District history Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District

1 district history

1.1 establishing district
1.2 oak tree , hornet
1.3 notable academic achievement
1.4 notable alumni

district history
establishing district

the f-m school district established in 1951, when independent fayetteville, manlius , 11 other smaller districts united. fayetteville high school , manlius high school remained separate until 1954, when manlius school became jr. high (7–8) whole district , fayetteville school became fayetteville-manlius high school (9–12). new fayetteville-manlius high school constructed in manlius , first opened in 1960. former fayetteville-manlius high school renamed current wellwood middle school in 1965. manlius high school became pleasant street elementary, closed in 1975, sold , church , daycare. time formed until present, district has been led 5 superintendents.

the oak tree , hornet

the district offices located directly west of high school, on route 173.

the oak tree symbol of f-m school district , heritage. 200-year-old oak stood in front of wellwood middle school until removed in 1970s. characteristics of tree reflected in values, vision, , ambition of fayetteville-manlius. tree steadfast, well-grounded, robust , distinguished entity on natural landscape. hornet school mascot, , came hornets nested in great oak tree. historical narrative given former teacher , assistant principal @ f-m high school, mr. platt wheeler:

on front lawn of wellwood monster, monster oak tree. has since been taken down. when taken down, ken phelps, principal of wellwood, had of smaller branches cut small parts. ham king, industrial arts teacher, had them finished off shellac , forth, , cut round pieces , given various people had been in district awhile , aware of went it. result of oak tree, name of yearbook determined oak leaves. and, @ time when there 1 junior high, name of junior high yearbook called acorn...so, out of oak tree came oak leaves, hornet s nest, acorns, alma mater, class rings, etc. these reflected result of oak tree.

notable academic achievement

science olympiad

2004 national champions
other national finishes: 3rd place, 2005, 4th place, 2000, 2006 & 2007, 5th place 2009
ten consecutive first-place finishes @ new york state championships (2003–2012).


2005 gold medal , 2006 blue ribbon, expansion management magazine s education quotient
1999, 2000, , 2006 grammy signature school
six times named 1 of american music conference s best 100 communities music education in america .
the district consistently honored scholastic art , writing awards having 1 of best high school art programs in country. in 2006, students f-m high school received record number of national awards, including prestigious national american vision award.
the state-of-the art observatory , planetarium of facilities of kind on public high school campus.
the district consistently exceeds average state , national performances on sat. in addition, 99% of f-m students take exam @ least once. average scores class of 2010 follows:


notable alumni

nancy harvey steorts (1955) — former chairman of consumer products safety commission
nina fedoroff (1960) — science , technology adviser u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton; willaman professor of life sciences , evan pugh professor of biology, pennsylvania state university
tom rafferty (1972) — retired professional football player dallas cowboys
jonathan murray (1973) — co-founder of bunim/murray productions, pioneers of reality television genre , creators of mtv s real world , road rules
doe paoro (2002) — singer-songwriter
chris wedge (1975) — academy award-winning director of bunny (1998), ice age (2002), robots (2005), , upcoming film, legend of leaf men (2011), executive producer of ice age: meltdown (2006) , horton hears who! (2008)
mark allen baker (1975), former business executive general electric - genigraphics/powerpoint-assistant president & ceo, author (18 books) , historian.
laurie halse anderson (1979) — new york times bestselling author , national book award finalist novel speak
steve altes (1980) — humorist, author, , rocket scientist




^ historical perspective platt wheeler - fm alumni website
^ 2004 science olympiad national results
^ 2005 science olympiad national results archived 2006-09-28 @ wayback machine.
^ 2000 science olympiad national tournament results
^ 2006 science olympiad national results
^ 2007 science olympiad national results
^ 2008 nys science olympiad class c results archived 2007-10-31 @ wayback machine.
^ f-m wins 5th state science olympiad post standard. march 11, 2007.
^ education quotient, expansion management
^ grammy in schools click on signature schools link
^ american music conference s best 100 communities music education in america archived 2007-03-02 @ wayback machine.
^ scholastic art , writing awards
^ fm art students receive national recognition - fm art news
^ town of manlius neighborhood report. see page 11 sat performance.
^ school profile, 2010-11
^ new york profile report, 2010 college-bound seniors
^ total group profile report, 2010 college bound seniors
^ nina fedoroff, class of 1960, inducted in 2009