The Peru Gazette

Source: Teen author receives assembly honor | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | On Feb. 10 Benjamin Giroux was awarded a New York State Assembly Citation from Assemblyman Billy Jones for being a published author at 16 and sharing his experience with autism with oth

Source: Local teens take the gold in Empire Games | Sun Community News LAKE PLACID | Caden Allen and Trace McGrath finished with a 0.5 differential.

CORTLAND, NY (02/11/2022)– Sayrah Durgan of Peru (12972) was named to the dean’s list at SUNY Cortland for the fall 2021 semester. Durgan is studying Early Childhood/Childhood Education.

Source: Officials clear metrics for ending mask mandate in schools

High School Scholarships are available to any graduating high school senior from Clinton or Essex County who has chosen to pursue a degree in a health care related field including, but not limited to nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, pharmacy, radiology school, EMT etc.  Scholarship applications need to be completed in their entirety […]

BURLINGTON, VT (02/07/2022)– Kolby Friend of Peru, NY, has been named to the Champlain College Dean’s List for the Fall 2021 semester. Students on the Dean’s List have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the semester. Friend is currently enrolled in the Business Administration major. Making the Dean’s List is a […]

Source: Local schools rank at Harvard Model UN | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Students from Ausable Valley, Beekmantown, Boquet Valley, Chazy, Northeastern Clinton, Peru, and Saranac represented countries and debated the world’s most pressing issues at the int

Peru wins Wrestling Match  Peru Sr HS (PSH) 36.0 Ausable Valley Sr HS (AVSH) 34.0 110: Gavin Morrow (AVSH) over   (PSH) (For.) 118: Double Forfeit 126: Logan Trim (PSH) over Leland Pray (AVSH) (Fall 1:06) 132: Kadin Johnson (PSH) over Jonathan Fletcher (AVSH) (Fall 3:33) 138: Maxwell Jess (PSH) over   (AVSH) (For.) 145: Ethan Dickinson […]

DURHAM, NH (02/04/2022)– James Matthews of Peru, NY has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire for earning High Honors for the fall 2021 semester. Matthews is majoring in Theatre:Musical Theatre. Students named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire are students who have earned recognition through […]

The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at 6:00 PM in the High School Community Room.  It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:00 PM start and that the Board will reconvene for public session business at approximately 7:00 […]

ITHACA, NY (02/03/2022)– Ithaca College student Emmie Morgan of Peru (12972) was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2021 semester. About Ithaca College Founded in 1892, Ithaca College is a residential college dedicated to building knowledge and confidence through a continuous cycle of theory, practice and performance. Home to some 6,500 students, the […]

Source: AVCS superintendent set to retire | Sun Community News AUSABLE VALLEY | After more than three decades in education, AuSable Valley Central School Superintendent Paul Savage will officially retire in September.

“We know there was slavery. We know that. We tend to think that it wasn’t as prevalent here in the North as it obviously was,” Ervin said. “It’s just unsettling that people would have been treated that way, that we would tax people based on someone who looked like me being called a wench for […]

Students with Peru & Schuyler Falls addresses: Peru: Alaina Bazzano, Olivia Bousquet, Natalie Bouvier, Jacob Desso, Dawson Duprey, Kyle Everett, Bridget Frenyea, Kaitlyn Gardner, Taylor Hackett, Zoya Hayes, Kayla Lapier, Jonathan Lukens, Aidan Masten, Roldnardy Norelus, Kaylee Padron, Margaret Pyne, Michelle Rascoe, Mikaela Raymond, Jessica Sedgwick, Koree Stillwell, Brady Terry, Christy Trask, Miriam Weinkauf. Source: […]

Source: NYS summer arts program expands scholarships | Sun Community News ALBANY | Scholarships awarded based on financial need.

Source: Konowitz remembered by basketball community | Sun Community News CLINTONVILLE | Jon Konowitz was remembered over the weekend by players, fellow coaches, and the North Country basketball community at large as a pillar of the sport and of life.

Source: Plattsburgh State Athletics Mourns Loss of Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach John Konowitz – Plattsburgh State Athletics

Source: Chief grapplers handle Nighthawks | Sun Community News SARANAC | The Saranac varsity wrestling team put on a dominating performance Jan. 25, scoring wins by fall in every match they won en route to a 72-5 rout of Peru.

Source: New York mask mandate reinstated by court day after being overturned by judge – syracuse.com

Source: Local school districts explain continued mask guidance | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | School districts across Clinton County and the state were inundated with calls from parents after a downstate Supreme Court decision found New York’s current public m

CANTON, NY (01/24/2022)– Ally McCormick from Peru has been named to St. Lawrence University’s Dean’s List for achieving academic excellence during the Fall 2021 semester. McCormick is a member of the Class of 2025. McCormick attended Ausable Valley Central School. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed at least four […]

POTSDAM, NY (01/20/2022)– Kaitlyn Lee Witt of Peru, NY, a junior majoring in computer science, was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2021 semester at Clarkson University. Dean’s List students must achieve a minimum 3.25 grade-point average and also carry at least 14 credit hours. As a private, national research university, Clarkson is […]

Source: Vikings lead all state football picks | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | A trio of Moriah Vikings were named to the first team of the Class D NYSSWA all state football team after the squad went to their third straight state finals in as many full seasons.

Source: A CNY gay teen shares his ‘biggest challenge’; school’s response sets off a storm – syracuse.com