Student Wellbeing Programming

Join us for a fun and engaging Board Game Club, where students can play exciting, hands-on board games with their friends! This club encourages critical thinking, teamwork, and friendly competition while exploring a variety of classic and modern board games. Whether you're strategizing, solving puzzles, or just having fun, there's a game for everyone. Come roll the dice, draw a card, and enjoy a great time with friends!

Teacher: Ms. Roetzer

Max number of students: 15 students entering grades 3, 4, & 5

Date/Time: Wednesdays & Thursdays beginning July 9 and ending Aug. 14, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Place: Tanglewood Elementary School

Contact: Sign Up Here 

Join us for three sessions of creating items to help local organizations in our community.  As a group, we will share conversations about helping others, and we will create items to be donated to local animal shelters and hospitals.

Teacher: Ms. Henzel & Mrs. Dalaba

Max number of students: 20 students entering grades 4, 5, or 6

Date/Time: July 14 - 16, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Place: Tanglewood Elementary School Library 

Contact: Laura Henzel, reading - henzell@sgfcsd.org 

This program will include two mornings at Oliver Winch MS that will be led by faculty and staff engaging in a variety of activities to help students entering grade 6 to manage and identify anxieties, maintain relationships, establish connections and build community. Our goals are to increase student engagement, attendance, resilience and social connections. We want to help students establish and maintain emotional regulation skills, as well as familiarize them with supports in the building.

Dates/Time: 8/26 and 8/27, 9 - 11 a.m.

Location: Oliver W. Winch MS (Room TBD)

Contact: Calyn Kessler, School Psychologist - kesslerc@sgfcsd.org 

Cooking, Crafts, and Competition is an action packed, week-long, enrichment class designed to engage students in grades 6-8 in a mix of creative crafts, delicious cooking activities, and friendly, competitive "Minute to Win It" games. This program fosters creativity, teamwork, and life skills! 

Teacher: Mrs. Brown & Mrs. Miller

Max number of students: 12 students per session entering grades 6 - 8 

Date/Time: July 14 - 18

      Session 1 - 8 - 10 a.m.

      Session 2 - 10 a.m. - noon

Place: Middle School (Room TBD)

Contact: Click here to sign up

This summer enrichment activity enhances social-emotional learning through team-building exercises focused on cooperation, empathy, and leadership. Students will engage in problem-solving tasks that promote collaboration, decision-making, and effective communication. By the end, participants will gain confidence in their leadership abilities and improve their interpersonal skills.

Teacher: Ms. Connell & Ms. Miksch

Max number of students: 25 students entering grades 3 - 5

Date/Time: Tuesdays and Wednesdays in July  8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, & 30, 9 - 11 a.m.

Place: Moreau Elementary School 

Contact: Katie Connell, grade 4 - connellk@sgfcsd.org 

Come get some summer exercise and have some fun! We will have a couple of activities/games set up each day. Some activities will be in the gymnasium, and some will take place outside, weather permitting. Examples are basketball, kickball, running, different ball games, tag games, and hopefully a water day! 

Teacher: Mrs. Metivier

Max number of students: 10 students per session

Date/Time: July 7 - 11, Session 1 - Students entering grades 4 & 5: 9 - 10:30 a.m.

       August 4 - 8 - Session 2 - Students entering grades 2 & 3: 9 - 10:30 a.m.

Place: Tanglewood Elementary School Gymnasium

Contact: Jamie Metivier, reading - metivierj@sgfcsd.org 

Come join our 2025 Connections group to get ready for the transition back to school. We will be working on SEL skills and fun group activities to ease the transition back to school and start the year off on the best foot for everyone! 

Teacher: Ms.Rourke & Mrs. Dickinson

Max number of students: 10 students per session

Date/Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

      Session 1 - Aug. 14 & 15 - Students entering grades K-2

      Session 2 - Aug. 21 & 22 - Students entering grades 3-5

Place: Tanglewood Elementary School

Contact: Abby Rourke, grade 3 - rourkea@sgfcsd.org 

Incoming students in grades 9-12 are invited to join the South High Counseling Department as we tour colleges and universities in the Syracuse area.  Students will have the opportunity to explore college campuses and become familiar with what to expect during campus visits, as well as how to utilize the High School Guidance & Counseling Department as a resource for post-secondary planning.

Colleges: Utica University, LeMoyne College, Syracuse University 

Date:  Wednesday, Aug. 13

Time: approximately 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Meals: Students may bring a bagged lunch or cash ($13) for lunch in the LeMoyne College Dining Hall.  Students will also need money for dinner at a quick-stop location on the way home.  

Register: Please register here!

Contact: Stephanie Erwin, Stacy Lloyd & Jodie McGough

More details to follow once the date approaches.

***Please note that this is a field trip for students only.***