Academy elementary school are learning all about tennis this spring thanks to a grant from the United States Tennis Association, Say Yes to Education and Syracuse University.

Tennis players from the greater Syracuse community have been working to improve the health of children at Seymour and their families. About 35 students are participating in the program, which is being offered through Say Yes to Education’s Extended Day program. The students will be able to continue receiving the benefits of the program through Seymour’s Say Yes Summer Camp.

Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students at HW Smith have been preparing for almost 2 months to present “I Want My Mummy” to audiences. The students memorized over 24 pages of dialogue and music in preparation for the show.

During rehearsals students not only worked on the dialogue and music but they learned improvisatory skills, comedic timing, vocal projection, basic theater skills, concepts, and vocabulary.

Applications are now being accepted for graduating SCSD high school seniors who will be attending Onondaga Community College this fall. The Summer Success Academy (SSA) is a 5-week residential program that provides OCC bound students the opportunity to get a jump start on college.

Say Yes is proud to announce the opening of the Say Yes Financial Aid Counseling Center (FACC) in the Say Yes office at 109 Otisco St. Starting Saturday, April 7, and continuing every Saturday through Sept. 8th (with the exception of 5/26, 7/7 and 9/1) Syracuse City School District seniors and their parents can receive assistance with financial aid applications, respond to a “verification’ request, compare financial aid awards from different colleges, learn about student debt, interpret communications from colleges and understand Say Yes scholarship eligibility.